Zero Punctuation: Condemned 2: Bloodshot

[Emperor_Z]

Indigo Prophecy started off so awesome with the hiding of evidence segments and such, but then every choice was just laid out in front of you and then there were AIs born from the internet with electric bodies. So disappointing :-(

THis review has persuaded me to pick up Condemned 1 though. Seems great for $20.

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

Indigo Prophecy started off so awesome with the hiding of evidence segments and such, but then every choice was just laid out in front of you and then there were AIs born from the internet with electric bodies. So disappointing :-(

THis review has persuaded me to pick up Condemned 1 though. Seems great for $20.

At that price it's totally worth it, I'm surprised you had to wait for Yahtzee to tell you it was good...what are you some kind of loyalist who can't form their own opinion?!

 

[ChaosStep]

As condemned is my favorite game on the 360, if not my favorite game of almost all time since it had me on the verge of nerve racking pant shittery (because im into that sort of thing)

the usual fanboyish behaviour would be to praise the sequal to shit like i was a halo fan, but i'll agree with yaht, altho i like the sequal i can see how much it became the game i hoped it would never become... i see it like this

It answers all of the questions left from the original, whats all this about ethans ability and crazy file?, who's the crazy metal faced guy, whats with all this interest in ethan? will he still be missing his finger? altho most of these are answered majorly out of proportion but the game gets concluded all the same, gameplay-wise its still condemned, but with a shot of f.e.a.r

For those who have played the original and maybe looked at the extras unlocked via achievements there is a video of the original concept for condemned, it plays thru the school level but the main character has telekenetic abilitys and theres a lot more bioshock style object throwing going on, i guess thats what the dev's originally wanted and finally added something of the sort into it, so i wont hold that against them.


Another way to put it is Condemned 2 to Condemned is like Aliens to Alien.

 

[Uszi]

Another thing that really bothered me in Condemned 1 is the "Black/white slow motion moments" when your supposed to see something interesting but your looking somewhere else and you have to restart the saving point to watch it.

About the t-shirt desing, I don't like de "ZP" basically is the same motto the spanish goverment use to promote our president. So I have some some alternatives ideas:
"I prefer to die rather than press X"
"Rock Band is a urban legend"
"Portal is great and if you don't like you must be stupid"
"My hand shoots bees. You're going to fucking loose"
"Zero punctuation: enjoyed by Peter Molyneux"
Also, a t-shirt whith all the game characters (Gordon Freeman, Mario, the big Daddy, Peter Molyneux...) around Yathzee holding a cake could be great.

I wonder if I were to draw these ideas out, submit them to a T-shirt ordering company, and then make an "Unofficial ZP T-Shirt Website" website, if I would owe you, Yahtzee or the Escapist some sort of royalty.

Hmmm...

Oh. And:
"So Condemned 2 must logically be a flawless flaky treat, right?"

 

[smileyboybob]

i think i wet myself

 

[Heroic One]

Selling t-shirts would cause you to lose a crapload of respect, I'd imagine.

 

[Lion Fury]

The major focus on gun play really ruined it for me when it reared its ugly head. Oh, and the datker then shit beginning was really annoying. The super powers? Gay!
The tension was really hit and miss too, opposed to the first game where I was practically wading through a pool of my own piss the whole way through.
On a positive note, have you seen the gamerpics for Condemned 2 on Xbox Live marketplace? They picture many of the different crazies and whatnot, and many of them are pretty cool. I especially like the crazy clown. Reminds me a bit of Sweet Tooth from Twisted Metal. hehe. I might actually purchase at least that pack.

 

[tommyg692021]

Great job as always

and you should make ZP shirts, it is a bit on the sell out side, but nothing gets your word out and your wallet full than overpriced pieces of cloth with your logo slapped on them =P

 

[Slimby]

A+. Best so far. Fantastic turnaround from the disappointment of last week.

Slimby

 

[FlameMasterAxel]

Great, and I was just getting over my paranoia that serial killers used under my bed for social gatherings.

Absolutely brilliant review, but horrible for my mental health.

 

[Nemra]

good review

 

[Knight Templar]

Best yet, or maybe that's just because I didn't like the last one as much. Also nice way to explain Fahrenheit* I always had trouble getting just the right words.

*It's call Indigo Prophecy in America because they didn't want to confuse the game with the move (Fahrenheit 9/11). Led zeppelin spelt "lead" as "led" because of the formers second meaning and Americans saying things the way they are spelt. Or so I heard, could be wrong.

 

[Xenon Pretzel]

Ok. I didn't look for the serial killer, but I swear my cat just whispered to me over my shoulder.

There's no-one else there to whisper over my shoulder.

I haven't played Condemned 2, but.. Magical cult? Dumbass writers.

"Listen, we've got a huge plothole and we can't fix it, what should we do?"
"Hm... Say a wizard did it"

That's pretty much what bringing a magical cult into a game like this is.

 

[hpv]

Hell yes you should start making ZP tshirts! Unless you're too good to take my money or something.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Opening song featured in Shaun of the Dead? Closing song featured in Doctor Who? I approve.

Brill review.

 

[ridik_ulass]

not only are you right again but so much so i had already stoped playing condemed 2 after they gave me that shotgun,this makes me very sad because the first one was my fav game ever ...we should start a pertition to have the second one remade in likeness of its great precurser

ps you didnt mention how they messed up the new combat to stick in those god of war button bashing gayness you and i and pretty much everyone hates "chains" for the lose

 

[Halfang]

People at university is looking at me in strange manner because I laughted so much.

Creepy. I think they are serial killers. Or something.

 

[Doctor Panda]

Sigh. I was *really* enjoying farenheight until about halfway through. The first area was absolutely amazing. The next few were pretty damn enjoyable too. AND it has an interactive sex scene if you manage to woo your ex properly - i'm not suggesting this is particularly erotic or anything but the fact that it managed to slip past the "whatever it is, we're against it" team without even the slightest hint of a complaint amuses me no end. Unfortunately yes, then the storyline which had such a wonderful build up had a resoltion so cop-out you get the impression that it was thrown together at the last minute after the author had written themselves into a corner without thinking ahead.

Now i need to go check out original condemned. Never paid any attention to it whatsoever, but it sounds like it's right up my alley.

 

[gabrieldevue]

Thank you so much for the great review again.
I am so impressed, how you manage to increase the fun by the, um... illustrations. This very simple set of basic shapes are all that is needed, I feel like in a monthy python X deluxe-paint (amiga) rambling. This time that crown poking the eye and the atmosphere-picture as well as the illustration of "realistic melee-simulation" really ads an extra level of fun.

I wonder, why I never had this cult-problem with silent hill. They explained everything but the whole story didn't stop to be creepy. Maybe because a lot of the riddles where so damn unlogical and twisted - throughout the whole game.

But Broken Sword III was so very bad that problem