amazing game, still holds up

>>715639930 (OP)
I liked 2 just as much

Been wanting to play this for awhile. I should get off my ass and get to it

>>715639930 (OP)
It's okay. The atmosphere is the best part. The story ended up so nonsensical it actually hindered my overall enjoyment.

[Heavy breathing]

>Follow up never ever

>>715640248
why isn't 2 on steam?

>>715640858
government

>>715639930 (OP)
>difficulty: hard
>crosshair: off
>dogshit eye-searing bloom: off
>taser: only used on enemies with guns
Yep, it's gaming time

>>715642223
>taser: only used on enemies with guns
why tho

>>715642895
Because the game becomes a babby tier snoozefest otherwise which kills any horror, especially after they upgrade it for no reason

>>715639930 (OP)
The sequel is fucking bonkers. One of the very few horror games that actually deserves the name.

>>715640519
Do it. There's quite literally no other games like these. The closest thing might be the first FEAR, which was made by the same studio, but the combat in Condemned is something else entirely. The environments and set pieces are 10/10. There's little things like having alcoholic tremors as part of the game.

>>715640858
>>715641613
Condemned landed WB in some trouble a bit for the same reason as Manhunt, but Condemned took extra heat because ther violence is far more suggestive. Probably the reason there will never be another game, or even a game like it.

>>715640858
It never released on PC but you can emulate it on Xenia now.

>>715639930 (OP)
Why do so few games give any feeling of momentum when hit? Condemned nails the feeling of collision, every impact feels visceral.

>>715642895
Because once you get the upgraded taser it basically turns the whole game into point zap win. Half the tension comes from those scrappy, unpredictable melee fights. When you rely on the taser too much it turns into a shooting gallery with crackheads instead of actual horror encounters. You want the fear of missing a swing or getting blindsided, not a stun-and-done every 10 steps.

>>715639930 (OP)
this is one of the few games that has spooked me

>>715644038
>The sequel is fucking bonkers. One of the very few horror games that actually deserves the name.
I remember hating the sequel's second half because the first half is the first game but better in *every*, and then it turns into retarded dragon shouting.
I'm dying to replay it now I'm older though, but alas no PC port.

>>715639930 (OP)
All condemned has going for it are the evironments, the rest is garbage.
>Make a gritty urban horror game about a serial killer.
>Imediatly some magical blueskinned enemies in level 2
>guys hiding in manequens
>Fucking dead birds collectibles because seeing 2/5 DEAD BIRDS FOUND is really scary and immersive
>Ends with you chasing the retard killer around the house and then a fucking combat focused level with a sword fighting final boss
Yup. it's a classic.

>>715639930 (OP)
Its crazy that out of all the games out there, this one suffered so much from the whole edgy sequel trend at the time. Somehow they made Condemned 2 too edgy.

>>715640248
Shut up nerd

>>715644038
I remember it being super edgy, but more silly than anything. What was too much? I mean what was crazy about C1 was how overall it was so grounded and just brutal and nasty, but in a very subdued way. C2 just became a self parody.

>>715647530
its not that hard to emulate iirc, although i haven't tried in years because i got a 360 just for old xbox games

>>715644038
the second probably has the greatest tutorial of any game, ever
>pick up that 2x4 and beat the shit out of that hobo over there

>>715649567
The ending was pure ludo, the idea that the investigation had driven him so mad that by the time he finds the serial killer, the serial killer is now scared of him, was a great twist.

>>715647530
The sql gets too silly, the first game had stuff like manequins and self disfigured crazy people. It was really uncomfortable horror, but still grounded. The second had crazy girls dressed like dolls with saw lollipops in like the second level, towards the end you are screaming at people as an attack

>>715639930 (OP)
combat is clunky and gets old fast

>>715647393
I completely forgot the taser was a thing in the game so I'm glad my playthrough was untainted

What was that last level all about though?

>>715651917
The whole enemies lurk around corners too

>>715651917
>>715655632
Steam time shows that I played it almost 8h but it felt like 20.
This is the game you play once in your lifetime and never look back.

>>715650835
You sound like a fucking idiot.

>>715644038
Jace Hall owns the rights to condemned