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Genre: Action
System(s): PC
ESRB: M
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Condemned: Criminal Origins is a video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Sega for Xbox 360. It was released on November 15, 2005 in North America and December 2, 2005 in Europe, where it is known simply as Condemned. A version was released for the PC on April 11, 2006. Rumors about it appearing on the PlayStation 3 have occurred, but it has not been announced for the PS3.
Players can expect a particularly gritty tone, as the developers cite such films as The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en as inspiration for their game. Monolith Game Designer, Frank Rooke, was also noteworthy of design collaboration in the game Tron 2.0, a sequel to the 1982 motion picture Tron.
The game uses a first person perspective and, like other current games, tries to put the perspective to new use. Condemned: Criminal Origins places an added emphasis on melee combat and puzzle solving (including searching for fingerprints and gathering evidence). It is firmly placed within the horror genre, and could be seen as survival horror. The game can also be seen as Psychological horror, since it lets the player know something is there (ie. an enemy runs through a hall), but when the player investigates nothing appears to be there. This element causes the game to be very frightening sometimes, since then player knows there is something around him, but he can't see it, and with the idea or being followed by the enemy, he gets frightened. The game is also notable for its cutting edge graphics and advanced artificial intelligence. Stylistically, Condemned shares many similarities with Monolith's own F.E.A.R..
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