John Robertson writes:
"FEAR 2 is a game with an identity problem. Since its earliest stages of development - and the whole Vivendi, Monolith, Warner Brothers war over who owns the copyright to the name and who needs to buy what from whom in order to get the sequel made - it hasn't seemed to have a clear sense of direction. Inevitably that same lack of direction has found its way into the final product, making it not enough of a shooter to satisfy the FPS crowd and not enough of a horror title to satisfy your fright fans."
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Following on the coattails of the highly successful First Encounter Assault Recon, or F.E.A.R., Monolith Soft and publisher Warner Brothers released the highly anticipated F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
Set immediately prior to the finale of Point Man’s adventure in F.E.A.R., Project Origin tasks the player, one Sergeant Becket, and his squad with the retrieval and protection of Armacham’s Genevieve Aristide. Shortly after you battle your way through her apartment complex, a mushroom cloud explosion blasts through the city, successfully incapacitating Becket. While passing in and out of consciousness, Becket sees his journey from Aristide’s apartment to a hospital bed where he hallucinates being torn asunder by demons. Upon awakening, Becket finds himself pitted against a team of special ops soldiers cleaning up Armacham’s involvement from the original F.E.A.R.
Hahahahha. But seriously, I love this friggin game. Played it from start to finish about a dozen times since it came out. I wouldn't mind a Remastered Trilogy.
Direct2Drive has given Monolith's shooter F.E.A.R. 2 a significant price cut down to $20. The title ran $35 on D2D before the cut and currently runs $50 on Steam.
Game looks like it would be pretty cool.. I was just never into the first one. I'll check the demo first
It is creepy as hell... I can't finish games like this that often
A lot of the discussion around these titles, it seems, is differing expectations as to what scares us. Western horror seems to come from the "jump out unexpectedly" school of horror, while eastern horror seems to stem from the slow build/creep factor. Both can be valid and effective. This game, however, sounds to be firmly in the first school.
it has barely any 'horror' in it and it's only barely worth the effort to rent it
I'm going to try out both 1 and 2 very soon.