Condemned: Criminal Origins -- Initial Opinion.

Still doubling up. Back to the Xbox 360 with the first game I bought for the system. I actually bought Condemned: Criminal Origins a couple weeks before the system launched. I'm finally getting around to it five months later. Condemned is sort of a first person combat game with a serial killer motif. I say first person combat because while there are guns to use most of the game you'll find yourself fighting with whatever you can get your hands on. You'll use lead pipes, sledgehammers, 2x4s, axes and whatever else you can find. My initial impression of Condemned is it's a good looking game in a very ugly sort of way. The game is very detailed visually with its dirty and grimy locations. The game initially oozes atmosphere. It's intense and scary as a result. The combat comes off as genuinely brutal. We'll see how the combat plays out as the game advances. We'll see if the atmosphere keeps things scary and hopefully the story will deliver an interesting tale.