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  • Summary: Featuring new fighting mechanics and online multiplayer functionality, Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a first-person action thriller immersing 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 sadistic serial killers. Players assume the identity of Ethan Thomas, former Serial Crimes Unit investigator, who has been called back to duty to track down his missing partner. The disturbing events from Ethan's past have left him a broken man – a desperate burnout drifting aimlessly through society in an inexplicable decline. Fighting inner demons throughout his one-man investigation into a sinister conspiracy, Ethan needs to use anything and everything in the environment to survive as he unravels the mysteries shrouding the city in darkness. As Ethan, players engage in visceral combat using a variety of firearms, blunt instruments and a new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains, as well as grapples and holds. To help track the killer and solve the mysteries behind Condemned 2: Bloodshot, players crack open an all-new set of high-tech forensic tools. Using wits and brute strength, murders can be solved a number of different ways to keep players guessing throughout each suspenseful investigation. Condemned 2: Bloodshot introduces a variety of online multiplayer modes, including deathmatch. [Sega] Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 37
  2. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. This game is all raw nerves and bloody fists, so if that’s what you’re looking for, you’ll find plenty of it in the equally damaging Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
  2. Condemned 2: Bloodshot takes everything the original game offered and expands on the gameplay with new combat mechanics and upgraded forensics spots.
  3. This horror-themed sequel's thrilling set pieces and bloody combat are remarkably satisfying but not for the faint of heart.
  4. Despite its shortcomings, Condemned 2: Bloodshot is a good game by all accounts.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 18
  2. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. JackD
    10
    Condemned 2 is creepy and disturbing and is probably one of the scariest games I have played, however the new combat system needs some time got used to. Expand
  2. Condemned 2 is what survival horror should be its creepy,scary,and disturbing. This game is usually overlooked but give it a chance this game has a good story and decent combat.lets start with the combat its pretty good but can be clunky at times but that doesnt stop this game from shining, the blocking mechanic is pretty good but your gonna need to time it right you also have weapons which work in most situations just make sure you choose the right one. Lets talk about a.i the enemies were designed very well, the developers wanted to scare the hell out of people and they did it by making the enemy types feel scary and disturbing. the story I wont ruin ill lets you guys see that yourselves. overall its really good and deserves to be played multiple times Expand
  3. PedroD.
    6
    Very strange game, I'm all for horror. Love the genre but this is not horror, the start is more like something out of a mental asylum. Very weird, so weird to the point you think it's a bit stupid. The game actually made me want to stop playing it. I did persevere and have finished the game. Overall the story gets better and the evidence gathering sections are pretty interesting. The fighting controls are average and using a gun is pointless, i found it easier to throw my guns at people to stun them and then close in to finish them in close combat. Overall this is not a spoiler, only a note to highlight how pathetic the early gun fights are, it only gets realistic when you get to semi automatics. Overall about 10-15 hours of gameplay which is ok but was not super impressed with the game. Having played FEAR on PC recently maybe I'm expecting too much but FEAR was a lot better, far more engrossing story. Again this is not so much horror as it is weird sci-fi on acid. Expand
  4. RedRose
    0
    Positives: those who love violence for the sake of violence will love it. Okay graphics (when you can see them). Negatives: 1. On the PS3 - awful sound; 2. Too dark to be able to see what you are doing most of the time which makes for an incredibly frustrating gaming experience; 3. Absurd story line, which makes no sense. 4. Almost impossible to fight more than one enemy at a time. 5. Controls are so limited, you cannot even jump or climb over things. Combat becomes very repetitive. 6. The game has become far too fantastical. Conclusion: If you have played the Half Life series or Bioshock, I suspect you will find this a very limited FPS. 6. Ending is anti-climatic. Expand

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