Xbox 360 | Condemned: Criminal Origins

Condemned: Criminal Origins 
Copyrighted 2006 Josh Shearer

Table of Contents
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1. Introduction/Contact Info
2. Updates/Version Info
3. Controls
4. Walkthrough
5. Achievements
6. Notes
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Introduction/Contact Info
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This strategy guide is for the use of any people who wish to 
achieve the awards in Condemned Criminal Origins. 
I ask that people do not use this strategy guide and take it as 
their own for I might give permission if you ask for it first.
Any person contributing to this strategy 
guide will be given their own spot in the guide with their 
strategy. Please follow the basic format that is being used when 
giving information. Please send only serious strategies. My contact
is Soccer862923@earthlink.net, and please make sure to put in the 
subject that this is for the strategy guide or I will blow it away 
right away. Please contact also if you see any typos or
grammatical errors.
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Updates/Version Info
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2/13/06
This is the first version of the FAQ changes may come and will be
noted here.
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Controls
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Right Thumb-Stick - look or turn 
A - Button grab weapons, open doors, climb ladders or actions 
B - Button flashlight 
X - Button toggle melee or forensic investigation 
Y - Button check ammo 
Left Bumper - fire stun gun 
Right Bumper - toggle firearm or melee mode 
Left Trigger - block 
Right Trigger - attack or collect evidence 
Start - pause menu 

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Walkthrough
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/Chapter 1/

First you will have to follow your buddy to the crime scene.You 
will want to duck under the tape and follow him up stairs where
his flashlight will break.In the first room on the right there will 
be a bird that you will need for the achievements of the game.Next
you will have go find officer Becker and investigate the neck of 
the victim and the mannequins face before moving on.You will 
receive a gun and then you will have to talk to Rosa.

Once you are done talking with Rosa you will want to follow the 
guy that you saw on the phone, he will come out after you so make 
sure to blow him away and head up the staircase, take a left, then
a right and you will find a room with a piece of metal in it for
the achievements.You will then want to head back down to a big area
in which you will encounter some baddies, which you will want to 
eliminate, and then check one of the windows for another bird.
You will want to go to a room, where there will be a flashback and 
you will want to proceed to flip a switch and then your gun will
go bye bye.

You will eventually recover from your "shocking" experience and will
want to continue on your way until you come to a desk that you will
need to move.You will want to take the door up and on your left to 
make it to another bird in front of a health box. You will want to
head back to the unfinished wall that you saw and will want to make
it through the hole that the Hobo creates and make a left where
you will find another piece of metal.Some creepy stuff will happen
and then you will head to a room where you will need use your gas
spectrometer to find the next bird. You will want to head through
a set of double doors and then proceed to go up some stairs.

You will want to find the window with the bird in front of it and
then there will be a cop that will throw you a fire axe, which you
will need.You will need to make your way to a door that you will
be able to use your fireaxe on in order to get to the Bronze 
detective badge. You will need to head back to the window where
you got the axe and use it on the door next to it and eliminate
the baddies in it.You will find a blue armoire that will contain
the next bird that you need.You will eventually take several 
rights, as to where you will be able to find the next metal piece
for the achievements. You will eventually go through the next set 
of doors and make your way to the end axing a few guys in the 
process to end this chapter.

/Chapter 2/

You will want to first make your way through the path on the left
and take the shovel and use it to open the fence door a little ways
back.You will want to investigate the bin in front of you for 
photographs.After you are done talking with Rosa you will want to
make your way to a closed shutter and intestigate the flasks 
next to it.There will be a hobo that comes after you which you will
want to down and take his crobar and use it to open the box near
the shutter.You will want to push the button and go down the hall
take a left, and then a right and you will find the first bird of
the chapter in this room.You will want to continue through a closed
door and head up the stairs through the doouble doors and then you
will be contacted by Vanhorn.You will want to continue on up the 
stairs on your left and head right until you hit another staircase
which you will want to head down and to take a left and down the 
hobo with the gun.

You will want to head through the door labeled archives and go 
through up the stairs and once you are upstairs you will want to grab
the sledgehammer and make sure to grab the metal piece behind a file
cabinet.You will eventually come to a door labeled 210 and will want
to use the sledgehammer on the door.You will want to continue through
the area until Vanhorn stops bothering and you will go up another 
couple sets of stairs and go under the shutter to enter the main hall.

You will want to use your gas spectrometer in order to find the bird
in the hall.You will want to head towards the ATM and take a right to
find the next bird under a small table.You will eventually need to 
investigate eth Kitchen area and follow the trail.You will find a 
shutter and you will need to fireaxe a door and eventually get to
an elevator.You will need to activate the ability to use the elevator
and then you will need to make your way around two doors that you 
need to fire axe.You will find a room with the ladder leading down to
a new area.You will find a metal piece near two pipes and you will 
need to head up the ladder at the end of the tunnel.You will want to 
take the first door and you will get a nice fire axe that you will 
need behind a shutter. You will want to head back to the previously
mentioned and axe through it and make the elevator available to use.
Make sure on the way to the elevator that you fire axe the other door
in order to get the Ripple TV.You will want to use the elevator and 
make a right and there should be a bird in front of a large window.
You will eventually encounter a shotgun touting maniac and you will
want to head to the men's restroom in order to find another bird.

You will eventually make your way around until you have another 
little flashback.You will want to go into the room on your right to 
get the next metal piece. You will want to investigate the floor
behind the cupboard before moving it. Head through the now revealed
are and take a left and investigate the recorder on the desk.You 
will next want to continue on and investigate a wall with a ton of
newspapers on it.You will next get very scared and then follow the
suspect by climbing through a window frame.You will want to grab the
bird on the balcony before moving on and then enter the before closed
door in order to finish this chapter.

/Chapter 3/

You will want to immediately get out of the room and find the bird in
the green newspaper dispensor thingy. You will want to follow down the
staircase and around the corner.Some hobo will charge you with an axe
so deal with him and make sure to grab the bird that was where the hobo
was previously.There will be a door in which you can get through with 
your newly acquired axe and find the next bird in a black locker.

There will be a good amount of fighting to do here so be prepared.
There is a health box in the booth on the left and make sure to watch
out for the shotgun wielding maniacs.You will want to grab the 
metal piece in the cash register before moving on and use your fire 
axe to move on and grab the bird on top of the tv in the room.You 
will need to continue on and will find a bird in the middle of the
path that you are taking.You will find a metal piece on one of the
benches in the next large area with more of the crazies that you will
need to down. You will want to continue on and find the last metal
piece at the end of the track and make sure to hop in the train to 
end the chapter.

/Chapter 4/

You will want to first use your gas spectrometer in order to find 
the first bird of the chapter. you will want to take a right and will
eventually encounter a two ladders and then you will need to jump a 
gap in order to continue on.You will want to head towards the red tank
and move the large plank and you will find a TV. You will want to walk
past the caged area in order to find your first metal piece at the end
of the path.You will want to head back to the gap and take the first
opening to a new cage area, but you will want a shovel before you 
continue on, so take two rights and you will find the shovel that you
seek.You will want to use the shovel to get through the fence to climb
the ladder.You will want to continue you on and follow the hobo on the
tracks.

Next head right and up the stairs to the train and make sure to 
investigate the fire extinguisher twice. You will need to wait until
the door opens to the next car.You will be encountered by a big guy
and will need to take his sledgehammer and use it to smash the lock
on the fence.Investigate the map on the fan and then make sure to 
kick the fan and head through the newly opened area and grab the 
bird in the room through the second door on the right.You will want
to exit the room and head your way to a set of stairs that head down
You will want to follow the fleeing guy and grab the axe and head 
back up stairs to the door that you will need to use the axe on.There
will be two "crawlers" in the next area so be prepared for a little
fight.You will need to jump down the manhole and turn the valve and
head back to the area in which you got the axe and head down the big
ladder in the area.

You will want to continue down another level by the way of a ladder
and open the fence door on your left.As you make your way there will
be a small room where you will need to use the gas spectrometer to 
find the bird in the area.You will need to head to the second 
generator room with the health box and find the ladder to the left 
of the box and head up and head up the next ladder also. There will
be a bird on a box next to a shovel.You will want to jump down into 
another room and after you head down the stairs pick up the next 
bird in the middle of the stairs.There will be another generator room
in which you will need to take the staircase around.You will need to 
grab the shovel lyring near the stairs and get through the fence door
and head to an area where there will be a fire.You will need to head
up the stairs a little bit and use the valve at the end of a little
area in order to stop the fire.

At the tracks you will want to turn right and then take the first door
on the right and there will be some baddies to dispatch.You will want
to head up the stairs and run past the train and you will find another
metal piece on the barricade.Go back to the stairs and go the rest of
the way up and on a table there should be the last bird for this 
chapter. You will want to investigate the map that is also on the 
table twice.There will be a closed door, that you will want to go
through and grab the crobar. You will want to head back to the general
area in which you found the previous metal piece and use the crobar to
open the door to the train and investigate one of the seats for a shoe
print.You will want to investigate the compartment overhead and the 
subsequent mannequin arm.You will want to use the ladder to climb to
the top of the train and follow the chick.Before you finish the level
make sure to take a left before the fence door and find the last metal
piece near a bunch of cardboard boxes.You will want to go through the
fence door, through the locker room and you are then done with this
chapter.

/Chapter 5/

First you will want to head right into a small little area and then
left and get the bird lying on the floor.You will want to move 
around the stairs and go through the broken window, and then go 
through the door on the right.You will need to move a couple of 
clothes racks and a guy will get capped, and you will want to 
look for an pillar that has a metal piece attached to it.You will now
want to proceed out onto the balcony and find the second bird out
there.You will then need to head up the stairs where you will have a
little encounter.You will eventually proceed and find a red desk the
print on the desk.You will then want to follow the girl down the 
stairs and take a right then a left to get to same changing areas.
You will follow a small trail that leads to an elevator shaft and you
will want to grab the sledgehammer and head into the area that you
came across before the sledgehammer.

There will be a door in here that will be padlocked, so use your nice
sledgehammer and head down the stairs.You will want to head past the
christmas tree and up the stairs and find another metal piece around 
some of the pay phones.Continue up the stairs and there will be 3 wood
things, in one there will be a bird that you will want.You will 
continue on past the health box and find that you are at another 
balcony.You will want to continue until you find a whole in the wall 
and jump in it and go through the window.You will come to another hole
that you need to jump down and follow the "trail" to a mannequin head
that has some footprints that you will want to investigate next to it.
There will be a nice little hobo scene and then you will want to go 
down a little bit and find the next metal piece near a rack in here.
Continue through the hobo hole and you will find a bird on a rack and
a creature that is playing dead so be careful.You will eventually find
an area that is flooded but with an axe, so grab it and go all the way
back to where you found the foot prints.

You will once again want to proceed down the stairs and go up the next
set of stairs and axe the door on the right and go to the desk in the
room and grab the bird.You will want to go back and then axe the other
door and go up the stairs.In the 2nd cubicle thing you will find the 
last bird for the chapter.You will want to proceed to the 3rd cubicle
and then follow out from where you saw the addict and cop.Make your 
way to where the cop cars are and you will eventually find some double
doors to go through in order to finish the chapter.

/Chapter 6/

This is a pretty short chapter.

You will find the first two birds right in front of you when you 
start.You will want to make your way to the left and then move one of
the planks in order to find the third bird.You will want to make your
way right and find the Silver Detective Badge and piece of metal on
the wall.You will want to continue til a hobo will grab you through
the wall, you will want to continue until you see a guy with a shottie
start to come after you, but you will also want to look for the fourth
bird with some file cabinets.The piece of metal will be on the wall in
front of you and behind the desk.You will then want to climb out the 
window and immediately find the fifth bird on the roof before going 
on.You will then want to grab the sixth bird before jumping down 
again.Next take a right and run along the all until you find the final
piece of metal and for the health box that is nearby.You will need to 
survive the following onslaught until you see a fence door open, and
jump in the bin to make it out this quick chapter.

/Chapter 7/
You will want to take a left and enter a lobby and there will be a 
bird on the desk. Head to the east and use the elevator, and once your
trip is done take a left until you run into Rosa.You will want to 
immediately grab your new Taser and follow Rosa where she will get the
Master Key.You will want to go to the end of the office on your left
and head back after you get pretty scared. You will want to go through
the broken window and follow Rosa into the next office. You will want 
to use teh computer and head out to the right into the corridor to 
some desks, in one there will be the next bird.When you continue on 
you will want to investigate some droplets in front of the door that 
can be fire axed.You will want to head to the end of the hallway and
grab the metal piece behind a crate of books.As you head back you will
be attacked by a hobo with an axe.As you follow the hobo you will want
to look for the next bird under some file cabinets, close to where a
hobo will shoot at you.You will want to continue on and retrieve the 
axe that the one hobo had and use it on the door mentioned earlier and
you will want to investigate the server racks in order to get the 
crobar.

You will want to head out this room and take a right follow by two 
lefts to find a closed door.You will want to wrench it open with the
crobar and get in the elevator.Once you get to the lobby there will
be some dangerous guys.You will want to grab the crobar off the desk
and head to where you started the chapter and you will want to find
the next TV in the closed door there.There will be a large painting
in the lobby and you will want to get open any of the doors in order
to get.You will want to head upstairs into a large room and will 
want to find the next bird next to a sledge hammer in the room.You
will also want to grab the sledgehammer and smash the padlock on the
ladder in this room.You will want to move the ladder to the right 
spot and grab the bird and then jump down to where Rosa is on the 
floor. You will want to subsequently follow her until you will 
eventually work your way to finding a metal piece behind a crate of
books near a large book room.You will eventually make your way until
you fall a few stories. 

You will want to make your way around the racks and you will 
eventually find your way to Rosa on the otherside of a gap.You will
want to jump down and then make your way around some more racks.There
will be a "crawler" that emerges and there will be a bird on a table
next to where it comes out from so keep your eyes open.You will want
to keep cover in the next room until the baddies run out of ammo and
then make your move.You will want to head into the room in which they
came out of and find the final piece of metal behind one of the desks.
You will eventually take a left and meet up with Rosa, follow her up
some stairs, kill the baddies, and then follow her to end this chapter.

/Chapter 8/
The first bird is behind a desk in the Room 3 to your immediate right.
You will want to head to your left and enter the room and check the
wall near the desks to find the first metal piece.You will continue by
ducking under a wall and grab the sledgehammer and use it to get 
through the door next to it. You will continue on and smash the 
padlock on the fence door to get up the stairs and find the lab in 
order to get a nice meeting with the butcher.You will continue through
the classrooms.You will want to find the boys bathroom to find the 
next bird in a pile of stuff.You will want to head into a classroom
with a "crawler" in it and investigate the chalkboard.You will head 
back out only to fall down and then you will want to take the door 
that will lead around a health box and you will want to follow the 
butcher past the kitchen area and climb over the little wall.You will
want to take the stairs after heading through the next door into the 
sports hall.You will want to take a right and jump down the broken
staircase to follow with two rights and one left to find a bird at the
end of the hallway.

Next you will want to make a u turn and run to the end of the hallway
and enter the litle kitchen and make your way to a little meeting with
the butcher.You will want to make quick work of him in order to 
continue on.You will want to grab the axe and head out of the kitchen
up the broken staircase and use it on one of the doors and enter the
sports hall.You will want to jump down a new hole and look around on 
the desk for the next metal piece.You will find a ladder, eventually,
and climb it and proceed to the staircase and head down to find the
TV and next bird. You will want to go all the way up the stairs and go
outside tot he playground area and take on the waves of enemies, you 
can take them out with the rifle that is where you were lying around
and then eventually make your way to the little window to where the 
guy with the machine gun and jump through it.

You will want to continue on and investigate some blood on the wall
to your left.Continue on through the rusted fence door and into the
locker room.You will find the next bird in a little room on your left 
and further on you will need to climb over two small walls.You will
want to find a U shaped locker formation and investigate one of the
lockers until you find a scene where you will want to cry.You will
want to grab the shovel and head past the showers to use it on the 
fence and turn the valve door.You will want to continue on to jump
into the pool.You will want to get out at the other end and open the
door in front of you to grab the fireaxe and head out and left to use
the axe on the door to continue.Once in there you will want to head to
the other wall and grab the sledgehammer and use it on a padlocked 
fence and find the metal piece on the other side.You will want to look
near the entrance of the room for the bloody shower and go past it 
look for the bird on a table after the door.When Rosa is done talking
you will want to exit through one of the doors to where Vanhorn is to
finish this chapter.

/Chapter 9/
First off investigate the wall to the right of you.You will want to 
follow little trails to investigate the four inscriptions in order to
get one of the awards in the end.You will want to take a left and head
through the room and grab the bird on the table.After that head
through the double doors and enter the room on the left.You will want
to move the small drawer to find the metal piece.Head out of this room
and step over into the kitchen to open the refrigerate to find a bird
and investigate the oven to find the first said inscription.
Open the door next to the fridge and head down to the basement and 
take a right and after a few steps you will find a little area in 
which you will find the metal pieceand after that you will head to
the next room and find the next bird in front of the mirror.Head on a 
little bit more to find the next inscription on a little sink type 
thingy.Next you will want to find a rusted little oven with a gold 
detective badge behind it and then head up the stairs to the kitchen
to where you first started off.

Head right into a hallway with 3 doors in it and take the second room
and move the bathfub to find the next bird and look at the closet for
the third inscription.Move to the childrens room and find in the 
closet for the last metal piece and the bed for the next bird.Smash
the padlock on the door in orer to get up to the attic to get the last
bird for the chapter.You will soon be assaulted by a baddy and you 
will then want to head over to where some planks were and jump down to
investigate the crate for the last inscription.You will want to head
to the large mirror and open it and step into the little hiding area.
You will want to head up to the table in order to investigate the
newspaper clippings, then head back to the beginning again.
You will have to take out some baddies and eventually take out a hobo
with an axe.You will need to take out your axe and use it on the 
balustrade.You will want to head up to where there was a closed room,
and after a little scene uyou will want to head to the stairs and 
wait for the killer and keep going at him until the chapter is finally
finished.

/Chapter 10/
When you are ready you will find a 2X4 on fire which will unblock your
path and grab the bird on the floor.Head out of the barn and cross the
area and ahead of you will eventually have a piece of metal on a side
of the building.You will next head right and move to the nearby horse
trailer for the second bird.Nearby you will find a bird on a tractor
engine.Continue onto the bridge and look at one of the supports to the
right for the next piece of metal.Continue on into the building and
move the crates in order to get the next bird.You will next want to 
pull the lever, and continue on through the little shed and head for 
the barn in front of you where two baddies with guns will be waiting
for you.Make your way through the building and inside the next
building you will find some guns and health kits and a bird, which you
will definitely be needing.In the next building you will find the last
piece of metal and the final bird on a stick.

You will want to get out and grab the axe that one of the "crawlers"
has.After some killing the demon will come and face you.You will need
to hit him like 5 times.You will then want to use the d pad to do some
nasty things to the thing.You will need to take on some more baddies
then head up the ladder to face him 2 more times doing the exact same
thing to "kill" the demon. You will then have a decision to make, let
the Killer X live or not and you will get a different award depending
on your decision.Congratulations you have finished the game.

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Achievements
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Chapter 1-9 Completion Awards  		      Complete Chapters 1-9  
Gold Game Completion Award  		          Complete the Game  
Compassion Award  		      Allow Serial Killer X to live  
Revenge Award  				       Kill Serial Killer X  
Chapter 1-10 Bronze Bird Awards  	       One Bird Per Chapter  
Chapter 1-10 Silver Bird Awards  	       All Bird Per Chapter   
Golden Bird Award  			  Find All Bird Entire Game
Propaganda Report #1 Award  			Find 9 Metal Pieces  
Propaganda Report #2 Award  		       Find 20 Metal Pieces  
Propaganda Report #3 Award  		       Find 29 Metal Pieces  
Propaganda Report #4 Award  		       Find 30 Metal Pieces  
Bronze Detective Badge Award  			  Find in Chapter 1  
Ripple Xbox 360 Award  			Find hidden TV in Chapter 2  
Static Xbox 360 Award  			Find hidden TV in Chapter 4  
Silver Detective Badge Award  			  Find in Chapter 6  
Bird Bath Xbox 360 Award  		Find hidden TV in Chapter 7  
Test Pattern Xbox 360  			Find hidden TV in Chapter 8  
Gold Detective Badge  				  Find in Chapter 9  
Bronze Melee Master  	      Complete A Chapter with Melee Weapons  
Silver Melee Master Award  	    Complete 3 chapters No FireArms 
Gold Melee Master Award       Complete Ever Chapter with Only Melee  
Melee Mayhem Award  		   	 Wield Every Weapon in Game  
Firearm Freedom Award  			  Use Every FireArm in Game  
Chief Investigator Award  		    Find Every Clue in Game  
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