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The sequel to the Xbox 360's most underrated launch title, Condemned: Criminal Origins, will be upon is in a little more than a month. There hasn't been a whole lot of media for the game up to this point, but GameSpot recently got a trailer for Condemned 2: Bloodshot that you'll want to watch.

For those of you who played Condemned, the first thing you'll notice is how incredibly different the game's protagonist Ethan Thomas looks and speaks. Other than that, there doesn't appear to be too many departures from the original game. The melee combat, crime scene investigations, and angry hobos we've come to love are in no short supply.

While Condemned wasn't necessarily a scary game, the ambient sound combined with the fact that random mutant-like freaks could jump out at you from the most inconvenient hiding places provided for a truly awesome atmosphere.

Here's hoping that Bloodshot will follow in its predecessor's footsteps in that regard. Also, while I'm definitely not complaining, what's with the exploding babies?

[Thanks, godkow and Gorelord


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Jonathan Kerr's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:14
Jonathan Kerr
Apparently somebody born on 12/12/1212 is not old enough to watch the video. Fucking GameSpot.

The first condemned scared the crap out of me so I'll probably get this one.
Y0j1mb0's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:15
Y0j1mb0
Babies in horror games creep me out. Anybody remember those damn babies in Doom 3??
Gangles's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:17
Gangles
Too sensitive for 90 year olds apparently :(
SLiFE's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:21
SLiFE
Glad to see I'm not the only one who's getting fucked by the age gate.

Whatever, I never played the 1st Condemned anyways.
godkow's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:22
godkow
Baby chucking ftw.
Deathsaw's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:22
Deathsaw
It seems to me they're taking the insanity route with this one. He's drinking because he went insane by what he saw. I bet the whole thing is in his head and the game ends with him in an insane asylum.
ShadowXOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:28
ShadowXOR
Looks crazy as shit, I'm looking forward to it.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:31
Jonathan Holmes
I didn't see any babies popping! I'll have to watch it again.

As for the game, it looks fun, but the "grizzled, seen too much, might be insane, scratchy voiced anti-hero" thing is way too early 90's for me.

Too early 90's, too ManHunt 1 and 2, too The Darkness, too Indigo Prophecy, too Dark Sector, too "generic American video game targeted towards teenage males" in general.
Hamsizzla's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:32
Hamsizzla
looks like bioshock, which also sucked
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:35
Jordan Devore
Here's the same video but without an age gate (I would've used this in the post but the trailer is exclusive to GS bla bla bla)

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/158596.html?playlist=featured
Sam Spectre's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:35
Sam Spectre
I never played the first one. I probably wont play the second either.

Does anyone else think the character models looked a bit sub-par?
shadowcast's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:35
shadowcast
Well I'll certainly be getting this, I loved the first Condemned and I'm not really big on 'scary' games... I am really beginning to really like the work Monolith does though.

Yeah the new direction for Ethan Thomas is kind of generic, but I'll cope as long as I get to whack a hobo over the head with a lead pipe... and those mannequins come back.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:38
Jordan Devore
Oh man, I had heard about the mannequins before I got the game, so on that level I was careful to beat the shit out of everything before it attacked me.
Conrad Zimmerman's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:38
Conrad Zimmerman
I kinda wish they'd kept Greg Grunberg to voice Ethan. Rumor was that he sounded too much like a "nice guy".
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:39
Jonathan Holmes
Watched it again, and saw the baby. Good stuff.

And anyone else think that the guys attacking Ethan on top of the roof look like the Prototype guy?
dethrock's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:50
dethrock
The first Condemned was the first game I played on 360. I actually jumped at a few spots. Hopefully this one is good too.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:58
Neonie
It looks so incredibly epic. I can't freaking WAIT to play this thing man.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 15:59
Spartacus
I actually made a side-scroller in some amateur program which had a health pack that was guarded by a gunslinging mushroom. Upon defeating the fungi and approaching the health pack, it turned into an infant that exploded immediately, killing you.

The point is, I did exploding babies way before them.
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:00
PrinceofCannedPeaches
What's with "badass"? Who wants "badass"? Monolith, please tell me why you're trying to turn your games into B-movie adaptations, and then kindly hand your protagonist a Schick Quattro and stand back as we actually sympathize for once.

Exploding baby? Coathangers unite!
JJ Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:01
JJ Rage
I HATE the new voice over for Ethan Thomas. The original voice actor was Greg Grunberg, better known as Matt Parkman on the TV show Heroes.

This new voice is just a stereotypical gravelly-voiced hardass cop.

If the gameplay and narrative stay intact, then the game will be solid enough. But that new voice... ugh, it's distracting.
xdaytime's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:06
xdaytime
Lol, I didn't read the title until after I watched the video, that baby got pwnt. LULZ!!!!!
wardenrant's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:06
wardenrant
BAD FUCKING ASS
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:09
Boolean
We're linking to Gamespot now?
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:44
Rainbowblack
i bought the first condemmed used for 20$ a few months ago and loved it, the mannequins scared the shit out of me. and the last level swallowed me up at 3 in the morning. i though i was really there
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:46
Cheeburga
Fuckin age gate.
topgeargorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:47
topgeargorilla
Beardy Beard has a beard.

Oh, and I agree with Jonathan. Looks like Indigo Prophecy.
Usedtabe's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:48
Usedtabe
@jonathan Holmes: And yet, still a million times better than generic Japanese game 1,423,045.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 16:57
B-Radicate
The original Condemned was the second game I bought for my 360 (after Oblivion) and LOVED it. It was one of the few games that actually freaked me the hell out. Haven't been to a high school or swimming pool since.
DarkTravesty's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:06
DarkTravesty
the original scared the crap out of me in some parts *lights off headphones on* so i will most likely pick this up.
OpTiMaL's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:17
OpTiMaL
I'll probably get this since I enjoyed the first so much, but I really don't like the new voice.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:20
Eschatos
Everybody loves the exploding baby.
Bus's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:27
Bus
The exploding baby sent me into gales of laughter. That's really going to ruin any sense of horror for me. Not necessarily a bad thing though.
The_Psychopsilocybin's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 17:29
The_Psychopsilocybin
The first condemned was great. I'll probably at least rent the second one.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:03
falinter
bum fight!
Capn Birdseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:21
Capn Birdseye
People that have actually finished the first one will know that the new Ethan fits in perfectly with how it ended.

Certain events at the end of the first one are obviously taking their toll, and hopefully we can see these effects getting worse and worse as it goes on.

Stop complaining that he is gruff and violent, its actually part of the story. If you have a problem with it, there are plenty of androgynous emo japanese protagonists or cutesy mascots in games that you might prefer to play.

I suggest picking up a PS3 or Wii.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:22
Jonathan Holmes
@ Usedtobe-

Care to debate me on that point?
ankjevel's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:22
ankjevel
I wrote 01/01/90, it worked
JamesSorensen's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:24
JamesSorensen
ill pass
Variable Gear's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:26
Variable Gear
Wow. This guy doesn't look like emo Fisher at all...

SLiFE's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:45
SLiFE
Exploding babies are the new exploding barrels.
ttaylor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 18:53
ttaylor
The original rocked and I am looking forward to this one.. It was a creepy ass game to play alone at night and I hope this one has the same feeling, if not more. Looks awesome
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 19:09
brainderailment
"Stop complaining that he is gruff and violent, its actually part of the story. If you have a problem with it, there are plenty of androgynous emo japanese protagonists or cutesy mascots in games that you might prefer to play.

I suggest picking up a PS3 or Wii."

Troll of the day.

Too bad for your dumbass statement this game is coming to the ps3, and the wii, well, you know why it's not going there.
Flakor's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 19:42
Flakor
Now I have to go and play the first one...that should be fun.
Wedge's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 19:49
Wedge
He's taking scruffy white people pills at the start. That's how they explain him transforming into a totally different person.

And this game looks like it will be full of exploding babies and killing demons. I only really liked the few detective work bits from the first game, especially the house at the end. I'm sure they've removed any of that now.
free touch's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 20:18
free touch
I would've bought this game, if he would've snorted those pills in the beginning.
Churchhills Dog's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 20:55
Churchhills Dog
Exploding babies = win
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 21:04
Aziel13
must have
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 22:59
KaL YoshiKa
It kind of looks like you might lose some of the vunerablity of the first title..right till the end you were some guy who was in a screwed up situation. Now you're a screwed up guy..in the same situation..probably won't be as awesome storywise..though I wonder if they'll work in any of the supposed power he's meant to have that's alluded to in the first title.
wtfblakegtfo's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2008 23:49
wtfblakegtfo
woo fuck yes, i beat the first condemned 3 times and loved it. idk though it seems like they might be adding a little TOO much?
happyorangeman's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/13/2008 00:10
happyorangeman
It does have the indigo prophecy thing going on but it still looks good. I would give it a try but I have to play the original first.
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