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Awesome game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game achieved creepy and exciting at the same time. The graphics were great, the plot line directly linked to the last game. More thugs to bash and more demons to kill. New weapons to go with the old ones and some main bosses that give you a challenge throughout the game. The only downside to the game is that it is constantly dark. It gives you the option to change the lighting in the options menu, I suggest you do so, I strained to see most of the time and some of the demons are pure black and will kick the stuffing out of you if you don't see them right away. All in all this game was great, I reccomend this to anyone.

Even better than the first one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you like Condemned: Criminal Origins, then you will like this one too. Bloodshot has the same errie and unsettling environments, and spooky special effects to compliment the mood.

The story in Bloodshot is directly related to where Criminal Origins left off. Bloodshot develeops Ethan Thomas even more so, and we learn about his past, and his relationship with Malcom.

The fighting mechanics are vastly improved. now there are stage fatalities, combos, and slow motion fist fights that let you see every bone being broken. Another improvement in the mechanics is that you control each fist seperatly, and you can carry multiple items. but the last one is one of the many upgrades you can now earn, depending on how well you do in each stage.

i highly recomand this series to anyone who enjoys the horror genre games.

Bloodshot,a lot of time shot. =

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was just awesome, getting all of the achievements took a lot of time, but that is what I look for in a good game. This game builds on all the good things its predecessor had. Not everyone will love this game, but if Survival Horror [ie. Gears/Fear] and intriguing stories are what you crave, Bloodshot is right down your alley. ;-)

Tremendous improvements over the original Condemned

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 12, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Every complaint I had about the first Condemned has been addressed on the second release. Great controls and game play. Graphics are good and the sound is incredible, very creepy and sets a mood for the game that keeps you on edge of your seat. Definetly check this game out.

Still wailing on my fun-sense with a piece of bent rebar!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is the last title I got to play before my 360 broke down and died at the ripe old age of 9 months. (I know, pathetic, isn't it? Heck, I still have my Sega Master System from 1984 and it works GREAT! ...yeah, so I still play it sometimes.) Luckily, it was a really, really title to end on. At least for the time being. Until I fix it.

Anyway, let's get down to brass tacks. Bloodshot.

Creepy, creepy, creepy--that's the name of the game here, Bubba.

Different in subtle ways from the original Condemned. How so? A bit more depth. I loved the added element of receiving rewards based on how well you perform in each level. You can accumulate all sorts of (permanent!) goodies, such as brass knuckles to increase your punching power, a kevlar vest to halve the damage you take from gunshots, and--my absolute favorite--the holster.

In the original Condemned, you could carry one (1) weapon with you. It added tension and not a few frustrating moments when you found yourself with a single bullet and had to decide whether to toss the pistol for a 2x4 with rusty nails in it, or keep the firearm, knowing that--placed correctly--that one bullet could dispatch an enemy at range with no risk to yourself.

This time around--providing you perform well enough--you can be granted a holster. This'll let you tuck away a pistol for later, and pick up a second weapon to wield in the meantime. There's at least one level where I know I made it through because I had that backup saved.

The story, alas, alack, has become akin to Lost: rather convoluted and confusing. (For example, some people in the world have a very special ability: they can explode your body by yelling at you. Yeah, I know. I was thinking, "Huh?" too) Still, the atmosphere hasn't changed at all. I focused on that and had no problems.

There are changes to the crime scene investigations, too. Now you actually have to look at the evidence and infer what happened based what you, the gamer, see on the screen. You have to be good at this to get those rewards I was talking about. I suppose you could get by on trial and error--the inferences are multiple-choice--but where's the satisfaction in that? I enjoyed studying those vicious, creepy crime scenes. Take your time. Soak it in.

I have to admit I also enjoyed the personification of your character's inner demons. Twisted versions of yourself, they show up from time to time and represent different fears and vices--read the scenes for cues as to which demon is there at any given moment. Most screen time is devoted to Alcohol, the demon that seems to be the strongest.

And speaking of alcohol, I'd watch your young, impressionable kids around this game. Just like the questionable morality of showing plumbers eating random mushrooms in order to grow big and strong, this game causes you to sate your character's addiction by chugging bottles of liquor from time to time. Without it, your hands shake badly, and you can't aim a weapon to save your life.

Was there anything I didn't like? I'm not sure I liked the survival of an important evildoer from the original (not spoiling anything with names). I would have been much more satisfied with him having died. It just doesn't seem likely that he wouldn't have.

And there also seems to be an overabundance of firearms in this title as opposed to the original, which gave it less tension and worries over your character's health.

Still, those are very minor things, and should not in any way dissuade you from giving this title a shot. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

What u do

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Running around as a drunk; shootin and beating the hell out of everything in sight.

you will all die

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

this game is hot better than the first but the first was great to but this one was better more serious envestigations more terror its like the suffering ties that bind combined with resident evil4 this game was not scary though it was great playing this game after beating part1 i new part 2 was going to come out and this is better more great effeacts great weapon use and you can use your fist you could'nt do that in part one but this game is great

Better than the first game in every way.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Well first of all this game is everything you loved about the first one but there is so much more this time around. The creepiness is by far more compelling than the first game and the little things that they added in this game make it feel new and original in a lot of ways. It really will suprise you how much different it actually is from the first game. I would recommend this for anyone who enjoyed the first game. Even if you only liked the first one a little. Because this game has far surpassed the slight boredome you experience in the first.

one of the better survival horror games for nxt gen systems

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Im a big fan of survival horror games, and for condemned 2 it's all worth it. OK if u never played the first condemned it's ok, lots of improvements were brought up in 2. Play control.. this time u can combo up with ur fists, grapple and finish off enemies directly into the background, blocking really requires some skill,(u just can't simply hold down and block thinking ur not going to recieve damage, u actually have to time enemy attacks to maximize inflicting damage to enemies). GRAFx..from deep dark street hallways, to alleyways, to inside ur head pyschosis dreams of medical tables ect. everything looks good and creepy/fearful(i just love the fact ur character is so opened to the enviroment, anyone/anything can come at u at any direction and attack u, this always brings fear and suspenseful emotions to oneself). story...story is deep and intriging it comes directly from part one but enough for first timers to "get the picture". sounds r one of the elements any SH game should have, creepy shadows lurking everywhere, footsteps, object being thrown down wow scary. overall in a simply way... if ur not a fan of SH games don't get this, but if u love SH games get condemned 2 its all the worth it. oh, the online modes r really fun to play. team up go against other group of people. I just hope in the long run if there's any plans to make condemned 3 sega should make the story mode co - op make ethan have a partner just as tough. Nuf said..."fear is facinating".. superbeast7877

Over Rated..

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: March 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Although it at least attempts to be creepy (unlike other games for whatever reason) this game is average at best. Im amazed at some of the reviews it has received. The graphics arent good and its even disguised because its constantly dark so perhaps the average gamer could overlook this issue. On the cover you see a peep hole and this is the spectrum of visibility you get throughout this game. Things will attack you many times and you will struggle to find them. Even when you find the enemy you can barely see them in many situations. The flashlight is optional (you can turn it off and on) and Im not sure why. I have a 40inch 1080p TV running this game direct from the 360 at 1080i. What really gave me distaste was the area where they opted to use the "brain" to further blur and distort the view you are seeing. Send crazy glasses with the game if you want to make people struggle to see what they are doing. Their approach just doesnt enhance the fear the game is supposed to bring because of the annoyance and the writings on the wall are cheesy.

All in all they bring a lot of the same back from the first - same fighting instruments, etc. The manequins that follow you are back as well.

Pros
1. Combos
2. No other games seem to be able to produce creepy.
3. Invesigations add puzzles to a 1P shooter.

Cons
1. Frame rate issues.
2. Poor graphics disguised by dark (jumpy, etc.).
3. Very repetitive - definitely not open ended.
4. Its a repeat of the first with minor updates.

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