Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1885 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2008-04-04
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Manufacturer's Description

The next chapter in the terrifying series. With an all new combat mechanic and online multiplayer feature. Prepare to be immersed in a world of psychological terror.

Summary - Condemned 2 is the next chapter in the terrifying series that began with the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Condemned. Featuring an all-new fighting mechanic and online multiplayer functionality, Condemned 2 is a first-person action thriller which immerses players in a world of psychological terror. Following a string of gruesome murders, players must use their deductive skills and brute force to track down a sadistic serial killer. Players will assume the identity of Ethan Thomas, the former Serial Crimes Unit investigator, who has been called back to duty to track down his missing partner. As Ethan, players will engage in visceral combat using a variety of firearms, blunt instruments and an all-new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains. To help track the killer and solve the mysteries behind Condemned 2, players will crack open an all-new set of high-tech forensic tools.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant
Scary and Violent. All the sound problems have now been fixed. This is a truly terrifying game and not for kids at all.

Brilliant game.

Good Game
I was surprised to find such a gruesome game had been made in conjunction with a name like Warner Brothers - it is, after all, a very dark game with a lot of gratuitous violence.

Despite three reviews complaining about the sound in this game I found nothing in it which warranted such abuse. In the very first section (during the tutorial part) there are a few weird noises which seemed out of place, but thereafter it resolved and although I had the sound turned right up I was unable to distinguish any further problems.

The game play itself will not lend itself to anyone used to the usual fight style of button mashing; you are taught during the tutorial that you have to time your attack and defence - i.e. holding down block will not defend you, you need to block as the opponent attempts to hit you. Likewise you cannot just hit an opponent repeatedly - you need to time the punches. This is possibly why some people have disliked the control system; but once you get used to it, it makes the game ever so much better as it requires more of your attention and thus makes the game more involving.

I found the plotline to be good also; I especially liked the crime scenes which require a little imagination and also some intelligence to interpret. Each section of the game is also very different to the rest - whether you are in a creepy tenement building, an old doll factory, a black tar-filled office or out in the woods in a cabin. The tasks are pretty different too - some are simply search and destroy, others areas require a little more puzzle solving, and you make good use of your equipment following UV fluorescent pipes and blood trails.

The ambience itself is pretty creepy; mannequins popping into existence in the tenement building was creepy, the explosive-filled dolls wandering the rooms in the factory were also pretty creepy when they start crawling under things to get to you; the freakiest bit is definitely in the cabin though... but I'll not spoil the surprise. I actually squeaked out loud in fright at one point when I ran around a corner straight into what I'd been trying to run away from!

The game has its humour too; guys in medieval armour running about a museum, odd news broadcasts and the ability to use toilet seats as none-too-shabby weapons.

SUMMARY
Positive: Great game, good plot, lengthy play time, engaging combat, darkly humorous.
Negative: Some IQ points may be required, not for the faint of heart, definitely not for underage players.

In my opinion it's definitely worth what it's up for sale at on the Marketplace.

Yuk!
I bought this game after I kept passing it in the store not really knowing what it was about and not having any preconceptions about it. I spent 10 mins playing it before turning it off - nothing but fighting, fighting with weapons and more fighting!! Don't get me wrong, I like a good fight on the computer but this is nothing but gratuitous violence through and through... personally, I hated it and wouldn't try it again.