However, as it would happen, Ethan still has remote access to FBI information via his PDA and a sympathetic agent who specializes in analyzing data extracted from crime scenes. During a routine murder investigation, Ethan's day takes a turn for the worst when two policemen are gunned down by a mysterious serial killer with Ethan's gun, leading the FBI and Police to suspect Ethan, ultimately making him a fugitive. It is here you will meet the main/human controlled character, Ethan Thomas, an FBI agent. With no multiplayer mode in sight, Condemned relies solely on its single player story mode.
With Monolith Productions behind the development - known for titles such as FEAR and NOLF - the expertise and experience is certainly there to deliver a unique title in Condemned: Criminal Origins, but does it succeed? While the typical new releases in the FPS genre get prettier with better guns and increased enemy counts, Condemned takes a step back and takes a far more minimal approach - very few guns, not a whole lot of unique enemies, but a storyline and environment that will immerse you. It's not too often these days that you see a PC game endorsed by SEGA themselves, let alone an FPS, but then again, it isn't often you see an FPS like Condemned: Criminal Origins. Condemned was developed by Monolith Productions, known for its effective use of narrative in first-person action games such as No One Lives Forever and Tron 2.0.
Just as he begins to believe that there might be some unusual connection - some shared criminal origin - between several of his recent serial killer suspects, Thomas is separated from his support team and left to fend for himself in a forgotten part of town that seems filled with mindless, murderous vagrants.
agent in the "Serial Crimes Unit" ("SCU"), who ventures through dark, dangerous, urban environments to track down homicidal sociopaths. Players take the role of Ethan Thomas, an F.B.I. Condemned: Criminal Origins is a psychological thriller in the style of a first-person survival horror adventure.
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