After over a year of waiting I’m finally going to be able to play the sequel to Sega’s Condemned, Condemned 2: Bloodshot. When I played the first game I was totally stoked about the melee combat that it had to offer and the ability to just go up to a dude and do him in with a 2” x 4” was particularly satisfying. Therefore, after reading, watching and hearing a tone of good things about the sequel I can’t wait for its release this Friday (20th March over here in the UK).
I don’t know what I’m looking forward to the most, the fact that I’ll be able to spend another 15 hours of adrenalin fuelled madness killin’ deranged psychopaths again, or just that I’ll be playing a game on the 360 that doesn’t revolve around gun combat (although it is included). Whatever the case, I’m really hyped for it and I hope it delivers the goods. After the frankly nonsensical conclusion of the first game, I’m looking forward to seeing if anything gets explained. I know that the second game takes off right where the first one ended, with Ethan Thomas a now a drunken wreck, and on the trail of another killer. I’m pretty sure the narrative will take a fair few twists before the end of the game though, like any classic horror or mystery should, likely leaving room for a third game to make the trilogy (because lets face it, what else have Sega got left? They’ve got to make the money to make another crappy 3D Sonic game from somewhere...).
I guess what I’m really excited to see is just how much the game has changed over its predecessor. From what I’ve read, it’s the gameplay that’s changed the most, with additions to the combat and the investigative mechanics, but I don’t want to ruin Josh’s review (which will be on the site by Sunday) so I’ll keep clear of the specifics. Yeah, so hopefully all of the changes will improve and not detract from the gameplay of the first game that fans come to expect.
p.s. Should I even talk about the multiplayer..? I mean, come on! It’s like putting multiplayer into Bioshock, and we all know how crappy that would have turned out...
--Tom Rhodes, 360Stage Editor--
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i am also looking forward to other weekend of being scared and creeped out much like the last condemned
Blood and Guts and 2" x 4"'s hurray!!
This game has nice shadows :P
Textures are my big thing. If a game has poor textures then it just lets it down...weird, I know, but we all have our own little thing.
--Tom Rhodes, 360Stage Editor--
played the demo today at play.com live was very sweet and now cannot wait for the actual game the first fighting bring the game into some new areas over the last game
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