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According to every review I've read the single player makes it more than worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spanky McGee
I was kind of frustrated at how video-card-intensive this game was, and how it pretty much looked like ass if I wanted to get more than 10 frames a second. I'm thinking of treating myself to a new video card this month though, so maybe soon. I really did like the AI. It was alot of fun to fight.
I think I'm halfway through the single player game and so far the game is just fine. If there was one thing I do not like about the game is that there is so far little variety is environments..its all buildings. offices, basements..etc. The small outdoor section backgrounds are poor looking too. They don't go nuts on the scary ring girl stuff..its a periodic thing which is nice. They could have gone overboard with it but they spread out each appearance so each time its a nice event.
As for performance..well... I put almost max detail and am running at 1024x768 and it chugs during big firefights but I don't care. I refuse to kill lots of detail for the sake of framerates..20fps is just fine with me until I can get better hardware (I intend on a full upgrade next spring). Putting the game at 800x600 helps alot but the game doesn't look so hot in that ugly res. My Athlon 2500+, 1gig ram and 9800 is still going ...sorta strong! ..I could imagine how this game looking on a better rig but oh well.
I have a GeForceFX 5600 which really chokes on stuff with alot of pixel shader effects, and FEAR definately qualifies. If I turn the quality up I get like... 2 fps. Good to know my Athlon64 3200 won't be a problem one I take care of the vid card, though.
I did, but I can't play it. "Original disc could not be found or authenticated." Thanks, Securom!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
The game didn't care for the fact I have Alcohol 120% installed so I had to use some stupid program to make it "disappear". Stupid Securom..ugh.. at least its not Starforce which is copy protection developed by the devil.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
Did it actually give you a message saying the problem was a 3rd party program? I have Nero, but I really don't want to uninstall it..
Also, how on earth is that legal? GRAH I HATE PC COPY PROTECTION SCHEMES
Yes.. it gave me some message about having an emulation program installed. Stupid copy protections get on my damn nerves.. freakin games get cracked anyways. Even the dreaded starforce gets cracked. Valve's Steam gets cracked... everything gets damn cracked. Why must all the new copy protections be so damn intrusive to all legal owners?Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
Yeah, suddenly stuff like Steam doesn't bother me so much compared to shit like this that hurts paying customers. At least Valve followed through with Steam and used it to offer meaningful updates and new content to reward paying customers.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
If I remember correctly I used sr 7 stop, or something to that extent. If you can't find it by the time I'm home from work, I'll hook it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by epmode
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Originally Posted by Chux
Yep.. SR7.Stop is what I used to "hide" Alcohol 120 so I won't get that dumb emulation message. It works like a charm.
SR7.Stop download.
Just scroll down till you see it and hopefully that'll help you. Maybe you'll find something else that could help your situation.
Hopefully the mods wont delete this link as legit users are having stupid problems with the damn copy protection for FEAR (and other games) so these utilities shouldn't be frown upon and thought of as pirate crap.