Frightening and unsettling, this is easily the most terrifiying game to come out in years.

User Rating: 8.3 | Condemned: Criminal Origins X360
By gogokun | Review Date:
Condemned is a very unique game by design. It creates a genre of its own; a mix between a first person shooter and a fighting game. I plays not unlike Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, only instead of weilding a sword and slaying a mythological beast, you're beating down a crack addict with a sledgehammer. The gameplay is brutal. I mean REALLY brutal. The gameplay is so incredibly violent the I garuntee it will make you shudder more than once during the game. But it is also undiniebly fun. Tight and responsive, no one can deny that this game plays extremely well. As good as the gameplay is, one thing that Condemned really nailed is the atmosphere. If the gameplay wasn't indicator enough, this is NOT a game for the squemish. It throws frights-and I mean good, scream out loud frights-at you constantly. By the end of the 6th chapter, I was afraid to pick up the controller. Okay, if you don't understand how scary this game is yet, think about this: Think of every frightening game you have ever played (Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Eternal Darkness,ect.) and imagine all of the scare factor combined in all of the games being presented to you EVERY FIVE SECONDS. Yeah. You have Condemned. The graphical presentation is pretty from far away, but it doesn't surpass a game like Perfect Dark Zero as far as close up detail. It is still a compliment to the atmosphere, as well as the stellar audio presentation. Condemned has some good replay value to it, made possible by addicting achivements. Still, I would not recommend a purchase. Overall, this is one outstanding rental that you won't soon, or ever, forget.

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