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1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 3 / 23
Date: July 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User
This is a boring game, really limited bullets.. you spend all day walking around. I really think its a pass.
I didn't know an X-Box 360 would read vomit.
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Rating: 1,
Useful: 3 / 23
Date: December 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User
There are few things in this world that make me weep openly. First there's Terminator 2 when the T-man has Connor lower him into the molten metal. Second there's the direction the Final Fantasy series has taken. Third there is this retarded, repetitive, poorly written abortion.
The most disturbing thing about this game is the number of people that LIKED it! It has been a trend lately of just...releasing a game. Do the people making these games even communicate? Who writes the story?
On this game I'm going to go ahead and guess that a 40 year old sweaty guy with the greasy hair and beard of an Apple product-user (you know the people I'm talking about) sat in his mom's basement and wrote this crap on a MAC. Actually...I think a MAC is about the only thing that could manage to be as useless as this game.
What the frick is the storyline? I am a sharp guy...I get things with relative ease. This story was mung! Mung is more interesting to study than this game! I'd actually rather go out and poke poop with a stick than play this game. I stopped playing to go out and mow my lawn and the grass wasn't even that tall.
Also, you probably think you're going to get to study crime scene evidence and hunt down clues in order to find a serial killer, right?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FOOLED YOU! There are little glowing pictures of fingerprints or shoe prints or evidence. You then pull out your "scanner" or whatever other make-believe tool you could think of for a Men In Black movie and then point at the "evidence". Then, the voice of a woman comes over your headset and tells you what the evidence is. I don't even get to put the evidence into context for myself!? This part of the game seemed like something that was added at the last minute. It's almost as if someone bothered to play the game before release and then went to their boss and said, "Dude...this thing plays like a first person Double Dragon...except that it sucks. After this employee explained the level of suck this game had attained upper management started throwing out bones until the game was tolerable to victims of brain injuries instead of people who demand very expensive and poorly designed trivets.
Hmm...let's go through a check for this game.
Repetitive levels and gameplay? Check.
Repetitive enemies and weapons? Check.
Broken promises regarding game properties? Check.
No continuity or sense in the story at all? Check.
Most goat-licking ending of any video game ever? Check.
It's official! This game sucks more nasty burrito than a homeless guy sleeping behind Taco Bell.
The absolute best part? I see they're making a SEQUEL!
Coming soon to a video game store near you; Condemned 2, a whole new level of suck!
I weep for the people that enjoyed this game. It just goes to show that the younger generation has no idea what it takes to make a good game. It's the "no one loses" philosophy. The truth hurts, boys and girls, so don't hate me because I'm right.
Great system.
5
Rating: 5,
Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User
I like the first person perspective of thriller games like this, and it is a big realistic change compared to most games in it's genre. My only question is where did all the crack heads come from.
Spend your money on something else.
2
Rating: 2,
Useful: 1 / 6
Date: November 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User
This game sounds good as it's advertised but that is not what you get. Here on the amazon.com product features says "Careful detective work" however on the game you don`t do any detective work or puzzle solving to challenge your mind and correct me if I'm wrong.
At the first crime scene of a serial killer you are instructed to use the forensic tools but it's all automatic and the game tells you when to use them plus you don't have the forensic tools in an inventory in case that you want to check everything sorrounding you to do some real detective work.
What's fun about this game is the atmosphere if it's complemented with a home theater system that supports 5.1 sorround. You will be inside the game hearing bottles rolling on the floor by your side, footsteps and lots of other things.
***Really important for videogame fans**** It's an FPS (first person shooter or it should be FP beat 'em up). Some people decide buying a game based on their category if it is an RPG, third person, etc. Since it's an FPS then you only see your hand holding whatever weapong you can get.
Finally like many other people have said here, after a while it gets boring just going around and beating people over and over again. I only played like 45 minutes of the game because I was expecting something else so if this sounds good to you go ahead and order if not I recommend Bioshock.
THE WORST GAME EVER
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 5 / 65
Date: December 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User
This is the worst game ever, If games are supposed to show how great HD is whats the point if your stumbling around in the dark, with a crappy flashlight that hardly works at all. This game is pointless, i would not waste you money on it, unless of course stumbling around in the dark seems like a fun way to use your new Xbox.
This game sucks
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 3 / 42
Date: December 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User
If you want a really scary game get Resident Evil 4. This game is definitely for children. Didn't scare me what so ever. I was more scared of the ghosts in PacMan than these silly characters.
A good game until the end
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 15
Date: October 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User
I liked this game, even though it was basically the same thing over and over but it was still enjoyable until the end. This is the reason I'm giving this game a 1 star rating; at the last part when you're fighting the guy with the sword on the rooftop for some reason it would let me pick up the health but it wouldn't let me pick up the board or the small steel pipe. I tried this 12 times, the only thing it would let me do is kick so needless to say I had no weapon (besides my foot) and I could not block. I took the game out and threw it away (glad I only paid $10 for it). That part right there made this one of the worst games I ever played. I do recommend it if you want to kill a little time but that's about it. I was very dissapointed in that.
Really deserves 0 stars
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 1 / 15
Date: October 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User
This is one of the most boring games I've ever played. All it is, is walking around various hall ways performing the same tasks. The worst part is that the character moves at such a sluggish pace it takes forever to do the same thing over and over again.
Additionally, the creepy sound effects played through out the game while walking around the hallways sound suspiciously similar to F.E.A.R. Seems like Monolith wanted to churn out a cheap game to profit off of the popularity of F.E.A.R. Instead of making Condemned 2, why not try for F.E.A.R. 2 Monolith? That game actually didn't seem like I downed a bottle of Nyquil.
what is this
1
Rating: 1,
Useful: 3 / 80
Date: December 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User
the 360 has the worst games ever and this is one of them. Don't buy
Wow wasnt expecting that..or that....or that
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Rating: 4,
Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User
(rating)1-10
graphics-8 there great but not o so great.
game play-8 its slow when your walking, but you can sprint
sound-9 great quallity, you here everything, even footsteps.
story-9 great story(spoiler) im a serial killer :P
I would have really enjoyed this game if it was a real shooter, in this game u usually get a gun in a great while, which kinda sucked. Other wise your weapon is a crow bar, pipe, fire ax, ect. But anyways this is a great game. its were ur a FBI agent and ur hunting down a serial killer.
So anyways there was a part that cept me guessing and saying why. later on i found out something wierd and ofno understanding
(spoiler). turns out ur a serial killer :P
i didnt understand this, at all. But also im guessing ur like a phycic ur something cuase in certain parts of the game a black shadow pops up unexpected, scares you, and shows you secret entries and stuff lol.
well this game is pretty scary, makes a grown man jump. Well me and my dad were playing and when he walked into the room to clear the first stage a loud booming sound filled the room and scared my dad ROFL... so its pretty scary at some points, you will jump more than once.
i still say it would have made a great shooter. but its still pretty suspenceful.
WARNING some people say this game isnt o so great, you could be one of them, so rent this game dont buy it.
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