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(More customer reviews)Condemned 2: Bloodshot brings back everything I loved about the first game, and improves on what I wasn't ecstatic about.Fans of the first version will applaud the updated fighting system here.Not only can you pummel your opponents with uppercuts, hooks, and one-two combos, but you can creatively finish them off with objects in the environment once they fall to their knees (smashing their heads into a nearby T.V. set, for example).
The forensic aspect of the game has been improved as well.In "Criminal Origins", collecting evidence was essentially a no-brainer.You just walked up to a scene, pressed a few buttons, and the game did the rest.This time around, the developers have made investigations more puzzling.The player is now required to analyze a scene with his/her own eyes and answer questions on it based on the details he/she sees.In addition to this, the player now has to choose the right tool for the scene (as opposed to "Criminal Origins" where the right tool was produced automatically).This adds a much more immersive aspect to investagting, and its something that I, personally, am very excited about.I like to use my brains once in a while when playing a video game.
Perhaps the coolest, and cleverest, addition to the game is the upgrade system.In "Criminal Origins", if a player was tenacious enough to earn a gold badge from a mission, he/she was rewarded with nothing more than some artwork or a video to watch from the bonus menu.In "Bloodshot", players are rewarded with upgrades to their character that will help them progress through the game (finishing the first mission with a silver badge, for example, will earn you some brass knuckles for your left fist that stay there permanently.)This type of reward system is ingenious, and it increases the replay value of the game immensely.In fact, many players will be reluctant to continue the game until they've beaten all of the missions with gold badges!I could be wrong about how this works, though.It may be that you are given these upgrades automatically -- I haven't been back through the levels to find out.Let me know if I'm wrong about this.
Finally, "Condemned 2" wins my affections most simply by being scarier than the first.The first game was tense and creepy, and got truly frightening in the final levels.But most of the time, I felt as if I was just kicking the mess out of drunks, addicts, and crazies.Here, the game takes a darker turn almost immediately.The crazies are still here, but some really creepy supernatural enemies are introduced early-on as well (skinny, fast, tar-like creatures that can be killed quite easily, but can destroy you pretty quickly if not dealt with right away.)It's these kinds of imaginative, bizarre enemies that make a great horror game, and Condemned 2 is definitely more of a survival-HORROR game than the first.
The only reason I did not give the game five-stars overall is because the graphics, while they look great, could have been tweaked a little more before the product was released.There are times when the framerate skips or stalls -- just for a moment -- and, even though its not enough to ruin the whole experience, it does jerk the player out of his immersion with the game.I don't like to be reminded that I'm only playing a game if I'm super-absorbed in what's happening in the game.
And Condemned 2 is definitely the kind of game that I want to stay super-absorbed in.
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