Product DescriptionCondemned 2: Bloodshot X360 MODEL- 68020 VENDOR- SEGA FEATURES- Condemned 2: Bloodshot X360 Condemned 2: Bloodshot ratchets up the bone-crushing brutality of the popular psychological thriller with an all-new fighting system and for the first time, online multiplayer modes. As Ethan Thomas, the unstable and disgraced Serial Crimes Unit investigator, you will face horrifying enemies and endless heart-stopping surprises in the shadows of a strange and sinister world. Utilize a new set of high-tech forensic tools and fight off violent enemies on the perilous hunt for your missing partner. You'll need to use anything and everything in the environment to survive as you unravels the mysteries shrouding the city in darkness. Condemned 2: Bloodshot is set to horrify the masses in 2008. BRUTAL IN-YOUR-FACE COMBAT with brand new vicious combo attacks and over- the-top finishing moves. Bare-fisted combat, grappling, bone breaking and neck snapping - whatever it takes to disable the enemies. ONLINE GAMING for up to eight players with three unique modes for both Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system. Never before has the Condemned universe supported online action! A BAD-ASS ARSENAL now totally expanded to include items taken straight from the environment. Tire irons, bricks, toilet seats, antlers, flaming 2x4s, mannequin arms and mop buckets, just to name a few. Pick your punishment! MASSIVE GUNPLAY made possible by powerful projectile-based weapons like the sub-machine gun, crossbow, shotgun, 9MM handgun, and .45 caliber pistol. OWN YOUR INVESTIGATION with an inventive approach to solving crime scenes naturally sewn into the action. You will be rewarded with unlockable weapons and achievements along the way. GRITTY REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS with secondary objectives and multiple path solutions so that players never get bored. Atmospheric elements and chilling ambiance that will make every player cringe at every turn. SMART AND DEVIOUS ENEMIES featuring highly realistic AI behavior -- befriend them, and they just might fight on your side. -- SPECIFICATIONs ----------------------------------- ESRB Rating : M for Mature Genre/Category: Action System : Xbox 360 Customer ReviewsReviewed on 2008-07-23      Bloodshot,a lot of time shot. = 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. ;-) |  | Reviewed on 2008-06-17      More action and cutscenes, less atmosphere THE GOOD:
Great graphics, the gameplay has been HUGELY improved from the original, and the story is interesting. It definitely feels more supernatural than the first one, because they hit you with the mental stuff right off the bat. So right away, this game feels like the awesome, hallucinaton-filled second half of the first game. That's a very good sign. It goes back to "reality" a few chapters in, and the hallucinations/supernatural elements become less common, but it's still fun.
The combat is fun - some people say it's become too easy to beat down on the thugs, and so it takes away from the suspense...but it's fine with me, because 1.) It's not THAT easy to beat up the thugs, you're still on your toes, plus they often attack in packs, and 2.) Story-wise, it makes sense. Ethan's been through so much, he *should* have learned to fight better since the original. So instead of feeling cheap when you're doing a Chain attack on someone, you feel awesome and powerful.
The investigation segments...gah, they're so much better it's ridiculous. Instead of just finding the victim's wound and taking a picture, you have to decide whether they were stabbed or shot; whether it's an entry wound or exit wound, etc. It's awesome.
Now, for...
THE BAD:
The environments you explore are reminiscent of the first game - run-down, deserted buildings. You spend more time outside in the city, which I don't particularly like...at least in the first game, you could pretend that the outside world is "normal", that you're really exploring a deserted department store in a real city. In this game, you're often outside, and the city is ridiculously deserted and the sky is green. Stupid.
It has more cutscenes...more cutscenes that either try to show how "cool" Ethan is, or cutscenes that make you think "What the hell just happened?" For example....*MINOR SPOILERS*....I found a body, took some pictures, thinking how fun that was. I had been with two cops, and we got separated, so I had to tell them the number of the room I was in. And then suddenly a cutscene started which showed those two cops running with the body on a bridge, with Ethan running after them at the head of a gang of thugs. One of the cops turned and shot some electrical box that made a line of fire block the bridge, so Ethan and the thugs had to stop. It wasn't until the "good" cop cried "Ethan's still back there!" that I realized Ethan was NOT suddenly aligned with the thugs. It was just a stupid-looking cutscene, and something you'd never find in the first game.
Anyways, the constant moves from gameplay to action-packed cutscene are jarring and pretty much kills any of the lonely, mysterious atmosphere the first game had.
Another thing I just don't like is the "upgrade" system. If you find things throughout the level (like the dead birds from the first game), you get Mission Points. Do good enough on a Mission (chapter), and you get an Upgrade. Stuff like bullet-proof vests, silver knuckles, etc. It sounds cool...but I kind of like the idea of surviving with whatever you can find in the environment, and getting upgrades that, well, make sense with the game world. It's ridiculous to jump off a roof in Chapter 2, and land in the factory in Chapter 3 with a brand-new bulletproof vest. It feels like it came straight out of a videogame from 1995.
So...overall I think it's still a good game, and I think it's worth $30, but not $60. It seems to have the "Prince of Persia 2" syndrome. It's like the marketing people didn't like the sales of the first game, so they made Monolith put in "more action" and stuff like that. Although at $30, it's kind of tough to go wrong when you know what you're getting into. |  | Reviewed on 2008-06-04      Better than the first game in every way. 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. |  | Reviewed on 2008-05-09      What u do Running around as a drunk; shootin and beating the hell out of everything in sight. |  | Reviewed on 2008-04-18      Even better than the first one 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. |  |
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