Condemned: Criminal Origins
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Sega
Review Type: Looky
Version: Promo Shot
Back in college, when my head was filled with fantasies of indie filmmaking, I helped shoot a short film in an abandoned asylum outside of Orlando, Florida. The place was scary as hell. The top floors were illuminated by daylight, allowing the urban explorers to closely examine the scrawls on walls, piles of abandoned personal belongings and scattered paperwork. Then there were the bottom floors; dank, cold and lightless. It was impossible to stand there in the dark of the basement without hearing your heartbeat in your ears.
Seems like our country is overrun with places like this -- decrepit hospitals, schools and hotels all sagging under the weight of decades of dust and disrepair. Every town has one, and almost every other video game is set in one. Condemned: Criminal Origins takes the next generation's first stab at rendering spooky squalor. This screen depicts, of all places, an abandoned fast food counter. With the move toward healther eating and growing concerns regarding the meat industry, it's not hard to imagine a future where the burger joint becomes the new haunted house.
Publisher: Sega
Review Type: Looky
Version: Promo Shot
Back in college, when my head was filled with fantasies of indie filmmaking, I helped shoot a short film in an abandoned asylum outside of Orlando, Florida. The place was scary as hell. The top floors were illuminated by daylight, allowing the urban explorers to closely examine the scrawls on walls, piles of abandoned personal belongings and scattered paperwork. Then there were the bottom floors; dank, cold and lightless. It was impossible to stand there in the dark of the basement without hearing your heartbeat in your ears.
Seems like our country is overrun with places like this -- decrepit hospitals, schools and hotels all sagging under the weight of decades of dust and disrepair. Every town has one, and almost every other video game is set in one. Condemned: Criminal Origins takes the next generation's first stab at rendering spooky squalor. This screen depicts, of all places, an abandoned fast food counter. With the move toward healther eating and growing concerns regarding the meat industry, it's not hard to imagine a future where the burger joint becomes the new haunted house.
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