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December 10, 2005
Condemned: Criminal Origins - Scary Stuff
This week was a busy one at work and at home so there wasn't as much time for gaming as I would have liked. However I did manage to slip in 30 minutes of Condemned: Criminal Origins each lunchtime (one of the benefits of living 5 minutes from the office). The game play is such that I could actually cover a decent chunk of the game in short bursts.
If there was one word I could use to decribe this game, it would be creepy. The game runs as a meld of Doom, CSI and Max Payne. You spend much of your time working through dark tunnels and buildings fighting off some very freaky strung out characters. Several times while playing, I have let out a vicious scream when I turned around to find a crackhead with a shovel about to clobber me. Great stuff!
For more information on Condemned: Criminal Origins, check out the following reviews.
Team Xbox - Condemned: Criminal Origins Review (Xbox 360)
GameSpy - Condemned: Criminal Origins (X360)
IGN - Condemned: Criminal Origins
Posted by Amanda.Murphy at December 10, 2005 10:20 AM
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It always makes me feel better to hear that I'm not the only one who occasionally screams while playing Condemned :)
I've been playing it in short twenty minute chunks. I *love* the game, but any more than that, and I get too creeped out.
At first I thought I had some kind of mental illness (well, I do, but a *new* one), but I've been finding that a lot of people think the game is teh creepy.
I don't know if you've gotten to the abandoned department store yet, but... well, they did a fantastic job of making that level freaky. I don't want to spoil it, but you'll probably know it when you see it :)
Posted by: Rory at December 16, 2005 02:17 AM