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Condemned 2: Bloodshot | 
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| From: Sega Of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $59.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 485
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 68020
Model: 68020
UPC: 010086680201
EAN: 0010086680201
ASIN: B000XJO7A2
Release Date: March 11, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Face horrifying enemies and endless heart-stopping surprises in the shadows of a strange and sinister world | | • | New set of high-tech forensic tools; new vicious combo attacks and over-the-top finishing moves | | • | Gritty environments with secondary objectives and multiple path solutions | | • | Smart and devious enemies featuring realistic AI behavior--befriend them and they might fight on your side | | • | Powerful projectile-based weapons; online gaming for up to 8 players with 3 unique modes |
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Product Description
Ethan Thomas is a former Serial Crimes Unit investigator with a disturbed past who has been sent back into the field to find his missing partner. His dark past has left him burnt out and struggling with his demons, all the while trying to solve a sinister conspiracy. As Ethan, you will have use of a variety of firearms, blunt instruments and an all-new fighting system complete with defensive and offensive combo chains, as well as grapples and holds. An all-new set of high-tech forensic tools will help you solve the mystery. Condemned 2: Bloodshot has new online multiplayer modes, including deathmatch. Enemies benefit from superior artificial intelligence and work in teams to overpower and outsmart players. All-new multiplayer modes like Circle of Death enhance the experience through a variety of different play styles and flexibility.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
More action and cutscenes, less atmosphere June 17, 2008
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.
Better than the first game in every way. June 4, 2008
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.
What u do May 9, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Running around as a drunk; shootin and beating the hell out of everything in sight.
 Even better than the first one April 18, 2008
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.
Awesome game April 11, 2008
This game achieved creepy and exciting at the same time. The graphics were great, the plot line directly linked to the last game. More thugs to bash and more demons to kill. New weapons to go with the old ones and some main bosses that give you a challenge throughout the game. The only downside to the game is that it is constantly dark. It gives you the option to change the lighting in the options menu, I suggest you do so, I strained to see most of the time and some of the demons are pure black and will kick the stuffing out of you if you don't see them right away. All in all this game was great, I reccomend this to anyone.
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