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- The F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon Director's Cut DVD-ROM guides you into the heart of horror, in a deep paranormal storyline with first person presentation. A paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound taking hostages, but issuing no demands. The government responds by sending in its best special ops teams, only to have them obliterated. A Special Forces team is sent in by the government to contain the situation, but contact is severed as an eerie signal interrupts radio communications. When the interference subsides, the team has been obliterated. Footage of the massacre shows an inexplicable wave of destruction tearing the soldiers apart before they can even react. In light of the desperate situation the F.E.A.R. team is assembled. You are a member of this new units & these are your directives: Eliminate the intruders at any cost. Determine the origin of the signal. And contain this crisis before it spirals out of control. Special Director's Cut Features: Special FEAR comic book, "Making Of F.E.A.R." documentary, developers' roundtable commentary, live-action declassified interviews with Alma, and F.E.A.R. Machinima -- a F.E.A.R. Game contained entirely on a Single DVD Requires 64MB DirectX 9.0 compliant Video card with Pixel shader support
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- First off, I want to tell everyone with a 6-series graphics card to uprade! This game is too much for anything except the geforce 7900gtx, 7950gx2, or radeon x1900xt or xtx, unless you want to move into a multi gpu pc. This game is insane, with intense realism and amazing graphics. Admittedly this games story is a little hard to follow, but if you want a great story go play ff7. Bottom line is that there is no system lag IF you have the hardware, and the battle system is incredibly addictive and fun. I have an opteron 144 oc'd to 2.8, 2 gigs of ocz el patinum, and a 7900gtx, and I run this game at settings maxed out, with the frame rate never dropping below 30fps. If you want a great online shooter, than go buy battlefield 2, but if you want a great single player horror adventure, than BUY THIS GAME!!!
P.S. Please, no one say that the gore and violence is too much. Don't be a wuss. I see worse things on news at noon.
- From reading reviews from some of the creator's, FEAR was going to be a horror/FPS game, but not just a horror game where you wait to jump out of your seat with hidden monsters and demons in closets, no...They wanted to give it a a chilling story about a girl that follows you around the game as you neutralize a threat that wiped out team instantly after a mysterious wave commences. The First Encounter Assault Recon Team (F.E.A.R.) is sent in. With the cool button to switch from a slow-motion combat back to normal, you fight through soldiers and other teams. That's not it though, along with the FPS perspective, this little girl pops up every now and then and whispers to you (another being follows too as he knew about her story) and you fall into illusions where you are taken through chilling slow-motion sequences where, little-by-little, you find out more about what happened to this girl...Make sure she doesn't touch you though as it will kill you. With the realistic and stunning visual effects and graphics, FEAR is a MUST if you want to experience intense action, chilling and suspenseful sequences, and extraordinary graphics. I give it five stars.
- Visual masterpiece and downright scary at times
- I have not enjoyed a game this much in a long time. Many games get too hard for me, especially if they linger too much on puzzles. I am 44.
It is very smooth on a SONY 2.0 gig Nvida dual core laptop. No lags at all. Yes, it is a gamers machine, and could hang up on slower ones. Controls are flawless.
The detail of even the walls and floor are astounding. The "Safety First" signs and various "Keep this room clean" items were amusing, after leaving an enemy soldier torn apart in a blood dismembered pile beneath it.
Just be sure you have the video card, speed, AND hard drive space - they are large. Also, younger children and squimesh adults should think twice.
- A new ERA in First Person Shooting
- This game is awesome.
First,let's just say that the atmosphere is great , the guns are more "real" , the story is ideal and finaly the graphics are perfect.
I remember myself playing MaxPayne and then HalfLife2 and told myself that they were something different from the others.
But when I started FEAR I told that it was the combination of two but when I finished it turned to be better than the combination.
- F.E.A.R. got pcgamer's "Best Action Game of the Year" award for a reason. The A.I. is increiable, slo-mo is k1c|<@$$, and the story's great. No downfalls, unless you're a WINNY LITTLE STAR WARS FAN!!!! WTF!!!?!?!??! In short, buy this game.
- This game is flawless.. just as good as classics like half life 2,doom 3 and quake 4!!
- first of all.. i am a great fan of 3d fps games.. i think these games are the best and the most interactive games out there..
never was really that interested in stratergy or racing games.. these games are just too boring..
F.E.A.R. is one game that really stands out in the fps genre because of its coolness factor, its storyline and of course.. its GUN FIGHT SEQUENCES!!(some of the best slo-mo gunfights ever..MATRIX WHO??!!!)
i actually wanted to get my hands on it the moment i read the reviews and saw the screenshots.. and its even better when you play it..
i have an athlon 3500+, an nvidia geforce 6600 256mb card and 1 gb ram.. exactly what u need to play this game..it runs perfectly (of course an nvidia geforce 7800 is always preferred, for those who can afford it!!)
the slo mo is available throughout the game.. and this is one special power you might wanna use in every single gunfight..
i tried tossing a proximity grenade at a soldier's face and all i could see was a huge sphere of blood, bones and flames.. you actually feel like quick loading the game and doing it over and over again.. high level of detailing and immense gore throughout the game..
but make sure you get the dvd for flawless performance.. it runs without any hitches(thank god!!) and i think my system is not top of the line.. but its good enough.
lets get to the best part.. the guns.. i've played doom 3, half life 2, quake 4 and f.e.a.r. and would rate the following guns on the basis of their style, sounds, reloading actions, damage and on-screen looks in the descending order.. here goes :
1. the particle gun (F.E.A.R.)
the coolest gun i have ever seen.. try shooting 3 soldiers in a row with this gun in slo mo.. and this gun just tears them apart.. the mother of all railguns!! (5 out of 5!!!!!!!!!)
2. dark matter gun (quake 4)
of course the most high end weapon in the game.. and rightly so.. you might wanna reserve your ammo for later.. but as soon as you get your hands on this baby.. you cant help using it.. one of my all time favourites.. more like the bfg 9000 in doom 3.. only way cooler!! 5 out of 5!!
3. plasma gun (doom 3)
this gun might not be the most effective.. but with doom 3 graphics and gameplay.. its an instant favourite. remember the plasma gun in doom 2.. wait till you reload it.. u'll love it!! 4 out of 5!
4. rocket launcher (doom 3)
effective and with a cool realoading action.. you cant compare it with the rocket launchers in quake 4 and half life 2.. its just way too good!!
i just love the guns in fps.. got to play doom 3 and f.e.a.r. long after their release dates.. but am so glad i did.. the amount of visual detailing and thinking that goes into making these guns a visual treat.. pure eye candy.. hats off to the guys at monolith and ID..
getting back to f.e.ar... the story is gripping and scary.. try playing it with the lights off in a dark room (now who would wanna do that??) and you'll know how creepy this game is.. really.. alma just turns up out of nowhere.. blood everywhere.. and those creepy sounds.. oooohh. this game is so much fun!! a true horror FPS classic.. PLEASE PLEASE... DONT MISS IT!!!
GO AND BUY IT RIGHT NOW.. YOU MIGHT NEED TO BUY A NEW PC OR UPGRADE YOUR OLD ONE.. BUT FOR ALL YOU GAMING FREAKS OUT THERE.. ITS WORTH IT!! ABOUT TIME EVERYONE GOT OVER COUNTER STRIKE.. SINGLE PLAYER IS SO MUCH BETTER!!
- Don't F.E.A.R. is just a game...
- A very original game comes out the box...
Dont get cooky with the idea that you need a "powerful" v.card to run this game, minimun a 6600GT and you're ready to frag.
The storyline is impressive, in some part of the game you'd think that you are in some kind of movie, an action-terror movie to be specific. The thing doesn't end there, someone tell 'ya that is a short game, well it's true, but if you play this game twice after a long time you'll notice that the scary moments are strong and sadistic than ever before. Don't compare this game with Doom3 or Half-Life 2... this game has it's own spooky scenes and also good NPC's... buy it and play it, you won't be dissapointed. :P
Salu2... ;)
- I had tried many FPS and only found four worth the bother of finishing, FEAR was amongst them. This is the first person shooter which actually creeped me out (Doom3 sure couldn't). There might be other FPS with better graphics or sounds, but none have a story or creepyness to match FEAR. The biggest praise I have is that my wife actually finished the game and she HATES FPS games!
- FEAR does not disappoint.
The game is an excellent jaunt into the genre of suspenseful horror for the FPS style of play. Plenty of thrilling moments, fantastic use of lightning and environment to heighten the experience, and very subtle yet successful employment of great horror elements to keep your blood chilled.
Above all, if you have the capability to appreciate it, are the astonishing graphics and their ability to mold to the action effects around you. FEAR is as much a cinematic experience, especially considering its use of an unraveling mystery and classic film horror techniques, as it is a great game. When you fly into combat you'll actively try to make it look as eloquent and action packed as the game feels. And you certainly won't find yourself bored with the rather intelligent AI and strategic weapon utilization either.
Where FEAR probably comes up short the most is redundancy with level design and art. Many of the textures will start to seem very repetitive before you're even half way through, and they don't get better through the second act. There's rarely more than one way to go and the design concept begins to look identical for every interval before long. The game can be fairly easy with use of the slow mo and insta-saves, even on the hardest setting, and some of the mobs will have trouble navigating certain areas to pursue you.
Even so, I can't think of anything bad to say about the cinematic touches and eloquent horror elements in the game. The puzzles are few and far between, leaving something to be desired, but the action is beautiful and fluid to participate in, even if it feels a bit easy at times. Considering how graceful the action sequences are, how stunning everything is to the eye and how well the game moves along the story, the paltry drawbacks hardly matter in comparison. It's a clear 5 stars.
Don't waste your time weighing if this better than Half-Life 2, Doom, FarCry, or anything else they bring up. It's a superb achievement in FPS gaming, and deserves a place on the throne with every other FPS of its generation.
If you consider yourself an avid FPS player, or a stickler for truly horrifying and suspenseful movies, or even if you just want a slightly different take on a very old and stale genre, you should be playing this game right now. Seriously - *right* now. Kick yourself if you haven't and move your mouse to that order button!
- FEAR is one of the best FPSs I have played in a while on any system. To start, the game play in FEAR is fast, furious, and most importantly fun. FEAR is an extremely fast paced game. There is constant stream of surprisingly intelligent enemies putting up their best efforts to kill you. And if it was not for the extremely useful slo-mo feature, they would succeed much more often than not. Slo-mo may seem so 1999 but the fact still remains that it is freakin cool in this game. Slow motion enables the player to move at roughly 2x the speed of the enemies, thus gaining an extremely useful edge in combat, or even retreat.
Also in you arsenal are a series of perfectly designed weapons. Every single weapon has its place throughout the game; all the way from the pistol to the rocket launcher. This is not DOOM where you start at the guns with the highest number on the number pad. Every weapon is balanced perfectly and has positives and negatives so there is no super weapon. And following along with the somewhat realist aspect of Halo the player can only hold 3 guns plus an assortment of grenades (proximity, frag, and remote).
Also HALO like is the close quarters combat. The player can bludgeon with the but of a weapon, do a spin attack, a jump attack and a diving attack. All of these attacks so some significant damage. However these moves are more suited towards multiplayer combat as opposed to single player where the tactics are more suited towards staying back and picking the enemies off.
FEAR is also one freaky game. And this is coming from one who sees horror movies and haunted houses as more as jokes. There were multiple times i just went oh @&^$! and jittered a bit. The horror aspects in this game are superbly implemented both through freighting visuals and terrifying audio.
Now to FEARs weakest point: level design. This is where the FEAR team should have taken some lessons from the beautifully laid out corridors of Half Life 2. The levels in FEAR just seem so bland and repetitive. I see the same objects, color palette, and walls all throughout the game (the parking garage segment is a welcome exclusion though). Where the masterfully designed levels of Half Life seem like living and breathing places with realistically places objects, FEAR just seems like a concrete maze with some computers and windows thrown in for good measure. The levels in FEAR just do not seem real. I the middle of a underground bunker there is placed a lone cubicle with a phone and a computer. (???) This seems so fake. Another game that exemplifies excellent level design is SWAT4. There are random, everyday objects placed throughout the levels to make them seem more real; magazines, soda can, papers, all kinds of everyday stuff that goes unnoticed.
Now on to the beautiful, but taxing graphics of FEAR. This is one good looking game, if you have the right system. Yeah, you can run this game on low setting, but it looks horrible. Even on my GeForce 6800 Ultra I can usually only run safely on medium settings. And the time demo used to test settings is completely inaccurate compared to real game play. But with everything turned on high this game looks STUNNING. However, for most it will be a stunning slide show on the majority of computers.
The multiplayer composed of FEAR is a nice addition, but is not the main focus of the game. Once again the poor level design comes into play here and on most maps is seems as if you are a bunch of rats fighting in a maze. The map featured in the multi player demo is one of my favorite maps due to its uniqueness. The slow motion in multiplayer is also integrated very nicely wit h one person, or team holding the slow motion activator that slowly recharges.
Overall, download both the single and multi player FEAR demos to get a taste of what to expect. In general the full game follows the demo experience pretty closely (the full game is hella more scary though and even has some performance enhancements) FEAR is not a HALO or Half Life 2 killer but it is pretty close up there, it is defiantly a game worth buying. The Directors edition even has some insightful extras. It some good stuff. Just go get it.
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- The copy protection penalizes even those who buy it
- Don't really care about this game. Did not really play much of it because now with Sierra/Vivendi so concerned about the game being pirated, they not only have a key system in place, but also securom 7 and blacklisting of all emulators. I bought the game and imaged the dvd onto my hard drive so i would not have to deal with physical media. Anyone who has ever been at a lan party knows all too well how cd's/dvd's either get lost or broken at events like a lan party. Part of the reason i like to image the disc so i don't have to worry about what happens to the disc. This bit has now gone too far and I will never buy any vivendi/sierrra game again
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- Good, but still behind HL2
- Overall fun game. I am about half way through and enjoy the gameplay and story so far. Graphics are good, but I still think that HL2 graphics are slightly better. Also, a map feature would be good for those times when I save and then come back a week later. Map or a way to block the way I just came would allow me to start up going in the right direction instead of backtracking for 15 minutes.
- F.E.A.R. is one the best horror games I have played,
It's like Silent hill in First person view.
There was one great part where you jump into this pool of water and instantly go into a diffrent realm, It was awsome.
The Graphics are awsome too. The levels are well detailed,
Now about levels being repetitive, I actually had to replay fear just to see what everyone was talking about.
Now that I whent over It again, I can say that they are repetitive,
I did'nt notice that before, Probably because I was too busy kicking a** lol.
About the language: I did'nt see anything wrong with the language after all If you were getting shot at what would you say?
About the violence: Does FPS mean anything to ya'll. I did'nt see anymore violence in this game than I did in Metal Gear Solid or The Punisher.
The story: This game is like one of those movies that you actually have to follow through and payattention too. But If the story does'nt keep you playing the action will.
About Replayability: you'll probably play this game about once or twice, Because going around the second time does'nt offer anything. No story changes. No unlockables. Nothing new.
But the greatest thing about the ai is that there unpredictable. (Meaning they don't strike the same spot)
I was shooting one guy while the other guy sneeked around the corner behind me.
Enemies being repetitive, I think not.
The only thing I hated about F.E.A.R. is the 5cds they should have put
It on dvd, or did they? If they did I could'nt find It so I'm stuck with 5cds
Now about the specs. I have a upgraded gateway gt5040 Pc
Video/Graphics card: SAPPHIRE 100176L Radeon X1950PRO (one not two),
and 3 gigs of ram
That's all I've upgraded soo far.
I can run fear at max flawlessly.
and thats without using crossfire (two video cards).
Looking at everybodys specs, there computers seemed to be more powerfull
than mine. But yet can't run at max settings. Maybe It's Geforce lol, or probably ram.
About the cd being needed in the drive to play. Get a nocd crack at gamecopyworld.com or Alcohol 120% at alcohol-software.com
Overall: A great game to play once or twice, But some may find it too violent or too much bad language. Just download the demo befor you buy it.
- Playing this game with a 8800gts video card and a 22 inch screen is just about as fun as you can get
- I have been waiting 6 months to play this game. I have just built a Vista computer and loaded it up. Graphics are excellent and artificial intelligence is very good. However, I find it very repetitive.
- pretty good but not great
- The graphics are really good, and the effects, like the slow motion effect, are great. The AI is pretty good as well. And there is some humor in it. Like when you meet the first girl, you have to escort her out the building, and she keeps making sarcastic remarks like "Do you HAVE to kill EVERYONE?!?" I thought it was pretty funny.
Now for the bad parts of the game. I think the thing I hate most is that your character cant run fast. In other words, he can never sprint. When he walks, he walks extremely slow, and it's not a video card problem. And when you toggle on run mode, he only walks a little faster. He is certainly not capable of running fast at all. His slow movement, combined with very repetitious mazes of office buildings makes it a bit boring.
Other than the fact that most of the maps are repetitive, and your character can't run fast, ever, I give it 4 stars. I only have to knock of stars because they made it so repetitive. But there are enough points in the game (although not often enough) where the action is absolutely entertaining.
- Best First Person Shooter I've Played
- I have played PC games for twenty years and I can say without reservation that FEAR is the best first-person shooter I've ever played. I can't point to one single element. It has great graphics, excellent combat, effective musical scoring and all, but it's the overall experience of playing the game that is superb.
Every day for a week, I couldn't wait for night to come so I could turn out the lights and become immersed in the world. It literally made my hair stand on end. I can't remember the last time a game had that kind of effect.
Highly recommended
- Simply the best game I've ever played. This game has the best AI I've seen yet and the plot is deep and complex. Towards the end I felt a lot of sympathy for "Alma", and I some ways this game is a little like the movie The Ring. Play it, you won't regret it.
- A game that lives up to its' name
- I don't play many games on my computer but this is one that will keep you playing. It can be as difficult as you want and challenges you on finding answers to move through the game not just blast the enemy. There is plenty of the "shoot to live" in the game but there are sudden on screen displays that makes the heart jump to the throat. All in all it is one of the best shooter games I have played.
- Awesome Graphics, Original Storyline, Great Multiplayer options, What more could you ask for! I played this game for ten minutes and got sucked in. . . The things that stand out most are awesome weapon power, SLOW DOWN TIME OR SPEED UP TIME DEPENDING on how you view that, Push the conrol button and speed thru the level massacring the enemy with any weapon. Millions of hidden items in this game, you'll need to find most of them to power thru the levels. And lastly, Finally a great multiplayer interface, makes this the icing on the cake. Awesome multi- levels, great hidding spaces, BIG BANG FOR MY BUCK. . . . 5 stars nothing less.
- i've played countless first person shooters now, and i have to say, F.E.A.R. is one of the best games i've played, if your looking for a challenge in shooting enemies then this would be it as it has the most impressive AI's a game can give, this is a MUST for 1st person shooters, don't miss it out!
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