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Condemned: Criminal Origins

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2012

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Quick resume

What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?

Global score

87/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Intense and visceral melee combat
    • Strong atmospheric horror and sound design
    • Engaging crime thriller narrative
    • Creative use of environmental weapons
    • Challenging enemy ai

    Cons

    • Short game length
    • Some repetitive gameplay in later chapters
    • Technical issues in pc port requiring fixes
    • Linear level design limits exploration
    • Dated graphics and animations

    Motivations

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Creativity

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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      "Players collect weapons and upgrades; progression through levels and achievements."

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Relaxation, Survival, Violence, Fellowship. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Status.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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