Get your homeless-beating fix after the break with this week's NSFW review of Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
Zero Punctuation loves Condemned 2 ... until halfway through
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Apr 16th 2008 7:30PM
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Get your homeless-beating fix after the break with this week's NSFW review of Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
Reader Comments (48)
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 7:50PM (Unverified) said
Look forward to Wednesdays every week now! Thanks Yahtzee!
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:04PM (Unverified) said
Help list some other games afflicted with "Indigo Prophecy Syndrome".
Perfect Dark Zero: Near-future spy adventure turned loony with the introduction of the Graal and its ability to give people magic powers.
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Perfect Dark Zero: Near-future spy adventure turned loony with the introduction of the Graal and its ability to give people magic powers.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:35PM PlatinumSkeet said
Breakdown for the Xbox is a perfect example...
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Posted: Apr 17th 2008 3:53AM (Unverified) said
Call of Cthulhu: Dark corners of the earth.
I guess that being based on lovecraft it was required to have weird monsters, but in all honesty the 1st half of that game rocked, where you had no weapons and it was essentially a FPS adventure game, and all the lcals were scary.
As soon as it went off into undersea labyrinths inhabited by seamonsters it became pretty generic and dull.
Then of course there is always Xen, which managed to ruin the best game of all time.
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I guess that being based on lovecraft it was required to have weird monsters, but in all honesty the 1st half of that game rocked, where you had no weapons and it was essentially a FPS adventure game, and all the lcals were scary.
As soon as it went off into undersea labyrinths inhabited by seamonsters it became pretty generic and dull.
Then of course there is always Xen, which managed to ruin the best game of all time.
Posted: Apr 17th 2008 6:42AM (Unverified) said
Yeah some of you guys really weren't getting the gist of what he was saying.
A Fahrenheit Moment is not when a game suddenly goes bad half way through, but when all the details you liked about the game are suddenly smothered in heaps of incoherent bullshit, usually involving cults, magic and an OLD LADY EMBODYING THE INTERNET WTF FAHRENHEIT. Ahem. Xen is none of this.
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A Fahrenheit Moment is not when a game suddenly goes bad half way through, but when all the details you liked about the game are suddenly smothered in heaps of incoherent bullshit, usually involving cults, magic and an OLD LADY EMBODYING THE INTERNET WTF FAHRENHEIT. Ahem. Xen is none of this.
Posted: Apr 17th 2008 9:59AM (Unverified) said
Don't remember it too well, but Perfect Dark 64?
Very cool game, cool shooting, infiltration, story, etc. Then about half-way through the bad people are actually aliens in disguise, then you meet another alien named Elvis and you guys go to what I only remember as other planets and kill some deeply religious aliens.
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Very cool game, cool shooting, infiltration, story, etc. Then about half-way through the bad people are actually aliens in disguise, then you meet another alien named Elvis and you guys go to what I only remember as other planets and kill some deeply religious aliens.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:31PM D3m0sthenes said
First game to make me scream out loud... Well besides playing Ninja Gaiden on hard... If you wanna count that:D
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:08PM snarfoogle said
Man if Yahtzee was scared I have to buy both these games now.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:20PM (Unverified) said
indigo prophecy was still great, despite the DBZ turnaround.
even his hair went blonde. wtf.
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even his hair went blonde. wtf.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:15PM Fullmetal Salchemist said
Uncharted did the same thing; I have called it "Indigo Prophecy Syndrome" ever since I played the game. It goes from cool murder mystery, to Matrix rip-off, to a plot twist ripped straight from every sci-fi movie in the '80s (OH NOZ! A computer program becomes evil and sentient... and apparently it also comes to life...)
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:16PM Fullmetal Salchemist said
I should clarify: Indigo Prophecy does those things.
Uncharted starts off as a pretty cool action-adventure film thing, then OUT OF FREAKIN' NOWHERE vampire monsters attack you.
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Uncharted starts off as a pretty cool action-adventure film thing, then OUT OF FREAKIN' NOWHERE vampire monsters attack you.
Posted: Apr 17th 2008 11:18AM Shagittarius said
So all you guys complaining about this I guess you hate the Indiana Jones movies as well then eh? Cause they have indigo prophecy syndrome as well.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:16PM (Unverified) said
The Indigo Prophecy comparison is interesting, and the reasons he cited is why I do hate that game, however I didn’t have the same problem in Condemned 2. Although the story does go off the deep end, the protagonist started the game off crazy and insane. I mean the first level is made of tar… Condemned 1 and Indigo Prophecy were relatively realistic only to go completely bonkers later, and Indigo Prophecy sucked in general, but that’s another story.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:37PM D3m0sthenes said
I'm pretty sure he just alluded to the song Rockin' The Suburbs by Ben Folds.
"Being British, middle class and white..."
"Lemme tell ya'll what it's like, being male, middle class and white."
If you have doubts, Ben Folds currently lives in Australia, same as Yahtzee:D
Amazing review, I loved the lights on the head...
BTW here is the video to that song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUkiFLURt38
Amazing artist...
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"Being British, middle class and white..."
"Lemme tell ya'll what it's like, being male, middle class and white."
If you have doubts, Ben Folds currently lives in Australia, same as Yahtzee:D
Amazing review, I loved the lights on the head...
BTW here is the video to that song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUkiFLURt38
Amazing artist...
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 9:04PM D3m0sthenes said
Yeah, Weird Al directed it, also, Ben Folds played the piano in Weird Al's album Poodle Hat.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 9:04PM PoisonedAl said
"I'm just a regular Joe, with a regular job
I'm your average white, suburbanized slob
I like football and porno and books about war
I got an average house, with a nice hardwood floor"
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I'm your average white, suburbanized slob
I like football and porno and books about war
I got an average house, with a nice hardwood floor"
Posted: Apr 17th 2008 12:43AM dr steve brule said
ben folds divorced his wife, now lives in tennessee. but he did live in australia for a while. but yeah i see the reference.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:44PM BIGGEN said
i was loving the hell outta this game until halfway through the lodge level when i died and then continued and only one button on my controller worked!
got over it, started the level over, made it through all the way until you first get the sonic scream. had to quit and go to bed (cause i do work), when i tried to continue the next day, the game wouldn't recognize i had a saved game! checked in my system memory, sure enough, there it is. never did get it back, so i never finished the game i loved that turned into a piece of shit. good thing i only rented it. still pisses me off.
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got over it, started the level over, made it through all the way until you first get the sonic scream. had to quit and go to bed (cause i do work), when i tried to continue the next day, the game wouldn't recognize i had a saved game! checked in my system memory, sure enough, there it is. never did get it back, so i never finished the game i loved that turned into a piece of shit. good thing i only rented it. still pisses me off.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 11:15PM (Unverified) said
Dude The Descendents are the greatest punk band ever.
And this review had A Specials song which is the greatest ska band ever.
This game was good until the end. It really sucked. The boss fight was a joke. I loved the shit out of the first one, and the ending of the first one was great. This one was just....I don't know. The "new" Ethan sucked too. I just wanted to punch him the whole time. Just a lot of poor design choices.
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And this review had A Specials song which is the greatest ska band ever.
This game was good until the end. It really sucked. The boss fight was a joke. I loved the shit out of the first one, and the ending of the first one was great. This one was just....I don't know. The "new" Ethan sucked too. I just wanted to punch him the whole time. Just a lot of poor design choices.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:51PM (Unverified) said
I'm sure you mean 'Indigo Prophecy to us US/Canadian residents' considering it was developed in Europe (France). Where it's called Fahrenheit. =D
And yes, I realise Yahtzee said that.
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And yes, I realise Yahtzee said that.
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:59PM (Unverified) said
Hey, I loved all of Fahrenheit, but you're right, there was a very definite point where things when batshit insane.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 8:59PM The Wicker Man said
great game i agree the twist is SOOOO stupid. the game tries to steal from Millennium as well.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 9:15PM (Unverified) said
Zero Punctuation is the funniest thing since jesus
http://www.burnedbytheman.com/politics/the-gamestop-conspiracy-the-final-solution/
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http://www.burnedbytheman.com/politics/the-gamestop-conspiracy-the-final-solution/
Posted: Apr 16th 2008 10:03PM MarkezJM said
Ahhh crap. I picked up the 2nd Ratchet n Clank game for PS2 and Indigo Prophecy for XBox at Blockbuster for a measly 2 for $5 deal, and now I feel ripped off even in spite of the fact that I've only put like 20 minutes into Indigo Prophecy.
Oh woe is me, woe is me. At least R & C is always a hell of a deal.
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Oh woe is me, woe is me. At least R & C is always a hell of a deal.
Posted: Apr 17th 2008 1:25AM (Unverified) said
If you're playing it on a PS3, your money is wasted anyway. The game will freeze somewhere around Chapter 26. There is no way to advance, at least until someone manages to hack savegames.
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Posted: Apr 16th 2008 10:57PM (Unverified) said
Wow, he nailed it. Monolith just did a CRAPPY job on this game. The game was good up until a little past the halfway point. Look me up on 1up.com to see my blog post on it. So many things unexplained, and too many things explained...
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Posted: Apr 17th 2008 10:08AM fco said
Did anyone heard his guest appearance on this podcast? Pretty hilarius imo.
http://www.australiangamer.com/podcast/Australian_Gamer_Podcast_117.mp3
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http://www.australiangamer.com/podcast/Australian_Gamer_Podcast_117.mp3
Posted: Apr 17th 2008 10:45AM (Unverified) said
I have to agree I was having a blast playing this game, then it went very very stupid. The original is soo much better. Not a fan of part 2 at all.
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