Condemned: Criminal Origins | A Complete History and Retrospective 

How do you feel about Condemned Dad?

You seem like you really love your job. Good job son , made your dad proud.

"Well, clearly you slaughtered thirty junkies with your bare hands, then shot both your partners and jumped out a window for no reason. You're in trouble son." "But I'm innocent! Would a killer have a collection of dead birds in his pocket?!"

Was obsessed with the sequel growing up. Best Vancouver East side simulator I've ever seen

Man the graphics when this came out were amazing. It was hard to believe it was an at home experience. I'll never forget the tension I felt when having to put away my weapon and pull out the camera. It was like knowing someone was going to jump out and get you, but you HAD to do it. Brilliant game.

Man, i was hoping you would get to this series. Im over the moon rn.

I remember playing this game back when I was a kid, around 2009. Back then, I used to live in a very dangerous neighborhood, and walking around that place when it got dark and I was coming back from school I felt a special kind of fear that was beautifully projected by this game. It felt as if it got the inspiration from that place. Not only it was terrifying playing it due to its great atmosphere, but also it reminded me a lot about the cruel reality surrounding me back then. I loved the game, but it gave me nightmares. Great video, Son. You're making Dad remembering his fears.

This game so needs a modern remake, the first game was so awesome back in the day

The golden standard of how to make FPS melee feel weighty and brutal with the right amount of feedback. So good.

You are, without a doubt, the best retrospective channel on RU-vid.

The stuttering most likely was due to the DPI on your mouse. There is an amazing fix for it made by the community, and this is the same fix that most people require to use to get FEAR 1 running on their PC. Both amazing games, and I 100% want to tell everyone to try them both out if you get the chance to play them! Just make sure to get the community fix, drop it in the install folder and everything should be gucci

hey son, just wanted to say congrats on 100k subscribers!! proud to be one of your many dads

When you think about the fact that this game was released in 2006, it is way ahead of its time in terms of graphics and gameplay mechanics. This is such an amazing yet underrated title, and I'm happy my request of you covering this finally came through. Amazing job as always. The sequel weren't as great, but I would've loved to see a PC port of it though.

Ahhhh, the early 2000s was such a golden age for gaming. Still naive to things like Battle Passes, microtransactions, and games releasing in an unfinished state. Now trust me, I know that it's not all doom and gloom right now, with games like Final Fantasy VII Remake and Elden Ring releasing.

the atmosphere is sooo thick in this game, and i like that u can hear and see most of the enemys, while they`re try to hide from you. Also i love that the enemys can fight against each other, not enough games do this

I never realized it until my second playthrough but the cover art of the game is actually the first victim you find from the Matchmaker in the intro. Chilling.

I remember seeing this game featured in a Game Informer magazine that included a close-up of the wood floor texture to show off the power of the Xbox 360. I still think about that pretty often for some reason.

I'd love to see a C2 video. This series desperately needs a remake!

Just finished the game yesterday, I was very pleasantly surprised by it, I knew it was good, but didn’t think it would be great even though it’s dated, the chapter with the mannequin was a masterpiece of creepy and suspenseful level design. I’m very happy that it was backwards compatible with my series X

You could try forcing off V-sync in your video card settings and seeing if that helps. I always had uniform micro-stutter in games (particularly Source engine) until I tried that. Great video son. This is such an overlooked horror gem.

Man i was just thinking about this game. Another great video dude! Keep up the great work

The feel of this game is giving me some Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy vibes

This was the first game I played on the 360 and the only reason I had it because it was bundled with the Xbox, I was more wanting to play Oblivion but I didn’t have the money for it. So I played this game and I absolutely loved it, didn’t even think about Oblivion afterwards as this game had me hooked.

Man a 37min complete history and retrospective? This game must be 3 hours long 😂🎉🎉

Fantastic vid, as always! Can’t wait for 2!

This is one of my favorite games. I really enjoy your retrospective series a lot. My backlog is just too long to go back and replay games lol. So revisiting titles in this way lets me enjoy the nostalgia and serves as a lovely refresher 😊 keep up the great work! I love your channel

always a good day when my boy drops another banger!

I apparently have watched this, but I came back to it with your new video out and it's still such a pleasure. Love your work

Another phenomenonal review video. Awesome work, son.

I'm not one for horror games so of course I've not heard of this one before but I love that I was able watch something I had no prior knowledge about. You pick some interesting titles to take a look at and I am always appreciative of your work. Good job, son 😊

i played the game a few years ago and enjoyed it! it hast the perfect length for what kind of story it wants to tell, the athmosphere is outstanding and man the few jumpscares it has realy hit hard, great video Son!

The sound and atmosphere in this game is so damn good. I'd love to see a modern entry in the series. One that goes after the more subdued stuff and less of the scifi.

Always loved the series And keep on doing what your doing, your videos are great!

The way I could listen to you describe a phone book. Your voice and writing is just top tier omg 🥰

And here I was just itching for a dose of my Favorite Son's content. More outstanding work

Son! I'm so excited about your new upload. You've made me super proud.

Probably my favorite horror game here. Shit gets slept on.

Congrats on hitting 100k, Son! I knew you'd make it.

This game is an absolute classic! Played it many times through a few times after getting all the achievements. Would love to get a remake.

Fantastic video as always, son. Proud of you.

great breakdown of one of my fav games growing up. I got my 360 for launch date xmas as a 16 yr old. Although Madden 06 was the game i played all day, this one i remember loving vividly. awesome stuff.

I had issues with the pc version as well, you def aren't alone in that aspect. That said, I made it work and loved this game (especially the first 3/4thish of it, the finale was a bit more on the frustrating side of things)

One of my favorite horror games and of the best early 360 games. The atmosphere is still sooo good. Especially in the department store and orchard at the end.

I like your videos so much man. Whats story behind YourFavoriteSon? I mean hey Dad in the beggining and so. Great work

Son, I love Condemned... I can only agree with everything you've said here. Great video.

This is your dad here son... You've made me proud by recognising that condemned is a fantastic game and a creepy classic 9.3/10 for me... Well done son😉

nostalgia (for simpler times) cheers from the Netherlands, you absolute madman!

This was a great watch! Any plans to cover the sequel as well?

YES DUDE. These games were so fun to me. Genuinely spooky and interesting. Especially Bloodshot

I really love your videos, man. Legacy of Kain I still return to from time to time just to hear it all over again. Dead Space too. I'd love to see an OUTLAST retrospective!!!

This is one of the first horror games I managed to finish growing up.

Yooo more content! It's gonna be a good day.

Would like to see more of the city the game takes place in.

This game is an underrated classic imo. It’s so visceral

Subscribed 3 minutes into this video , both of the games deserve a remake !

I desperately need a remake or remaster of this series. Underrated gems. Felt like a mix escape from butcher bay mixed with manhunt and a little CSI.

Great content as usual, son!

34:48 wow, that's actually Dennis Rader as one of the serial killers on his phone, a real life serial killer, don't recognise the other ones, but they are probably real life serial killers too

Great video! This game was so awesome

I still don't get the son/dad reference the channel is built upon, nevertheless this is another great retrospective. I'm curious about the next one, since the second part is the only one I've played. I don't know if this will be different there for you as well but I on the other hand loved the first person parrying in this game and used it a lot, but parrying may be my favorite game mechanic overall, so this may be on me.

Happy 100K Son

Great job again son. Once I'm done buying food to stuff my family with tasty turkey this coming Canuck Thanksgiving, looks like I'll have to give you your usual Patreon allowance, seems like you need a new rig soon.

Do Condemned 2 next. Condemned 2 is one of the most underrated Xbox360 games, and Xbox never even made it BC sadly….

Great as usual

I recently replayed this. I had it as soon as it came to the Xbox 360 and immediately fell in love with it. Its still a phenomenal game.

Hey son, I work 12 hour shifts. So if you could redo this video and make it 12 hours real quick, that would swell. Thank you But seriously, that's what got me to look into retrospectives and find your videos. They have been a god send

Proud of you sport, let’s go get you a Happy Meal. You’ve earned it ❤

You have the weirdest ability to pick games I’ve always wanted to know about but could never get around to playing.

YOOO I WAS HOPING YOU'D DO THESE GAMES ONE DAY

this is what The Callisto Protocol should have been simple melee combat with the emphasis on enemies AI and behaviors

Making dad proud!! Thanks Son!👨‍👦

Loved this game and it scared the hell out of me as a teen

Monolith games in the 2000's were S tier. No One Lives Forever, TRON 2.0, FEAR, Condemned. No one did better than them during that time. WB forced them to turn to third person combat games, and they still made the best LOTR games in the modern age. I just wish they'd go back to the FPS genre.

Thank you, Son

This game was a master piece

Well son I think condemned is a one of a kind game, and I'm glad that dude didn't sell the game rights. Hope it comes back with a scream!

Good job, son. Dad is proud of you

One of my alltime favorite games, and the last good launch title.

Thanks for the video ! Man, Condemned was a great game ! I remember playing it in the dark after moving into a new flat, I was scared shitless for most of the game. Only, i feel like it's a great journey but he farmhouse was a bit meh. Don't know if I was just numb or it the sudden appearance of "Evil" didn't click with me. The sequel was really mid too.

One of the first games I grabbed for the 360, loved both of them honestly, wonder why they haven't rebooted it.

can confirm the pc version ran great for me, choosing a resolution worked a bit weird but it wasnt a big deal. Also you need to add a certain dll file or something to make the framerate work properly. FEAR needs that same file

This was one of those games I loved to show to other people. Never got into the sequel though

Man, I forgot about this game. It was so janky, but I had a ton of fun with this back in the day. With both of them. Im sad we never got a third.

Are you planning to do mgs series retrospective? It would be awesome 😁👌

Thank god I found your channel

banger video

This game is so underrated.

That’s spooky son

The "grounded" parts were the best.

God damn dude I love this game so much

Slightly shorter than usual but pretty smooth.

Great video for a worthy game. They don't make 'em like they used to.

Oh yeah, this is gonna be all sonshine and rainbows. SWEET.

Looks like I'm first, Son. You always make me proud.

I loved this game. Even though everyone looks like haggis. Thanks caddicarus

this was one of those games i always saw on the shelf in Gamestop as a kid and always wondered if it did well i was never interested in it as i didn't like horror games until Dead Space came along

Those mannequins man... they haunt me.

do you know how to block? I swear I didn't see you do it once XD

How are the merch sales going, son?

It's so BS they never ported the 2nd game to the pc, here's to hoping it will happen one of these days.