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1.4.2015

Raw, savage beatings are the order of the day in Condemned: Criminal Origins, a first-person action game from the makers of F.E.A.R. You play as an FBI agent who's struggling to keep his own sanity while tracking a serial killer and facing off against what seems like an army of depraved sociopaths.Condemned's graphics and menu design may seem dated, but the bone-crushing hand-to-hand combat sequences make for a visceral, highly atmospheric experience that's quite unlike anything you've ever played before.The game begins with agent Ethan Thomas on a routine assignment: Someone's been brutally murdered in a bad part of town, and he's there with the police to figure out what happened.Without spoiling anything,let's just say that things don't quite go according to plan. Thomas winds up implicated in some serious crimes, Thomas goes off on his own, with nothing but a cell phone, a stun gun, and his forensic tools to aid him. The only other person he can depend on, save himself, seems to be a colleague of his who's willing to stay in touch by phone, helping Thomas to analyse evidence so he can slowly connect the dots that lead to some disturbing discoveries. The dark, engrossing story of Condemned starts out strong and has its moments along the way, but unfortunately, it doesn't take centre stage during what's mostly a straight-up action game with an intriguing premise.Condemned is a first-person shooter, except instead of shooting, there's mostly just a lot of pure, bloody brawling. You've got everything from metal pipes to nail-covered two-by-fours to fire axes to sledgehammers to signposts. Each weapon is rated differently for speed, range, power, and defence, though the differences can be pretty subtle.There's some striking artificial intelligence at work, combined with some amazingly frightening lifelike animations that will make you wince as if in pain or in anticipation of it. Your foes cannot be reasoned with, as they're lunatics with a thirst for blood who'll rush out at you from the shadows, flailing anything they can get their hands on while trying to kill you. They'll scream obscenities and smash things in freakish anger. They'll lie in ambush, and they'll gladly hurt one another - as well as you - just as long as somebody gets hurt. And they won't just stand there and take it as you lash out at them with weapons of your own. As they recoil in pain from your attacks, they'll lurch forward for their next strikes, as if guided by momentum and adrenaline. The best thing to be said about Condemned is that it captures hand-to-hand combat with intense, lifelike brutality like no other game before it.Agent Thomas is mostly limited to slow, powerful strikes: The right mouse button makes you block, while the left button makes you attack. The stun gun feels pretty overpowered, though it's necessary later on in the game when you're dealing with more than just one or two enemies at a time. It's easy to aim, and it immobilises the unfortunate target, giving you a free shot. After each use, the stun gun automatically recharges its battery for your next shot. There are some conventional firearms in Condemned, but the gunplay isn't particularly satisfying, and it's quite scarce. The weapon models for guns don't look nearly as realistic or detailed as the game's much broader assortment of makeshift melee weapons. Any guns you find will never have more than a few rounds of ammunition in them, so you'll need to make these shots count and then throw the weapon away in favour of something a little more solid.Occasionally you get to stop to gather some forensic evidence, which helps break up the action a little, though there's really not much to this process.There's very little music in the game, apart from some subtle ambient tracks that play here and there, and the sparse voice acting is of good quality. So it's really the sound effects that deserve most of the credit. Suffice it to say, you'll hear every thud, crunch, and spatter in alarming detail. Even relatively mild acts, such as breaking the glass on a first-aid kit, might well cause you to flinch from how piercingly loud and clear they are.When it comes to showcasing just how shockingly up close and personal the act of fighting for your life can get in a game, Condemned has become one to beat...preferably over and over with a lead pipe.
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20.2.2007

Initially released as an early Xbox 360 title, this didn't do much business on the PC, but it's well worth the re-released discount price. It's a first person adventure, with some pretty visceral violence and a lot of nice touches. You're an FBI forensic investigator being framed for murder during a serial murder investigation.The FEAR game engine is used again, generating the expected high-quality visuals and effects, and in general, it's really quite a creepy and unsettling title. There's not a lot of music, but a lot of sound effects, and a lot of darkness, relieved only by your faithful torch. The title is clearly intended to mimic the ambience of the film "Se7en", and it succeeds quite well in this.Enemies will appear, often silently, or sometimes in an area you can't reach yet, and I've spent quite a bit of time jumping unexpectedly as things happen without warning, including being bowled over down stairs or smacked with a lead pipe. Other touches rachet up the tension nicely too; dust settling from overhead floorboards as someone stalks you from the floor above, crazed characters fighting each other, and so on.There are only two downsides. Firstly, the use of the FEAR engine. It requires a fairly heavyweight PC to switch all the visual options on, although when you do, it looks terrific. You'll want at least 1GB of RAM (2GB is better), at least a P4 3.4Ghz equivalent, and a video card in 7900/X1800/X1900 with at least 256mb of video RAM to see all the bells and whistles. It'll run with slower hardware (I first played FEAR on a 6600GT video card), but you won't know what you're missing.The second downside is reminding yourself that this isn't an FPS. The gameplay can seem a little slow in places, and there isn't a lot of the "S" (shooter) in it either; most of the combat is actually of the melee kind using planks, pipes, axes, hammers, and other things you can pick up at close quarters. It can be a little difficult in places too; your character can't take too much punishment.All in, you could do much, much worse than this for £9.
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11.4.2007

I was also surprised at the large number of negative reviews about this: Condemned has to be one of the most haunting and unsettling games I've played for a long time. I hadn't actually heard of it until a couple of weeks ago but I'm very glad I went ahead and bought it.Condemned is certainly not a game for those with little patience. There is some melee combat - not a huge amount - and a lot of the game consists of creeping round urban, deserted environments, looking for evidence as an FBI agent and fending off adversaries as you search for a serial killer. Sounds boring? Not a bit of it. This game is dark - very dark indeed - with some of the best graphics I've ever come across,they're just a short step away from reality. Everything is beautifully done and the realism, added to by the physics, is breathtaking. I imagine that you'd need quite a high spec PC to take full advantage of the graphics, I was playing this on a Core Duo PC with 3GB of RAM and a X1950Pro GPU so this wasn't a problem, though with lower spec hardware it would still look very good.If you're a fan of games such as Silent Hill I would definitely recommened this - you won't be disappointed. The only thing that faulted it for me was the soundtrack which could have been better and it would have been nice to be able to turn off the ambient music. Apart from that, it's a fabulous game though not for those expecting thrills every five minutes. Take your time and revel in its atmosphere.
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