There are few games that can illicit the kind of shock that comes from punching a man in the face repeatedly and watching him slowly crumple to the floor, wincing in pain and begging for mercy between expletives. In this sense, Condemned 2 is the most horrific and visceral game we’ve experienced in quite some time.
Though this is a sequel, with the original appearing on Xbox 360 two years ago, Condemned 2 is more of a complete game than the first outing. If the first game is viewed as a prototype for a universe and combat system yet to be fattened up, then Condemned 2 is that feeding process - this is the game Condemned was always meant to be.
Stellar Blade director jokes the action RPG "is the outcome of my creative dictatorship," but "everyone pretends to listen to what I say whilst creating what they want"
I wish Stellar Blade's New Game+ was added before my first playthrough, because it sounds like a whole new action RPG with 34 new outfits and a bigger skill tree
