Looking for a dose of Silent Hill like horror, Condemned is your game.

User Rating: 8.5 | Condemned: Criminal Origins X360
By MGS2244 | Review Date:
This one had been standing in my closet for 3 years, when i finally decided to pick it up. It's a bit short, or it felt short as i ran through it in 2 sessions as it could really suck me in. Graphics wise its not the top anymore, but back in 2006 it was still up there. and there's still more then enough detail, visually and on the gore section. If you like teeth flying around or skulls exploding and brain tissue being splattered on the wall, this is also your pick.

Creepy and disturbing are probably the best words to describe this game. I was so clever to play this in a dark room with the volume pumped up as the booklet suggested. Guess i gotten a few years older in the 9 hours i played it, with one jumpy moment after another. Walking around with a rusty steampipe (or a locker door, deskdrawer? i mean you can use almost anything to fight with) and my flashlight (thank you for not adding a dumb battery to the thing, cause as soon as i turned it off, it just got tooo damn uncomfortable) hearing cracking noises, footsteps, cursing or just maniacal laughter, expecting to be attacked at any moment, i bashed, kicked and stealthed my way through 10 chapters of intense (psychological)horror combined with quite an interesting storyline.

The game runs smoothly, with no really weird problems or extented loading screens. The enemies can get themselves wedged sometimes, but in the end, they are all mentally unstable freaked out aggressive people, and you would probably get yourself wedged then aswell eventually. Other then that the game was bug free altough i did found a few cockroaches here and there (harr harr)

This is definitely a good game and a must buy for the horror fans.
Got Condemned 2 lying here aswell which i will give a poke soon enough, as this one left me wanting more.

Other Helpful Reviews for Condemned: Criminal Origins

Load Comments (0)