Author Topic: Has anyone played Condemned 2 yet? (Read 6201 times)

Smooth Groove · « **on:** March 14, 2008, 04:06:57 AM »

I remember quite a few EBers were interested in Condemned 2 but no one has talked about it since it was released.

TVC15 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2008, 04:13:04 AM »

I played a bit of it. It seems like a decent incremental improvement over the original. If you liked the first one, you will like this. If you didn't, you probably won't like it.

Mind you, the gameplay has been changed up, but it's not like a drastic reinvention or anything.

The game is creepy as fuck, as expected.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2008, 04:14:27 AM »

How are the graphics and the melee combat?

TVC15 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2008, 04:19:02 AM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on March 14, 2008, 04:14:27 AM

How are the graphics and the melee combat?

The graphics have received a bit of an upgrade, but it's not like they are a "generation" ahead. This is definitely a sequel to Condemned. Evolution, not revolution. That said, it does eliminate the graphical quibbles of the first game. So far.

The melee combat has been upgraded a full notch, but it's still not far removed from the first game. Each trigger punches with its respective fist, while holding both triggers down blocks. Parrying has been improved, and there is a rather simple follow-up hit system. Note that "simple" is not really a complaint here. The combat is still simple, still visceral and hard-hitting, but there is a smidge more to it.

demi · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2008, 04:31:08 AM »

finishing bully before i bother

at 72% completion so far

abrader · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2008, 04:35:24 AM »

i havent had time to play one game i have bought this week.

Darunia · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:00:31 AM »

I'd be playing it right now if it didn't get delayed a fucking month

FatalT · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:56:20 PM »

I just beat it. Pretty enjoyable experience. The story wasn't too bad, either, even if it was pretty supernatural compared to the first one.

demi · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:57:19 PM »

CONMFIRMED RENTAL

SHIT I SHOULD HAVE FUCKING RENTED IT

MCD · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:58:05 PM »

so, 1 is better?

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2008, 09:34:47 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on March 14, 2008, 08:56:20 PM

I just beat it. Pretty enjoyable experience. The story wasn't too bad, either, even if it was pretty supernatural compared to the first one.

So did the sequel tie up any loose ends from the 1st game?

cognititivemonster · « **Reply #11 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:04:30 PM »

I stopped playing that game when they required that I use a hammer instead of a wrench to open a door.

C'mon!

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:14:31 PM »

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=939452&topic=41940256

Better explanation for the achievements

MCD · « **Reply #13 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:16:28 PM »

you didn't answer me demi

demi · « **Reply #14 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:18:17 PM »

Quote from: McDragon on March 14, 2008, 10:16:28 PM

you didn't answer me demi

i havent played it, i want to take it back and rent it instead

MCD · « **Reply #15 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:19:01 PM »

achievements that bad?

demi · « **Reply #16 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:20:50 PM »

they're mostly multiplayer... epic fail

MCD · « **Reply #17 on:** March 14, 2008, 10:22:53 PM »

oh fuck...

Kyle · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2008, 07:18:15 PM »

omg omg i just finished 2 missions of condemned 2

simply put, mind blowing

buy it ppl, it's so fuckin' hot

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I almost turned off my 360 when i saw that dead body from above in the hotel mission

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Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #19 on:** March 15, 2008, 07:32:28 PM »

I'm not too into it so far. Too much emphasis on fighting, not enough spooky shit. Also, it's a pretty punishing game. I'm on easy and I've already died once. Haven't been playing too long, so maybe it gets better. At least I got a free Condemned (1) out of it from Circuit City.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2008, 10:58:22 PM »

yeah, this game is bullshit, frustrating and not much fun, i regret this purchase

rent, demi

I'll always remember Condemned 2 as the game which finally made me decide to rent every game before buying from this point on

demi · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:11:25 AM »

i alrady dont like those oil creatures... and wtf is with that shit anyway

i'm playing on hard mode btw

pilonv1 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:14:40 AM »

Sounds like Condemned in name only. What an epic fail

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2008, 02:32:39 AM »

What the hell took them so long?

demi · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2008, 03:12:51 AM »

Ok, I got a Gold on the first mission, it gives you a fist upgrade for more damage. This is definitely useful.

demi · « **Reply #25 on:** March 16, 2008, 04:45:07 AM »

Ok, the second level is better. Now we get to beat up needled up bums.

Kyle · « **Reply #26 on:** March 16, 2008, 03:14:33 PM »

wow

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I just finished the museum mission, and was investigating a dead body related to a women named rachel mars or something ..
and guess who was the suspect? SKX!

I'm shocked

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demi · « **Reply #27 on:** March 16, 2008, 04:21:42 PM »

i was looking through the concept art i unlocked frfom my achievements and i fucking spoiled myself

stupid ass monolith

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #28 on:** March 16, 2008, 05:21:31 PM »

I like how

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as a citizen, you've probably seen the female mayor on television a zillion times

the mayor gets beheaded

the only head you find in the game is a woman's head

you still have to examine the evidence to determine who the head belongs to

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I also like how

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You're betrayed by the Chief of Police and some jackass officer three or four times in the game - yet you still carry on conversations with them, accept rides from them, even rescue the Police Chief who promptly betrays you again

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the story in this game is laughable shit, much worse than the first game

even for a video game plot it's bad

but i'm so close to the end i'm forcing myself to finish to see how much sillier it can get

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** March 16, 2008, 06:00:00 PM »

nevermind i found it, i'm stupid

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #30 on:** March 16, 2008, 08:06:19 PM »

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goddamned giant metal junkie on the junk barge traps you in a corner and you can't do anything except wait until he beats you to death

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i fucking despise this game

demi · « **Reply #31 on:** March 16, 2008, 08:47:20 PM »

fourth level... distinguished mentally-challenged. it's dark enough as it is, they go ahead and make it even darker.

and what's with the FEAR direction they are taking this? emphasis on guns and special units, and mysterious figures.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #32 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:29:30 PM »

now i'm stuck

i'm on a lift, all the way at the top of a complex

there's a door, but i can't open it, and i have scoured the whole (small) area but there appears to be no way to get out of here

might be a game glitch

if so, this is where condemned 2 ends for me, because i simply can't take repeating this whole shitty level

here's the big distinguished mentally-challenged shocker plot twist (which you learn a bit before the end part i'm on), in case anyone wants to save themselves $60:

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it's all a big omg freemason-type conspiracy, where this cult wants to take over the world by creating mutants that yell really loud

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this is one of the worst games i have ever played, no lie

demi · « **Reply #33 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:30:53 PM »

a stealth level... they are kidding right?

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #34 on:** March 16, 2008, 09:39:09 PM »

no, they're not

it gets worse, believe me

emo hair ethan

jenny craig + plastic surgery rosa

drinking out of discarded liquor bottles to steady your aim

"edgy" killers wearing clown masks

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sequence that's a near-ripoff of a bioshock level

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stupid yawn conspiracy

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wykkyd powers like banshee from the x-men

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this isn't a game, it's a hot topic blacklight poster

Mupepe · « **Reply #35 on:** March 16, 2008, 10:03:20 PM »

... I'm kind of glad my 360 died or I would have picked it up on release. it sounds bad

demi · « **Reply #36 on:** March 16, 2008, 10:19:15 PM »

the weapon variety is way better, at least.

omg a battle axe. fuck yeah.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #37 on:** March 16, 2008, 10:21:23 PM »

i'll do a good/bad point list in a couple of minutes, after i beat it

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #38 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:21:27 PM »

it ends

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on a quicktime event. i wish this annoying video game trend would fuck off and die already

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and

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omg the president is at the top of the conspiracy to be continued in Condemned 3zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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so lame,

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governmental conspiracies are as overdone as WWII-themed FPS

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GOOD:

fighting system is better, for the most part - see BAD section
weapons selection is more expansive
some of the creatures are creative (the "tar baby" monsters)
voice acting isn't bad
crime scene investigation is better than the first game
environmental kills are fun...the first few times you use them
the sound effects and ambient noise are outstanding, and make great use of 5.1

BAD:

complete waste of a storyline. it's distinguished mentally-challenged bad. i much prefer the nonsensical ending of the first game to the lame x-files horseshit explanations provided here
emo hair ethan, who has apparently bleached his skin and shops for his slogan t-shirts at family dollar
rosa has been taking trimspa and getting botox injections. these characters looked like real people in the first game. now they look like they were designed by committee
too reliant on the new fighting system, annoying constant on-screen indicators for button combinations, turning the entire game into one long quicktime event. gets boring and annoying about three levels in. after that it's like a bad rhythm game set to polka music and programmed by the deaf
guns. too many of them, you have to keep drinking to steady your aim, and the aiming is shit to begin with. i noticed they made all the bottles you drink out of look like Jägermeister bottles (giant eyeroll)
if you're going to require a player to run in your game, how about easing up on all the goddamned nooks and crannies they can get stuck in. also, a fucking ankle-high cardboard box should never impede a player's path. like, ever.
the overall look of the game is either geared towards fourteen-year-old juggalos or carnival workers. also, be sure to thank the bioshock devs in your acceptance speech if you accidentally win any awards for this piece, monolith.
it's too dark. i guess everyone liked not being able to see shit in the first one, so they decided to make this one blacker than black. i had to jack up the brightness to sun-level, and i still couldn't see a damned thing sometimes. there's a difference between moody darkness and "hey, did my tv just turn off?" plus, you add the blurry winovision to the mix, and it's just a visual mess.
some of the investigations you have to conduct are so obvious brain-damaged cats could solve them. and some of them are just pointless, like the one i mentioned earlier. it's as if they thought "hey, we got this bitchin' new crime scene kit minigame, let's use it all the fucking time for no reason!
there's one "boss" which everyone seems to think is awesome from the message board posts and reviews i've read, but i thought it was just ridiculous. most of the bosses are either derivative of other (better) games, or just flat-out stupid. or both.
the "ending" makes this whole game nothing more than a setup for Condemned 3. fuck you, sega and monolith. there's no more milk left in these titties.

i realize i am in the minority here. the game has been getting decent reviews, and the usual message board suspects are heaping praise on it, so i'm guessing everything i hate about it will be amped up to the nth degree in the next installment. but it's a bad game. i'm gonna sell the hell out of it, keep condemned (1), and forget this one was ever made. i'll just make up my own explanations for what happened in the first game. they can't be any stupider than the plot of condemned 2.

Mupepe · « **Reply #39 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:23:57 PM »

seems like they fixed all the issues with the first ones and fucked up all the things the first one had done perfectly (not counting atmosphere)

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #40 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:25:45 PM »

they fuck up the atmosphere, too

demi · « **Reply #41 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:26:44 PM »

nah you can get drunk off other stuff, i found some sort of beer bottle on level 3 - which was the only time i ever found it

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #42 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:28:41 PM »

i got tired of the drinking-to-aim "innovation" pretty quickly, so i quit doing it fairly early on. half the time i'd be taking a swig and some crackhead mutant would spring up and get a couple of free hits

demi · « **Reply #43 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:58:43 PM »

this bear part is distinguished mentally-challenged.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #44 on:** March 16, 2008, 11:59:40 PM »

that's the boss i was talking about

demi · « **Reply #45 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:15:53 AM »

more special agents and assault rifles... yeah

FatalT · « **Reply #46 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:33:59 AM »

I liked it.

demi · « **Reply #47 on:** March 17, 2008, 12:35:02 AM »

i thought i bought Condemned. why am i playing FEAR? biggest letdown of 08? seems so.

demi · « **Reply #48 on:** March 17, 2008, 06:27:40 AM »

these last levels are fucking horrendous.

demi · « **Reply #49 on:** March 17, 2008, 07:23:56 AM »

ok, i just beat it on hard.

omg i hate this game, so disappointing.

MCD · « **Reply #50 on:** March 17, 2008, 07:35:59 AM »

shame on you monolith

smh

Sho Nuff · « **Reply #51 on:** March 17, 2008, 09:42:08 AM »

Quote from: demi on March 16, 2008, 11:58:43 PM

this bear part is distinguished mentally-challenged.

Wait, do you actually fight a bear?

Mupepe · « **Reply #52 on:** March 17, 2008, 11:04:11 AM »

Quote from: Borys on March 17, 2008, 09:45:04 AM

Quote from: demi on March 17, 2008, 07:23:56 AM
ok, i just beat it on hard.

omg i hate this game, so disappointing.

gaf felt in love with it

whom to trust?

I just got condemned 1 on the PC. I hope it lives to the (internet) hype.

Condemned 1 does live up to the hype. Awesome, awesome game.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #53 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:09:36 PM »

Quote from: Sho Nuff on March 17, 2008, 09:42:08 AM

Quote from: demi on March 16, 2008, 11:58:43 PM
this bear part is distinguished mentally-challenged.

Wait, do you actually fight a bear?

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sort of. you run from it, and Chief Brody it at the end of the level.

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Kyle · « **Reply #54 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:26:53 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 16, 2008, 11:58:43 PM

this bear part is distinguished mentally-challenged.

qft $:-\$

demi · « **Reply #55 on:** March 17, 2008, 02:56:44 PM »

Quote from: Borys on March 17, 2008, 09:45:04 AM

Quote from: demi on March 17, 2008, 07:23:56 AM
ok, i just beat it on hard.

omg i hate this game, so disappointing.

gaf felt in love with it

whom to trust?

I just got condemned 1 on the PC. I hope it lives to the (internet) hype.

Condemned 1 is sweet as fuck

demi · « **Reply #56 on:** March 17, 2008, 03:34:07 PM »

this game is so poop. now i get to do FPS Mode - wait a minute, isnt that what i just played? stupid monolith.

Kyle · « **Reply #57 on:** March 17, 2008, 04:45:18 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 17, 2008, 03:34:07 PM

this game is so poop. now i get to do FPS Mode - wait a minute, isnt that what i just played? stupid monolith.

except you get unlimited ammo and lots of weapons or something like that in FPS mode. that's what i heard anyway

demi · « **Reply #58 on:** March 17, 2008, 04:54:04 PM »

no, you only get unlimited ammo if you get Gold on the final mission

Kyle · « **Reply #59 on:** March 17, 2008, 05:02:04 PM »

Quote from: demi on March 17, 2008, 04:54:04 PM

no, you only get unlimited ammo if you get Gold on the final mission

:'(

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Author Topic: Has anyone played Condemned 2 yet? (Read 6201 times)