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Old Mar 23rd, 2008, 02:59 AM       
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Originally Posted by Dr. Boogie View Post
I disagree on the plot. It feels more like they handed the series off to a different set of developers with different story ideas.

If you take the first game by itself, the story is really ambiguous. They make it seem like the craziness in the city is being caused partly by some kind of old pesticide poisoning people and birds and such, but by the end of the game, you're fighting monsters with escrima sticks.

Then in the second game, they basically explain everything to you. They've left it open for another sequel, but the storytelling is a little uneven. It almost reminds of the way the narrative works in Bioshock, only they stretched it over two games.
My guess is that Condemned (or at least Ethan Thomas's tale) will be a trilogy. In that sense, I think it's a good thing that they started giving us some of the answers (lest it become the video game equivalent of Lost). I think a lot of it is still ambiguous, though.

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I also think that Condemned's narrative structure is better than Bioshock; this game has characters and story in addition to a creepy environment.

Besides, even if the development styles from a 2005 game to a 2008 is a little uneven, it's still pretty compelling.
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