Let's put it this way: devs made the foundations for Condemned: Criminal Origins so strong, it feels like they were going to build a skyscraper over it. However, after making the foundation as rock solid and earthquake-proof as possible, they erected a tent over it. Not a bad tent, mind you, but a tent nonetheless.
Pros: Great atmosphere largely thanks to the awesome sound design, interesting premise and gameplay mechanics, variety of locales, solid combat
Cons: Terrible ending (both in terms of story and gameplay), character designs and animations are odd and animal-like, voice acting is not bad per se, but lacks a punch, fighting sections are too frequent, extremely linear level design, overly simplistic investigation mechanics, muddy visuals