History YMMV / Condemned2Bloodshot

* HilariousInHindsight: A prophesied hero from unlikely origins using the power of his voice to destroy evil world-conquerors using similar powers? [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Gee, sounds familiar]].

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Most fans don't necessarily find a problem with the gameplay changes, since actually being able to carry and use guns more effectively is anything but an issue, among other tweaks and changes. But there's a reason why it landed in the ContestedSequel category, and that's the shift from a paranormal murder mystery with a huge amount of ambiguity as to what was going on beyond the chase for Serial Killer X, to [[spoiler:a mystical organization of ancient manipulators called the Oro that control the world as the "origin of crime", who were manipulating all the events to try to control Ethan, who naturally has [[MakeMeWannaShout ultra-powered vocal cords that make heads explode]] that the Oro have to surgically implant into themselves. And all of Serial Killer X's actions going from just an unhinged KnightTemplar to having been trying to copy the Oro's power the entire time for himself.]] It's so absurd and beyond the scope of anything the first game tried to do that it reeks of the wrong kind of SerialEscalation while doing its damnedest to try DoingInTheWizard and over-explaining the first game's mysteries.

* {{Narm}}: Inferi, the man that Ethan beat up in the bar, refers to him and the bum as "[[GoshDarnitToHeck stinkin' drunks; couple of losers]]". This sounds more like something a school bully would say than it does a dangerous thug.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A criticism of the first game was its usage of ThrowAwayGuns, mainly because the game only allowed you to carry one gun at a time and prevented you from being able to carry ammo. This was especially jarring since the game allowed you to check how many bullets were in each handgun you found. The sequel allows the player to reload their firearms so they can hold on to them longer and has an unlockable holster to let them hold onto a second firearm.

* FoeYay: Serial Killer X to Ethan. "Do you think of me when you go to scratch? I think of you... every time I look in the mirror."

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: What with Ethan [[TookALevelInJerkass taking several levels in jerkass]], the even more unpleasant and depressing tone, and the downright [[NauseaFuel nauseating environments and enemy design]], this is a frequent criticism of the game.

* GoodBadBugs: The final boss fight ends with a complex, fairly difficult series of quicktime events that result in an instant death if you fail it. However, sometimes, if you die the first time it happens, the next time instead of going into the quicktime event the boss will just attack you regularly. Because this is a bug, he's not really programmed for combat and has very little health and a very weak fighting style, making it very easy to beat him and finish the game.

** The nightmare sequences too. The color washes out, and you fight pitch-black creatures in a pitch black environment. They deal a lot of damage and respawn, too.

** In the lodge level, when you encounter the bear, your next objective is simple: "[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness RUN FOR YOUR LIFE]]!!!

* ContestedSequel: While ''Condemned 2'' was generally praised for deepening the combat and investigation systems of the first game, many objected to its use of UnexpectedGameplayChange, turning Ethan into an angry drunk and ludicrous plot twists like [[spoiler: Ethan's EleventhHourSuperpower]] going against the gritty and grim tone established by the first game. The BrokenBase - and shift in the tone between the two - can best be represented in the games' two different endings: a brutal melee fight against a HumanoidAbomination in a burning barn for the first game versus the tower-of-junk battle between two men firing mouth-blasts at each other in this game.

** The many television and radio news reports found throughout each level featuring the self-serious reporter Tony Rhodes documenting his journey to uncovering the city's can serve as light comic relief in an otherwise dark and humorless game.

** The nightmare sequences too. The color washes out, and you fight pitch-black creatures in a pitch black environment. They deal our a lot of damage and respawn, too.

* NightmareRetardant: Those exploding dolls are creepy as fuck, but when you actually hear what the first of them you see is saying? It's hilarious.
--> '''Doll:''' Hi! I'm Blow Up Tommy! I can count backwards! Want to see?

* GameBreakingBug: The game can sometimes freeze up, and if it does the save file might very well become corrupted. Xbox 360 players with an older model console can avoid this problem by making backup saves on memory units, but [=PS3=] players and owners of slim model Xbox 360s just have to be cautious.

* ContestedSequel: While ''Condemned 2'' was generally praised for deepening the combat and investigation systems of the first game, Many believe that the series ''really'' [[JumpingTheShark jumped the shark]] with its use of UnexpectedGameplayChange, turning Ethan into an angry drunk and ludicrous plot twists like [[spoiler: Ethan's EleventhHourSuperpower]] going against the gritty and grim tone established by the first game. The BrokenBase - and shift in the tone between the two - can best be represented in the games' two different endings: a brutal melee fight against a HumanoidAbomination in a burning barn for the first game versus the tower-of-junk battle between two men firing mouth-blasts at each other in this game.

** The nightmare sequences too. The color washes out, and you fight pitch-black creatures in a pitch black environment. They deal our a lot of damage and respawn, too.