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User Rating: 8.7 | Condemned: Criminal Origins X360
By j_m_a_n | Review Date:
Imagine this ---- you enter a creepy house to investigate a murder with two cops. You find the body, so you sweep the crime scene for evidence which you send back to the lab for analysis. Then you start to smell cigerette smoke and its not you or the other cops. You realise the murderer is still in the same building, so the two cops go to investigate outside while you continue your search inside. You start creeping round the corridors and suddenly see shadows running away from you. You can hear someone muttering "im going to kill you" under their breath, the rooms are pitch black and you only have your torch and one round of bullets to survive on. Suddenly two men jump out of nowhere brandishing lead pipes ready to batter you over the head with, you pop a cap in one of the guys heads and he falls down dead while the second guy slams his pipe into the back of your head, you start running away but can hear the sound of his breath and you know he's following you, you reach a dead end so you turn around ready to shoot but there is nobody there....

Oh did I mention this is only the start of Chapter 1. Seriously this game is superb, if you thought Doom 3 was scary then this is even worse. I was creeping round so slow at one point in the game that when i suddenly fell through the floor, i literally cacked myself.

The fighting system is probably the best thing about the game, you can pick up most objects you find and each have their own strengths and weaknesses like the sledgehammer being powerful but taking ages to swing. And I tell ya, theres nothing like smacking a hobo in the face with a fire axe and then breaking his neck afterwards - theres a load of this stuff in the game and I never got bored of it.

When I say the games superb though, there are a few faults with the game. Like most Single Player FPS's, the longevity of the game is not really up to scratch. I mean the achievements will make you want to play through it a second time so thats pretty good but once youve played it once, youve squeezed all the excitement of not knowing whats coming next out of it and its just a case of rushing through the levels killing everything you can along the way.

The storyline is a bit weird too, I managed to follow most of it but you will have a lot of quesitons at the end of the game that the game does not really answer so you will need to play through it again because once youve unlocked all the acheivements then you unlock scripts and other stuff that tell you whats going on more in depth.

The other only minor fault with the game is that it doesnt seem to of been tested that well, I found a few common glitches with the game, things that shouldnt of happened really but they are only minor things.

Overall though, definately pleased with this purchase, well worth the money.

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