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4 stars
Version: Condemned: Criminal Origins demo
"Best Case of a worse case Scenario."
Pros: Yes, Criminal Origins is scary...Not Silent Hill 2 or Resident Evil 4 scary..Of course...
Many of the enemy bots are brutal. They pop out of nowhere and will send you to hades with a small pipe. There are seriously times in the game where you run into a dead ended room and are still scared of some druggie busting out of the ceiling or something...
Another thing, is the use of weapons. The game makes it real clear that you only have a few shots and that if you screw up a shot, you'll quickly find yourself surrounded by 'roidin criminals. To compensate for this, the game allows you to pick anything up and use it as a weapon. But this does come with a price, as almost everything makes a sound which usually doesn't go hand-in-hand with being sneaky.
There is a brief glimpse into crime-scene-investiagation, and I do mean brief... The cutscenes are sudden and great, and there is a genuine sense of terror.
Cons: The only con, is that this isn't as scary as it could be.... I mean....If you really want a good horror-survival game, right here-right now, go check out the Silent Hill series or Clive Barker's Undying...This game is a good shooter that just lacks better 'scare tactics.'
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