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I just played some of this earlier and found it amazing. I'm only an hour in but goddamn do I love the animation and sound design, it's really great stuff. Chances are the neighbors heard the gunfire from my room but it's too nice to have turned down.
Good game. The action was top notch, but to be honest, I felt the experience was a bit shallow. Definitely lacks some of the personality of Monolith's other titles.
Just finished it. FEAR has some of the worst level design I've ever seen. And one of the most boring plots. If the combat wasn't so goddamn incredible, it would be one of Monolith's worst games.
I like the graphics, I like the blood, I like the cheap scares, I like the combat.
Level design, not so much.
i cant get it to work. demo was fine. i launch the game and have sound but a black screen. latest patch and updated drivers. even tried 3 different forceware sets.
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Originally Posted by Chux
Yep...that pretty much sums up my thoughts on F.E.A.R. It looks great, sound great, plays great, has really fun gunfights, the occasional scares are nice...but the levels are beyond boring. How many offices/warehouses/basements can I go through??
I'm still waiting for N.O.L.F. 3 but I doubt that'll happen.
so the level design is poor functionally or just thematically? Those are two very different things.
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Originally Posted by Frogacuda
FEAR has some of the dullest locations ever. 95% of the game takes place in cramped basement-y corridors with little in the way of landmarks or interesting geometry. Also, progression through the levels is very slow and often (as in dozens of times,) has you climing into vents, onto pipes, under catwalks, just to work your way around a locked door/gate/computer. Not exactly the most glamourous way for a heavily armed shock trooper to be spending his time.
However, it seems that all of the right angles and narrow pathways are there to help the enemy AI, which is absolutely remarkable. Fighting the stock human troops is a joy throughout and it's really the only reason I kept playing.
I really just like shooting somebody in the knee and hearing them yell FUCK!
We should play this online sometime, you losers.
Finally got around to picking this up a week or so ago. Just finished it and like many here was very disappointed with the storyline and design. Combat was darn cool, but the story was weak and I didn't find it scary at all. :(
I was hoping that this would me a game that would compete with HL2 for my most favorite FPS, but like every other game with potential, FEAR fell way short. Here's hoping for a positive show from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and PREY.
Too bad S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'s date was just pushed back to October.