11) There’s a lot more to do in each level than in Condemned. Areas are less linear, take place outdoors at different times of day and contain more puzzles. There are also secondary objectives and a bunch of collectibles to be found by helping other characters or finding all the environmental finishing moves.

12) It won’t all be doom and gloom. Ethan bounces back by returning to work as a Serial Crimes Unit investigator to track down his missing partner, and uncovers a bigger conspiracy in the process. He’s about to have a very bad day.

13) Oh, how could we forget the sickest move of them all: the American History X-style curb stomp? That’s right, unfortunate victims can be positioned against a curb as if biting it before Ethan mercilessly brings his foot down on their heads. It makes us queasy just thinking about it.

14) Did we mention you bust heads open like melons using a big pipe?

15) Protagonist Ethan Thomas is messed up in the head and looks like absolute shit. In other words, he’s a classic anti-hero. Frank Rooke, lead game designer, sums him up: “Ethan starts the game as down and out as anyone can get. He’s truly a broken man with one foot in the gutter and one hand gripping a bottle of bourbon.”