Almost a year ago, there was a preview of Codemasters' Damnation, a shooter or third person "shooter went vertical," as developer Blue Omega-called running on the Unreal Engine and a story that plays loose and fast history of the Civil War. And then not hear a lot about it.

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When we got to the final copy (which arrived after the game was released, which is not usually a good sign), we have some game time in our gun belts and reached a conclusion: Condemnation is a step backwards, which leads one in the past decade. Unfortunately, while descriptions as "Throwback" and "old school" are often complementary, as when a classic arcade title comes to Xbox Live Arcade, in this case is an explanation of how the game looks and plays. It feels old, as if someone sold you an original Xbox game.