Condemned 2: Bloodshot

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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 downFeaturing 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
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 76
  3. Negative: 2 out of 76
  1. Giant Bomb
    100
    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. TeamXbox
    90
    The kind of logical thinking it requires of you in the forensic mode is unheard of in action games.
  3. Gamers.at
    86
    Whether you like the intense gore-level of Condemned 2: Bloodshot or not, the newest nightmare of alcohol-addict Ethan Thomas is a worthy sequel to its predecessor. Most of those issues which were criticized in Condemned: Criminal Origins were eliminated, for instance the shallow forensic investigations or the unvaried melee-fights. But the improvements have also been creating new problems, such as the gun-fights, which do not deliver as much fun as the rest of the game does.
  4. GameDaily
    80
    There aren't too many multiplayer options, and the single player game could be longer, but Condemned 2 is still a terrifying sequel.
  5. Gameplayer
    80
    Not quite as special as the original, but still impossible to ignore.
  6. Boomtown
    80
    Even the fast turning speed with beautiful motion blur seems to add to the sometimes frantic feel of the game.
  7. Destructoid
    30
    Condemned 2 is bad. It's got one or two fun mechanics, which it absolutely refuses to let the player enjoy for any significant length of time. The story sucks, the level design is even worse, and the graphics are grimy to the point of being ridiculous.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 36
  3. Negative: 1 out of 36
  1. Snowuk
    Jun 4, 2013
    10
    Condemned 2 BloodShot on XBOX360 FKN RRRRRRUUUULLLLEEEEZZZZZZZ!!!!

    This games have hyper good graphics, realistic hit damages...but 18+...    Condemned 2 BloodShot on XBOX360 FKN RRRRRRUUUULLLLEEEEZZZZZZZ!!!!

    This games have hyper good graphics, realistic hit damages...but 18+... u can do lot of stuff...and if u liked the first condemned...U GONNA LOVE THE SECOND!!!! :D
    i recommend you to at last rent it...and if u want to keep it...JUST BUY IT!!! ;P

    if i put mature content its because THE GAME have:
    Extreme Blood and Gore
    Strong Language
    Explicit Content
    Use of Drugs
    Violence
    and more...
    and i'm too young for that game...
    but i rent it anyway (evillaugh)
    Condemned 2 Bloodshot is from SEGA    … Expand
  2. Adam
    Mar 15, 2008
    10
    The Condemned series is by far the scariest survival horror series (in my opinion, of course) I've played.
  4. herget
    Feb 23, 2015
    9
    This isn't as scary as the first game but its still an unforgettable experience. The one and only reason why I gave this game a 9 is becauseThis isn't as scary as the first game but its still an unforgettable experience. The one and only reason why I gave this game a 9 is because of the ending. I love 95% of this game, but I have to be honest, the ending is not up to par with the rest of the game. Condmened 1 & 2 sre two of my favorite games ever. I highly recommend the both of them.… Expand
  5. Karma_police
    Oct 13, 2012
    8
    I really didn't like the last part of the game because it explains everything but after i finished it i was glad i have played cause this gameI really didn't like the last part of the game because it explains everything but after i finished it i was glad i have played cause this game wasn't on my radar and it was a huge surprise. Graphics 8/10 Story 8/10 Game-play 8/10 Scenarios 9/10 Atmosphere 10/10… Expand
  6. Chempion1
    Dec 21, 2021
    7
    Condemned: Criminal Origins та редкая игра, которой был нужен сиквел в стиле "тех же щей погуще влей"!
    Но как это часто бывает, разработчики    Condemned: Criminal Origins та редкая игра, которой был нужен сиквел в стиле "тех же щей погуще влей"!
    Но как это часто бывает, разработчики наслушались идиотских советов и........
    В Condemned 2 решили переработать всё, именно не доработать, а переработать то, что всем нравилось в оригинале.
    Боевую систему, зачем то, переориентировали на кулачный бой. Всё оружие ближнего боя стало настолько хрупким, что его хватает ударов на пять не больше. Поэтому после часа игры просто перестаёшь его искать, а зачем, ведь время на поиски потратишь больше чем на его использование.
    Зачем то "переработали" электрошокер. Теперь он имеет батарейки, которые тоже надо искать (они не восстанавливаются самостоятельно). Если в первой части шокер был таким "козырем в рукаве", то в Bloodshot он стал очередным ненужным довеском. Я лично пользовался им раза три за всю игру. Отстой.
    Теперь про оружие. С огнестрельным оружием теперь проходится достаточно большая часть игры. Стрелять, как и в оригинале, не удобно и не интересно. Зачем это было сделано? В оригинале огнестрельное оружие тоже было, но оно давалось как бонус на короткое время. В этом и был весь смысл Condemned. Так же в игре стало очень много всяких вещей, которые надо во что то или в кого то бросать, но сделано это также криво, так как нет прицела.
    Теперь о картинке. Ну, на мой взгляд, она стала даже хуже. Во второй части добавили открытые пространства, а движок, как я понимаю, не тянет.
    Добавили некие сверх способности, но реализованы они из рук вон плохо.
    Кстати о сверх способностях. Сюжет игры практически полностью перешёл в потусторонний мир. В игре почти нет простых врагов-людей, кроме спецназовцев ближе к концу. Всё какие то киборги-сектанты, суицидники, мертвецы, демоны, ожившие куклы, зомби медведи, ЖУТЬ! И вот это здорово! Это мне понравилось! Спойлер. Особенно эпизод на фабрике игрушек. Сущий кошмар!!!
    Так же в игре появилось подобие прокачки, которое добавляет какие то смехотворные улучшения. Ну, типа пол ячейки здоровья или этот нелепый шокер.
    Короче игра оставляет неоднозначное впечатление. Как будто игру делали дети авторов оригинала. Хотели сделать как у предков, но лучше. К сожалению, у них нет жизненного опыта, а талант, как правило, на детях отдыхает! Так, что получилось, что получилось.
    Кстати игра вышла только на консолях и совершенно без перевода на русский. И это о многом говорит!
    Не смотря ни на что жду, очень жду продолжения. Наверное, это самая ожидаемая, на сегодняшний день лично для меня, игра. Не может быть, что бы Monolith забросили такую оригинальную франшизу. Игр с замедлением времени как F.E.A.R сейчас множество, а вот таких как Condemned я припомнить не могу!
    Ещё вопрос к авторам: пробовали они залпом выпить 0,5 Jagermeister? Это ликёр, густой, да и крепкий.    … Expand
  7. Subject98
    Nov 3, 2012
    6
    I liked this game, but couldn't help but be a bit disappointed with it as a sequel. In some ways it improves over the original, but overall II liked this game, but couldn't help but be a bit disappointed with it as a sequel. In some ways it improves over the original, but overall I thought Criminal Origins was far more compelling and ominous. It's a shame that a Condemned 3 isn't possible due to poor sales, because this series had a ton of potential.… Expand
  8. quentntarantado
    Sep 9, 2019
    0
    This is really horrible. I do not want to play this game. I'm glad i borrowed it before playing. Now I'm recommending that everyone save theirThis is really horrible. I do not want to play this game. I'm glad i borrowed it before playing. Now I'm recommending that everyone save their money and don't bother buy it. Truly awful. It is boring, tawdry, and the story is so derivative. The acting is third-rate, amateurish. The effects look like they were drawn using crayon. A piece of godawful trash.… Expand

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