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disolitude on 14 July 2009
Barozi said:
I will never...never play Condemned Criminal Origins again !

Because it's so damn good and scary. I had really a great time, but there were moments when my heart suddenly stopped beating, because something scared the hell out of me.
If you a HARDCORE horror fan, then this is absolutely the right game for you.
I'm now going back to play Dead Space again. After Condemned, this feels like a kindergarten game :P

lol...well said Barozi.

Dead Space will have you re-adjust your angle sometime to have a better shot, but rarely will you run away from the monster. Just point, shoot, next.

Condemned had parts where my health was low and 3 guys were runnig towards me I was like..."Fuck this!" and I ran backwards as far as I could. Once I was no longer being chased, I started slowly walking back to the enemy only to have him jump out behind the pillar... incredible AI.



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waron on 14 July 2009
disolitude said:
waron said:
i played only pc demo long time ago but i think i will it up for 360 if i find it - really liked the second game BTW. though i think Fear 2 is slightly better at some parts - school level was as hell.

Yeah, I love FEAR 1 and 2...but I never found them that scary. FEAR 2 has scary momnets when it pulls the mind-fuckery on you, like on that school level... but I never feel like I'm in danger as I have loads of ammo and slow motion bullet tiem on my side.

Condemned 1 had parts where I was running away from the direction I had to go in cause I couldn't deal with what enemies were there...until my run ability ran out...and when that happened, I think I just started sobbing. :)

i was playing Fear 2 with headset and alone in my house at least i though i was alone until the evening of the next day. my parents were out of town for a day, but apparently they wanted to come back earlier without telling me that earlier on the phone. picture that - you play Fear 2 during that school level with headset in supposedly empty and locked house with every light turned off and somebody just patted you on your back. i think i will have some trauma in the future thanks to my mother.



Ronster316 on 14 July 2009

Fantastic game...... criminally overlooked, one of my top 5 games this gen.

It genuinely scares the be-jesus out of you.

The atmosphere, the setting, the sounds ect are all top notch.



Barozi on 14 July 2009
waron said:
disolitude said:
waron said:
i played only pc demo long time ago but i think i will it up for 360 if i find it - really liked the second game BTW. though i think Fear 2 is slightly better at some parts - school level was as hell.

Yeah, I love FEAR 1 and 2...but I never found them that scary. FEAR 2 has scary momnets when it pulls the mind-fuckery on you, like on that school level... but I never feel like I'm in danger as I have loads of ammo and slow motion bullet tiem on my side.

Condemned 1 had parts where I was running away from the direction I had to go in cause I couldn't deal with what enemies were there...until my run ability ran out...and when that happened, I think I just started sobbing. :)

i was playing Fear 2 with headset and alone in my house at least i though i was alone until the evening of the next day. my parents were out of town for a day, but apparently they wanted to come back earlier without telling me that earlier on the phone. picture that - you play Fear 2 during that school level with headset in supposedly empty and locked house with every light turned off and somebody just patted you on your back. i think i will have some trauma in the future thanks to my mother.

That school level was probably the scariest level of FEAR 2, but overall FEAR 1 had much more scary moments.

I'm a coward when it comes to horror games, but I've completed FEAR 2 without any signs of "fear". You hopefully aren't one of those guys who think that Bioshock is a horror game....

 

 

I'm a sucker for horror movies by the way. I think because I'm actively involved in a game makes horror games much scarier than a horror movies to me.



Mvp4eVa on 15 July 2009

Condemned 2 deserves some recognition in the graphics department...it looks very good.



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badgenome on 15 July 2009

Holy shit. That's more unnerving than a Sony commercial.



mesoteto on 15 July 2009

hear hear!!!!!!!



great game and i think i loved the second one better just b/c you felt like such a badass , but the first is way more scary



 

voty2000 on 15 July 2009

I got both of them for $30 but have yet to really play them. Seems I need to play them but after an hour or say it didn't suck me in.



disolitude on 15 July 2009

@Mva4eva

Condemned 2 looks beautiful. Fighting mechanics are also much better... However the sequel lost a bit of soul and originality in the process I think. I like them both though...



mesoteto on 15 July 2009

^agreed

they need to take the combat and crime solving from the second and redo the atmosphere from the first and bam you have the greatest game ever