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Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo

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Investigate a series of disturbed murders and defend yourself against vicious enemies. #Criminal Origins  #Condemned Demo  #Criminal Origins Demo  #Killer  #Serial  #Studio  

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Horror video games are far more efficient when they do not base their mechanics on big and ugly monsters, but rather hide them and make you feel uncomfortable all through the story. Hence, the sense of unease at every unusual sound, or at the sight of a strange shadow builds up over the hours, thus achieving the true purpose of the genre.

Condemned: Criminal Origins remains true to this idea and features a truly terrifying theme, one that does not rely on gore and bloody shootouts to put fear into the players. The background story involves a normal FBI agent, who is played by you and is in charge of investigating a string of strange and disturbing murders, all of which seem to be committed by the same psychopathic killer.

On the way to the truth, you also find out about the mysterious plague that causes all the birds in town to die, as well as a new kind of drug that makes the users very violent and somewhat resistant to pain. Thus, along the way, you get to face off against these maniacs as you explore some desolated buildings in some very bad neighborhoods, searching for the serial killer that keeps getting away with it.

What truly makes this game special is the very refined melee combat sequences, since guns carry very few bullets and they quickly run out, leaving you exposed to attacks. To get around this problem, you can pick-up various weapons from the environment, such as broken pipes, 2x4s, or even fire axes. The enemies are also able to use them against you and it must be mentioned that the AI features some very realistic and believable behavior during the fights.

The visuals have a great impact on the atmosphere as well, especially since it is always dark and the environments are filled with either garbage, old furniture or dirty concrete walls, making it very difficult to remain comfortable, even when you are alone. Moreover, the game uses F.E.A.R.'s graphic engine to render everything, which means that you get to witness beautiful illumination effects and realistic environmental destruction as well.

Condemned: Criminal Origins comes with a slightly different approach to the genre, while still managing to remain terrifying at the same time. The background story and the level design ideas are at the center, though, since they fuel the incredibly dense and bleak atmosphere throughout the game.

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  filename:
condemned_criminal_origins_demo.zip
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Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - As an FBI agent, you start off at the scene of a murder.Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - There are some pretty disturbed images spread throughout the game.Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - People can give you hits or get in contact with you by calling you on your cell.Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - screenshot #4Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - screenshot #5Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - screenshot #6Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - screenshot #7Condemned: Criminal Origins Demo - screenshot #8
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