Players take the role of Ethan Thomas, an experienced FBI detective working for a specialized branch called the Serial Crimes Unit that focuses on bringing serial killers to justice. It showed off the system's innovative technology by immersing players in petrifying environments crawling with ghastly enemies. Condemned: Criminal Origins is a game from that era that utilizes the first-person perspective while staying true to the terrifying genre.Ĭondemned: Criminal Origins launched alongside the Xbox 360 in 2005. While these games are dime a dozen now, they were a bit harder to find back in the mid-2000s. Even legendary third-person horror titles like Resident Evil have adapted the first-person view this console generation. First-person horror games are all the rage nowadays.