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blaze4556
04-12-2008, 11:57 AM
With rich graphics and great environmental physics, its not surprising that this could be one of the best Gun's blazing shooter on the Xbox 360.
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So what makes this game different to all the shooters you might ask. The answer is Tequila Time which means slow mo.
Tequila Time allows you to do so many slow mo moves like diving. You'll find many different weapons to use from dual pistols to duel smg's and even shotguns to deliver more BANG for your buck. One of the best quality's about this game is the environment and the way anything can be destroyed.
The levels are very detailed and the maps are all different. You go to boat yards, slums, casinos and also a museum. These are much like playgrounds to unleash your little friends ;-)

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Tequila has a variety of ways to take out enemy's, the most fun would be the "Tequila Bombs". These are special moves that recharge when you have killed a few people with style. There are 4 Tequila Bombs, the first replenishes some of your health. The second is called precision shot, this allows you to zoom in on your target in any part of his body, then fire a single bullet that goes in slow motion to the enemy. you see the bullet from when it comes out of your gun to the point when it hits your target. The third is barrage, this makes you invincible for a short period of time and also makes your gun, fire 2-3 times faster. The 4th is a spin attack which is almost like a cut scene where tequila spins while firing and doves fly up around him, this kills everyone that's surrounding you.

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While single player is very fun, multiplayer is a different story. In multiplayer slow mo is almost taken away. Online is very frustrating because you wont be able to use tequila time that much, since the bar takes a while to fill up but when it does and you use tequila time then everyone in the game goes slow mo at the same time. So it doesn't really work. Although you do get the tequila bombs.

If your a fan of slow mo guns blazing games then you will find this game very fun. Heck even if your not, it will still appeal to most gamers. From start to finish the game can be completed by the average gamer in about a day or 2.

story-7.9
gameplay-8.7
graphics-9.2

overall-8.6

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Scott
04-12-2008, 01:54 PM
I've still to play this. I can't buy 18's so I need to mum to be with me. But the annoying thing is they wont even let me trade them in unless mum is with me..... So I dont buy many 18s unless its something I really badly want to play like condemned

blaze4556
04-12-2008, 02:17 PM
trust me its probably worth it to get your mum to buy it with you, i was going to do condemned 2 review but i cant bring myself to play it for a day :-( lol

Scott
04-12-2008, 02:35 PM
With GTA on the way I doubt I'll get it any time soon. Although, I might get Condemned 2 soon so that I've finished it before I get GTA. But I don't want to get 2 without playoing the first. But now that 2 has been released they have raised the price of the first.

jakncoke
04-12-2008, 02:49 PM
good game overall but hampered by flaws such as guys being able to bullets like no tomorrow or the fact that you have to use precision aim several times to kill bosses that I have meant which is rather annoying. Also, they failed at setting checkpoints at good spots.. some points in the game there is too many and in other there is too little. I'd give it a low 8ish overall rating.

blaze4556
04-12-2008, 02:52 PM
With GTA on the way I doubt I'll get it any time soon. Although, I might get Condemned 2 soon so that I've finished it before I get GTA. But I don't want to get 2 without playoing the first. But now that 2 has been released they have raised the price of the first.

if i was you i would get the first condemned, then wait a while before getting the 2nd one. I think most people will agree that the first condemned is better then the 2nd, besides if you get the 2nd then you wont know what the story is or what the people are talking about.

Foxhound
04-12-2008, 03:35 PM
I've had Stranglehold, the single player was short and it did get repetitive after a while. And the multi player just sucked but otherwise it was all good