Xbox 360, Sega
This frightening and vicious journey into a sordid underworld shows how next-gen graphics and surround sound can add atmosphere to horror games.
As a detective, the player spends most of the adventure creeping through claustrophobic locations lit only by torchlight. An evocative first-person perspective heightens realism as you search for a deranged serial killer.
Frights are common as disturbingly psychopathic vagrants lunge at you from the shadows. The violence is raw, barbaric and unsettling.
You rarely have a gun, and rely on weapons such as crowbars, shovels and pipes.
Timing blocks and strikes is crucial. Our hero is equipped with gadgets for detecting and analysing evidence but there is no freedom to use them creatively and little respite from the visceral, monotonous combat.
It's memorable but brief and simplistic.