What can I say this game scared the hell out of me. At first I didn't think it would be scary but when your playing it at midnight in a dark room all of sudden the game is a lot scarier. First I loved the story that it was dark and gritty. I also loved how everything is a weapon from a crowbar to a 2 by 4. The was jumpy b/c it was hard to tell when a cut scene was happening and when a bad guy snuck up on you. Overall this was one of the scariest games I have ever played and I can't wait for the next one.

Brutal, nauseating, & horrific can best describe this game. You'll beat bodies with most things, from a steel pipe to a flame torch. Even most of the time, you don't even know if you're fighing insane people, or truly possessed victims. This game does have its scare moments, but I some most of them coming. It may get a bit repetitive after awhile, but finding guns does ease your mind for a short time. The ending left a cliffhanger for me, so who knows if we'll see our hero in the seaquel. Overall, great experience for the "horror" genre.

much like other survival horror games such as the silent hill series, this game relies very much on its atmosphere of tension and horror to keep the gamer's interest going throughout its duration, keeping you on your toes as to what terrors will meet you around the corner. and this set-up works, but only for so long.

this is a game, as I said prior, that will leave you on your toes. in it, you play an fbi agent on the trail of a serial killer, with some bloodthirsty psychos impeding your progress, which you'll need to dispatch with (mostly) melee weaponry from a first person perspective. the reason behind the psychotic state of these people is left a mystery until toward the end. along the way, you'll also come across murder scenes, which you'll need your forensic equipment to solve and find clues to continue on your journey. as you go on, the 'crazies' become crazier and even more physically malformed, and the protagonist's own sanity even comes into question.

sound like a winning formula? well, it is...at first. the game starts off so well, striking a nice balance between pure tension, unrelentingly disturbing horror, and classic "BOO!" cheap-scare tactics, with particularly intense fights with your cuckoo enemies, the tension heightened by the claustrophobically limited space in which you'll often have to manoeuver, the short range of your weapons and the darkness that enshrouds your urban decay surroundings.

but here's the problem (I know you've all been waiting with bated breaths of anticipation for this, right...RIGHT?) - it gets monotonous FAST. the beautifully horrible environment that you traverse through becomes less fascinating as you go on when you realize that everything looks the SAME. it slowly turns from terror to pure boredom. also not helping is the overzealous use of darkness for atmosphere. yes, it does create tension during key moments, but it also makes it terribly confusing to figure out where the hell you currently are, let alone know where to go from your current position. along with terror dissipating into boredom, it also leads to frustration. combat also gets monotonous. they start off intense, but the enemies and the strategies you use against them hardly change. once you become a pro at disposing the game's wackos, you'll have no problem at all making it through the latter portions of the game. this kind of predictability really hampers the experience.

and the forensic scenes...what wasted potential! the game practically does all the work for you. what could have been interesting albeit gruesome puzzle-solving ala silent hill's creative head-scratchers (on higher difficulties anyway) turns out to be something that you'd find on a sub-edutainment title. literally, move over the bodies until an icon pops up telling you what button to press; press the button, and you'll pull out some fancy gizmo collecting fingerprint data or whatever, repeat as many times as necessary and you're on your way. when people say that games these days pander to idiots, they should use this game's forensic sections as positive proof for this phenomenon.

so yes, this game is a great idea, that starts off as something that's going to live up to its awesome premise, but much like the mental status of your character and the minions you fight against, it slowly spirals downward into an irreversible decay. only the storyline, to find out what will happen to the protagonist, to find the serial killer, and to find out what the hell's going on with these crazy folks that want to kill you, will keep you going once the monotony settles in.

hopefully the sequel, bloodshot, will fix most of its predecessor's more glaring problems and deliver a product that truly lives up to its potential, and not just at the beginning, either, but ALL the way through.

This game is not worth $60, don't buy it unless you like mediocore games. It's not scarely at all, just clunky controls and wierd ass weapons.

The graphics are great, the mood is killer and the story is on par with any Resident Evil/Silent Hill game. I had to get used to the controls, but once you do it is a breeze. Now that the game is only 20 bucks, it's a good run through if you missed it the first time. Sometimes the A.I. is too smart.

I have to say something before i review this i had high hopes for it. Most of those hopes were fulfilled. one of them was that i would have fun even after the first playthrough. i didn't. partially because the story was mediocre and the gameplay was repetitive. the graphics were great besides the fact that the characters looked like wax models and the occasional graphical glitch. the sound is probably the best. the voiceovers are great and the music fits the tone perfectly. the sound effects are equally omnipotent. there was some enemy repetition in the game and there wasn't much reason to play the game again but it's worth renting and it isn't that long.

This game is one of the best games out for the Xbox 360. Even though it is a release date game, it has incredible AI and pretty good graphics. If you have not played this one yet, I recomend that you go and buy/rent it. You won't be dissapointed.

I just purchased this game on Tuesday. So far so good. It kind of reminds me of Silent Hill,Resident Evil and Max Payne combined. If you like those games you will enjoy this one. I wish they would stop making these games so dark. That's my only complaint.

we all know that today's horror movies...well....suck,and don't give us the frightening felling we had hoped.if you agree with this statement,and/or need something to really scare ya,and have A 360 or getting one.get condemed criminal origions.witch what I think was the best 360 game in it's first few months besides CoD 2. reason:scary as hell!like the title said,it makes the RE sires seem like spongebob in terms of scary.think of you walking down A narrow hall and all of A sudden you hear hard breathing and hard footsteps behind you.you turn around and flash your flashlight to see what that was,but see nothing.only to turn around and all of A sudden get hit upside your head with A pipe.that's what that game does.does some unpredictable stuff to ya.the game being in first person adds on to the creepyness.If you don't think it's scary you must've been playing it in the dat with you lights on and the volume low.the only thing that kept me from giving this game A 5.0 was the controls.they were real tight.it really should've been way looser.combat was kinda A drag too.not to mention frustrating.overall,I think it's A great title for the 360,A good,no great scare,but if you hate tight controls or somewhat frustrating combat,I'd say skip..........but you'd be sorry.

I will say this and I will only say this once. THIS IS THE BEST F@#!@ING GAME I HAVE EVER @!@#$#ING PLAYED...@@#@ Graphics: 10/5 Come on, this is the 360 we're talkin about here. IT IS THE END OF BAD GRAPHICS. Did I mention the characters are SHINY? Sound: 10/5 ABSOF#@@INGLUTELY amazing sound GAMEP.... oh for gods sake just go buy it already