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Condemned: Criminal Origins Comments by Kristan Reed

25 November, 2005

That's 'origins', not 'oranges', Tom.

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PearOfAnguish
25/11/05 @ 14:39
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All together now:

Better. Than. Kameo.

Thank you and goodnight.


edit: first etc
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Owen-B
25/11/05 @ 14:43
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I noticed Amazon is doing DS games at £24.99 so I thought I might pick up Mario Kart too - unless anyone can think of a better DS game to get? (I don't have any yet).

Woohoo, third!

Sorry for hijacking this thread. I neither own this game nor a 360 so... ;)
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tengu
25/11/05 @ 14:44
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What's Sonic Rush like for the DS?
krudster [mod]
25/11/05 @ 14:45
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A 2D Sonic on the DS. You do the maths!
Razz
25/11/05 @ 14:46
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A harsh, but fair review.
Personally I'd give condemned an 8.5/10
yorkiebar
25/11/05 @ 14:50
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erm... didn't I just read an xbox 360 game review?

Is "Nintendo" japanesey for "in the wrong f**kin forum"?
Razz
25/11/05 @ 14:52
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Nope Nintendo" translates very roughly to "the place where we leave it up to the gods and do the best we can."

Oh, and while where on the topic the company name "Sony" was created by combining two words. One is 'sonus' in Latin, which is the root of the such words as 'sound' and 'sonic'. The other is 'sonny' meaning little son. The words were used to show that " Sony" is a very small group of young people who have the energy and passion toward unlimited creation.
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Eighthours
25/11/05 @ 14:53
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I totally agree with the point about next gen titles needing the ambition to back up their bells and whistles. Condemned could have been one of the greats... I feel the horrible hand of focus groups behind the dumbing-down, tbh.
espadachin
25/11/05 @ 14:54
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good review, this games on my list!
Teeth
25/11/05 @ 14:54
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Similar to what Gamespot said, in terms of the CSI stuff. Wish they had made more of that aspect.
Teeth
25/11/05 @ 14:54
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" I feel the horrible hand of focus groups behind the dumbing-down, tbh."

Probably more like they deliberately were cautious with the design so it could look good and be finished for launch.
WooHoo!!!
25/11/05 @ 14:56
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Good review. Totally agree about the hloding your hand all the time. It was well annoying. Stop thinking gamers are all retards.
Zomoniac
25/11/05 @ 15:01
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What's Sonic Rush like for the DS?

Disappointing. Plays a lot like Sonic Advance, and nothing like Mega Drive Sonic.
tengu
25/11/05 @ 15:04
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"Plays a lot like Sonic Advance"

I was afraid of that :(
Eighthours
25/11/05 @ 15:04
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Probably more like they deliberately were cautious with the design so it could look good and be finished for launch.

Could well have been that instead, yep.
nick_f
25/11/05 @ 15:14
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Isn't Jason Hall with Warner Bros now?

Keep up, Eurogamer.
Wobble
25/11/05 @ 15:17
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Am I the only one who suffixes 'Jason Hall' with 'King of teh monstars' every time he reads that name?
PearOfAnguish
25/11/05 @ 15:31
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Mario Kart DS is better than Kameo. And this. And anything out for the 360 so far, in fact.
barnard666
25/11/05 @ 15:32
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I enjoyed clicking ignore poster on every person who talked about mario in the condemned thread. I think it looks cool, I want to be challenged, but I also want to not have another game on my pile of unfinshed titles....I long for episodic games...I actually wish games like this were only 4 hours long, but with loads of replay value (yup I am on my own there) although I guess they'd have to charge less then, but hey that would be a good thing too.
smelly
25/11/05 @ 15:35
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What's Sonic Rush like for the DS?

reviews say: best sonic game ever.
BillGaitas
25/11/05 @ 15:44
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Another anti 360 biased review.

LOL

I had to write this
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gaijin
25/11/05 @ 15:49
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is it as scary as the Cradle level in Thief: Deadly Shadows? That for me was the nonpareil of behind-sofa gaming...

which isn't as dirty as it sounds, before you start.

tengu
25/11/05 @ 15:49
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"I had to write this "

Why?
smelly
25/11/05 @ 15:50
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Sonic rush is diappointing I'll write a review for tuesday. Unbiased review

damn.. that'll teach me for trusting other review sites (I ordered this yestruday)
marilena
25/11/05 @ 15:55
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"I enjoyed clicking ignore poster on every person who talked about mario in the condemned thread."

Mario!

There you go mate, have fun.
gaijin
25/11/05 @ 15:57
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@ smelly

oh please. I don't think the reader reviews come with the EG imprimatur... Actually, Bengali, why not just post it here? I mean, it's a thread on games, why worry whether it's actually relevant to the game being discussed or not? It's not as if there's a forum where you can create a relevant thread yourself.

Oh, what's that you say? there is? good golly lawks a lawdy. Who'd have thought it.

/needs some of Kangarootoo's Special Friday Tea
Carlo
25/11/05 @ 16:01
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I think people are going to have to get used to seeing 'XBox 360' and 'OK game' in the same sentence for a while...

With a few exceptions in BOTH directions.
smelly
25/11/05 @ 16:03
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I think people are going to have to get used to seeing 'XBox 360' and 'OK game' in the same sentence for a while...


To be fair, same could be said for a lot of console launches.

Which is why i always giggle at the pre-orderers.
Mashum
25/11/05 @ 16:03
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Does anyone know if there is a 'southpaw' controller style for left handed people? Or for that matter 'legacy'? It would be really useful to know - thanks.
BillGaitas
25/11/05 @ 16:03
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"Why?" tengu

Because no one did and it feels kind of strange. Not that I believe in it.
BartonFink
25/11/05 @ 16:24
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You are just slightly off with the origins of Sony Razz:

The company started life as Tokyo Electron Company! A company that just happened to invent a small transistor radio they called Sony - from the Latin word sonus (sound) and the English word sonny (my little son). This product line became so famous, they renamed the whole company, and the rest, as they say, is history.

:)

Oh and SEGA:
SEGA - "Service Games of Japan" (SeGa) Founded by Marty Bromley (an American) to import pinball games to Japan for use on American military bases.
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Stickman
25/11/05 @ 16:25
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How disappointing. This looked like it could be an actual 'adult' game for a while. Then just went for gore and idiocy instead.
Razz
25/11/05 @ 16:33
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BartonFink:

I don't think so mate:

my source
gaijin
25/11/05 @ 16:36
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yeah, but what do they know?
Evil_Badger
25/11/05 @ 16:36
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Mario Kart is the best DS game.
(With maybe the exception of: Kirby, Mario 64 DS and Advance Wars DS)
Royal Fool
25/11/05 @ 16:48
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Umm... how are the loading times in general for the Xbox 360? Longer than on the Xbox? Do you have any numbers? :)
ali-uk
25/11/05 @ 16:49
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Seems better than 7/10 tbh.
Darkedge
25/11/05 @ 17:06
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maybe the sequel will be better but sound good.
Especially as it's sitting infront of me now...
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25/11/05 @ 17:20
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Sounds more interesting than all the other launch titles I must say. Shame its dumbed down though.
Mirkan
25/11/05 @ 17:52
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They ship to finland but not sweden :O
krudster [mod]
25/11/05 @ 18:01
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NickF - Jason Hall is credited with the original concept, and Warners also gets a credit.

Keep up.
kentmonkey
25/11/05 @ 18:44
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bengalibengali - so good they named him twice or a stuttering twat? You decide.
GuiltySpark
25/11/05 @ 18:46
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im just wondering..........

why is everyone talking about sonic and mario?
Ramases
25/11/05 @ 18:54
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This is one of the 2 games ive got ordered along with my 360. Think it sound excellent :D

Also is Sonic Rush really that bad?
velocity_girl
25/11/05 @ 19:02
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why are people talking about bleedin mario kart and sonic?? its not even as though they are comparative game... jeez... surely there is a forum for nintendo ds or something...

regarding the actual game review... I'm disappointed..reviewer says the same as most of the rest of reviews I read... a wasted opportunity i guess.. Condemmed 2 will be great tho....
Carrybagma
25/11/05 @ 19:52
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Pixies (again!), Elvis Costello; what were the others.

[wonders whether to check previous reviews]
[laziness takes a firm grip]
[returns to settee to watch rubbish]
ImGameCube
25/11/05 @ 20:08
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(almost on topic)

I've never played this or the Silent Hill games. I have played Resi 4, and I found the first few levels knee tremblingly scary.

What's the scariest game out there?

In your humbles, claro.

A.
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25/11/05 @ 20:12
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Siren (Forbidden Siren)
or
Fatal Frame (Project Zero)

Both japanese 'horror'-games... Siren has a sequel and Fatal frame has two... and they must be played late at night...
Mirkan
25/11/05 @ 21:53
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I have no idea why Sonic Rush is even discussed in this comments thread, but since it is, let me say that it continues the Advance games' tradition of kicking ass, perhaps even more so, and now it's got some wild quality music and better themed levels.

In fact, the soundtrack is provided by Jet Set Radio's Hideki Naganuma.
tengu
25/11/05 @ 21:58
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I dunno, I never liked the Sonic Advance games. They were always so difficult, and too many of the levels seemed to drag on forever.

Does Sonic DS have that problem?

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