Condemned - It's Creepy and Dark

When I sat down to get to grips with Sega's Condemned: Criminal Origins on my recently acquired Xbox 360 - don’t hate me everybody, please, I just have a very loving girlfriend who got very lucky in getting hold of one - I wasn’t sure quite what to expect. I had seen a number of other reviews describe it as particularly creepy and chilling in its delivery. The pervasive atmospherics I'd learned of in this dark gaming experience drew me, and the serial killer theme also appealed as it is a subject I know well.

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More Condemned: Criminal Origins (Walkthrough / Cheat Codes not included)

Why do we seek out entertainment that makes our palms sweat, our hearts race and fills us with feelings of dread and foreboding? Other than blind dates, I mean.

Because being scared is fun, that's why. And Condemned: Criminal Origins, while it has its flaws, is easily one of the creepiest games in years. Maybe I'm a huge wuss, but at one point I almost stopped playing altogether because I couldn't handle the tension.

OK, yeah, I'm a wuss.

Condemned casts you as FBI agent Ethan Thomas, framed for the shooting deaths of two police officers by a serial killer who is hunting down and slaying other serial killers. What ever happened to my enemy's enemy is my friend?

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