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FEAR 2 - 3/28/2009 11:23:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just downloaded the demo, and this game has to be one of the creapiest, scariest, actionridden games I've played in years!
Really, the graphics, the special effects, but mostly the sound effects... man oh man, this one *really* gives me the creeps. For those of you who don't know this game, it's a First Person shooter, a bit like Half Life (-2) but much, much more bloodier and much more gore.
The graphics are absolutely stunning on my 4870X2 at 1900X1200 and everything maxed out, the sound effects are ... too damn scary for my heart , the cut-scenes are brilliant... and also damn scary too. In scary situations lights start to flicker, spooky effects occur, things start moving and flying through the air... and ofcourse... it's dark. But hey, you have a flashlight! Only this one starts to fail on some occasions... especially when you *REALLY* want to see what the heck is going on.
And then there are the sound effects, gosh, when your game character "feels" frightened he starts to breathe heavilly, which has the effect that *you* become uneasy too.
Besides, the game played fluently, must be the Valve guys who are resposible for this. I mean, played Fall Out 3 and Crysis recently too, both had many bugs and glitches. Not so Fear2.
Like I said, very much recommended if you want a good shooter, but you defenitely do not want your kid or young nephew to play this one. They probably will have nightmares afterwards. Heck, even I don't want to play this one in the dark with headphones on.... way too scary.

So if you want a break from the usual counter moving, hard core war games, this is one for you.

http://www.whatisfear.com/

Yeah the demo is a bit short, but worth downloading anyway.
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/28/2009 11:41:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		I haven't tried FEAR 2, but the original FEAR was plenty scary for me. I guess I'm too old and feeble for scary games nowadays; I got about 20% through Dead Space before my nerves gave out...

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/28/2009 11:42:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I remember playing F.E.A.R. when it was first released. I was playing alone in the dark in the early hours, when all my family had gone to bed. Oh, and with my beloved Sennheiser headphones on. The first time an apparition appeared, it scared the crap out of me, really! A superbly designed chiller of a game and I agree, the sound effects really make all the difference to the atmosphere. I'm looking forward to more of the same in 2. 

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/28/2009 11:46:19 PM   
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I remember playing F.E.A.R. when it was first released. I was playing alone in the dark in the early hours, when all my family had gone to bed. Oh, and with my beloved Sennheiser headphones on. The first time an apparition appeared, it scared the crap out of me, really! A superbly designed chiller of a game and I agree, the sound effects really make all the difference to the atmosphere. I'm looking forward to more of the same in 2. 


My most memorable moment from FEAR was sneaking down a corridor in ArmaCham HQ, past a conference room, when a corpse gets thrown through the glass wall into the corridor in front of me. I think my heart rate snapped to 200 in about a microsecond...

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/28/2009 11:57:22 PM   
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My most memorable moment from FEAR was sneaking down a corridor in ArmaCham HQ, past a conference room, when a corpse gets thrown through the glass wall into the corridor in front of me. I think my heart rate snapped to 200 in about a microsecond...

Yes, those offices had quite a few moments like that!

I also remember one scene where I had to climb down some ladders to a level below. As my view of the platform above me was just about to disappear, a figure appeared and walked right in front of me (iirc). I had to switch the game off for the night as I was practically swimming in adrenaline! There are so many things in that game designed to play with your mind and scare the player, it's amazing really. Some of the blood filled corridors are quite disturbing.

As I always play at night and with headphones, I had to tell my wife not to tap me on the shoulder to get my attention! My heart was in my mouth many a time from her doing that.

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/29/2009 12:10:23 AM   
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/29/2009 11:54:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Jim_H : "As I always play at night and with headphones"

You sir, are a very brave man.

I mean, I do have a pretty good soundcard (Soundblaster Fatality Platinum, this one can add some cinema-like, very immersing soundeffects to your game) and an old, top of the line Sennheiser heaphone... there is *no* way I'll play this one at night, way too scary.
Sometimes I do wonder though, what will women think of us when one says: "don't tap me on the shoulder hon, that's way too scary when I'm playing this game".

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/29/2009 12:11:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Joshuatree - Not brave, just stupid lol! The trouble with playing late at night is that by the time I do go to bed, I'm so hyped I can't sleep anyway. This game is as good as any horror movie I've ever seen.

There is something incredibly creepy about seeing the figure of that little girl stood perfectly still, watching you. Almost as bad as Pennywise the clown!


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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/29/2009 4:51:54 PM   
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Besides, the game played fluently, must be the Valve guys who are resposible for this. I mean, played Fall Out 3 and Crysis recently too, both had many bugs and glitches. Not so Fear2.

In that case I might give demo a try. F.E.A.R. was barely playable with near minimum gfx settings, and even Doom 3 occasionally knocked breath out from my PC. I need some better hardware, but Socket 754 Athlon 64 3700+ are impossible to be found

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/29/2009 7:30:25 PM   
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/29/2009 7:32:14 PM   
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Besides, the game played fluently, must be the Valve guys who are resposible for this. I mean, played Fall Out 3 and Crysis recently too, both had many bugs and glitches. Not so Fear2.

In that case I might give demo a try. F.E.A.R. was barely playable with near minimum gfx settings, and even Doom 3 occasionally knocked breath out from my PC. I need some better hardware, but Socket 754 Athlon 64 3700+ are impossible to be found


Well, considering FEAR 2 has been prettied up from FEAR, I think you're liable to run in to a lot of problems with it, Matti.

I loved the original game. It wasn't the creepy stuff that spooked me for the most part as just shocking events. Best example...towards the end, you're walking through an old, abandoned derelict hotel your helo just slammed in to. You figure you're at the end when suddenly the doors blast open and in walks one of those mech bastards with the triple shot rocket launcher who are just as fast as you. I found myself running like Hell, dropping proximity mines, looking for somewhere to hide for a second while literally shouting "Oh sh*t!" repeatedly at the screen.

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 3:02:37 PM   
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Can't see the site right now for technical reasons, but can you tell me if the game has multiplayer co-op mode ?



? hm that's strange, it seems I can't find that info on the site, had to look it up on the forum. But they sure have multiplayer and the different versions of it Deathmatch (yeah like I'd last more than a few seconds with all these 15 year old kids: "hmm what is this map ... BLAMMO! and *respawn* once again/ repeat) Team Deathmatch. And maybe more, don't know.

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 3:45:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh, I like the "scary" games I didn't know this one.

Anyway there are 2 kind of FPS:

1) à la STALKER: to me the best FPS around, NO linear, the AI is simply amazing. Not to mention the vivid, sinister atmosphere; the graphics; the sounds: the zombies yelling a cavernous "hurrah!!" when they attack you The realism: you cannot carry an arsenal (200 or 300 kg ). In one word: astonishing.

2) à la Doom 3: absolutely linear (to me a primitive concept). The bad guys will always be on the same place

Fear 2 belongs to what category, please?

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 7:26:28 PM   
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 7:29:52 PM   
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Fear 2 belongs to what category, please?

The 2nd one, I guess. At least first of the serie was ghost train, and very good (scary) one

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 7:39:15 PM   
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Can't see the site right now for technical reasons, but can you tell me if the game has multiplayer co-op mode ?



? hm that's strange, it seems I can't find that info on the site, had to look it up on the forum. But they sure have multiplayer and the different versions of it Deathmatch (yeah like I'd last more than a few seconds with all these 15 year old kids: "hmm what is this map ... BLAMMO! and *respawn* once again/ repeat) Team Deathmatch. And maybe more, don't know.




Aha....

The people that design these tend to ignore the cooperative modes of multiplayer action, other than team v. team. What I really think would help the immersion is to have coop mode team v. environment which used to be a staple component of FPS games until the kids got into it. I think Quake II was the last title to have it.

The thing is, with spooky envrionments, it's a natural to have a friend around. It's quite a lot of fun to have 2 or 3 people going through the same thing at the same time, especially in the same physical space. The fear and terror are shared with each other and you can intereact cooperatively, (imagine that !).

In fact since FPS titles have dropped this mode, I've dropped playing them. It's now a litmus test with me. Aside from that, I don't have the computer HP to run them and I will not build up another pure gaming rig, so without something to motivate me like a spooky game with player v. environment coop mode, I will not bite.



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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 8:56:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		What you want Jeffrey is "Left4Dead": http://www.l4d.com/home.php
Four multiplayer co-op, against the zombie hordes. Or singleplayer with three bots, but rest assured, Valve is involved in this one too, so the AI *should* be awesome.



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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 11:02:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've played Left 4 Dead and for pure visceral, downright pleasurable killing, it is defo one to beat. The missions/campaign and scripted in so much as you do the missions one after the other, but the enemy is very spontaneous. Sometimes you set the horde off, but never in the same place twice.

The bots are not too bad, but co-op is awesome.

Not a great deal of different enemies...basic Zombies, Boomers, Smokers, Hunters, Witches and the Tank...but you never know when they are coming...and they always change...tanks never appear at the same spot etc, etc. YOu get the choice of double pistols, submachine gun, sniper rifle (not really helpful unless you are playing with humans), M16 (or M4) and shotgun. Dotted around are ammo piles and the occasional pipe bomb (throw it and it attracts the zombies), petrol bomb, gas canister, jerry can and med kits...and you need them!

The zombies look great and run at you very realistically. Scares the crap out of me! Hearing the witch "weeping" is not to be heard in the dark and ffs...DO NOT DISTURB HER! She will rip you a new one!

And when "the Horde" come....oh dear god...let me die quickly!

It's a very good game and one of THE single most greatest features not often seen in a FPS game??? Walking through your team mates. Yep...no more being stuck in a room trying to get past...you can walk through them meaning you never get stuck.

I love it and when I fel like a quick game, I turn the light out and load up Left 4 Dead!

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/30/2009 11:04:11 PM   
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 3:01:50 AM   
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What you want Jeffrey is "Left4Dead": http://www.l4d.com/home.php
Four multiplayer co-op, against the zombie hordes. Or singleplayer with three bots, but rest assured, Valve is involved in this one too, so the AI *should* be awesome.



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oooooohh.....must resist zombie FPS with coop mode......must resist.......

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 4:36:46 AM   
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 7:31:14 AM   
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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 10:23:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Really enjoy FEAR 2.

Must admit to being a 'wimp' though. I love this and Dead Space (for me the scariest game i've played). I play them on a 40" Flat Screen but I am unable to play at night time without all the lights on....

Damn good games in my opinion.

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 2:50:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		You're not the only wimp I'm afraid.... Told a g/f of mine about the demo of FEAR 2 and about this level where you have a hallway, and lots of eerie, creepy, scary things are going on (lights flicker, things start to move, but most notably the SOUND) ... anyways, nothing actually happens there... only you're just too damn scared to go down that corridor. You just stand there, watching.... thinking: "oh no I am *not* going down that hallway, no way"
So I told her about that demo, she looks puzzled at me, as if I was some sort of Martian guy, "hey it's a game for crying out loud, it can't be scary, what are you talking about?" 
My male friends on the other hand know exactly what I am talking about.

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 3:04:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Know exactly what you mean. I do have this strange 'fascination' though to exploring all of the areas just to see what I find....for example on the 2nd level is it (the office block)? There's loads of blood on the floors and the walls and I see footsteps going towards a toilet. Now I know this is is not game critical but I just had to have a little peak.

So I gingerly walk forward into the re with the fligths dimmed and lfickered expected to see any kind of grotesque sight. I rush round the corner gun at the ready expecting something to happen and nothing......zip.....nadda.....so I continue walking forward then the door of the last cubicle opens with a creak....the lights continue to flicker......I walk forward with a gulp in my mouth and there's a mutilalted body on the toilet, blood everywhere. At that stage my vision 'flickers' and theres an eerie apparition noise and a flicker of Alma appears near the toilet entrance = I get the hell out of there quickly

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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 7:34:33 PM   
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It'll need a new computer and the most evil, horrible DRM ever concieved. That's the way to think of it. That'll break the fever......



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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 7:45:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		I went to the stalker home page, it's not clear to me what the game is, is it a stand alone title or MMO title ?



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RE: FEAR 2 - 3/31/2009 8:38:54 PM   
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Status: offline 		Jeffrey, well now there are 2 STALKER games.

1) STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl (the fist, which I played)
2) SALKER Clear Sky (I haven't played this one: a sequel)

It's obviously a FPS. What makes it amazing (in my opinon -- and keep in my mind that before STALKER I did play Doom 3: absolutely linear, the monsters will ALWAYS be on the same spot The old Doom 2 on the other hand allowed you to explore the levels) is that you are FREE to go wherever you want. Literally. You are NOT forced to follow a particular story line either. You can ignore many missions at will too.

Second: I'm sort of tired of the satanic, science-fiction scenarios [Doom 3] In STALKER you are in a real, prosaic world (Chernobyl region). And believe me, the atmosphere is simply amazing. You have woods, villages, factories, roads, bunkers, cities, mlitary installations, etc.

Then the AI (or the bad guys if you prefer). All of them are "animated". How to explain it? The programmers didn't say "ok, here there will always be x zombie / bandit / etc.; and he will always react as predicted". NO! Just like you, they MOVE AROUND!

One more thing: forget massacres, killing sprees à la Doom. If you attack 5 bandits you will probably die... You are NOT invulnerable (realism, that is). You still can atack them but you better have better weapons than them, a good armor and medikits... And take cover as well. Banzai charges are a suicide (as it should be)

It's basically er, a realist FPS (with an amazing atmosphere, scenario).

P.S.: possibly a bug (because he doesn't notice they guy in front of him), but here you are a zombi yelling "hurrah" (all the personages speak in Russian, or Ukranian I guess, which makes the whole thing even funnier)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY824sqVSfA&feature=related

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RE: FEAR 2 - 4/1/2009 12:16:04 AM   
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Requires Stream activation.......not going to buy it.

Yep, that's me out too. I don't care how good a game is, if it requires Steam or any dealings with Valve, I won't be buying it. Once bitten!

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RE: FEAR 2 - 4/1/2009 8:25:34 AM   
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I did have issues with Grand Theft Auto IV and I was pissed at Steam because they try and hide behind the "You read the terms and conditions...no refund". I agree, for support Steam sucks big time. They just aren't interested. But it's more Rockstar Games that gets the boot from me on that one...they tied more things into that game that really shouldn't have been required that it made it a veritable minefield for alot of purchasers...no more purchases from me Rockstar.

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