F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin - Page 2

I don't get the complaints about the graphics. Sure, they're not Crysis level, but the art direction is top notch. And strangely enough it reminds me a little of Hellgate:London. But the creepy stuff is creepy indeed and the firefights are good. Especially the school part was great played in a dark room with surround sound.

Anyway all these don't matter. It's a Monolith FPS so that means it's a day 1 buy for me. And who knows, if it's big enough hit they may make NOLF 3 next.

I was under the impression that the console port of the first FEAR was ass. Is it worth picking up?

The PS3 version was low-framerate central. That'd be the "ass" one.

Dug the demo a lot. The atmosphere is fucking fantastic and genuinely creepy,and the Mech sequence,as short as it may be,is a shitload of fun. And I jumped far more than I wanted too(or should have).

But, if this is any indication of the final product,it's got nothing on the first one as far as I'm concerned. For one, the shoot-outs don't seem nearly as brutal or satisfying here. Which is mostly due to the fact that the guns don't really pack the same punch,in both how they sound(weak and subdued) and how they affect the enemies. And also because the enemy A.I. isn't nearly as impressive as it was the original either. Shooting shit up just felt a hell of a lot better in the first one.

Graphically it's bit smoother and more refined technically than before,and it looks like it has more to offer both artistically, and in terms of environment variety. But I still prefer the visual style of the first.The graphics had a much more tangible,naturalistic quality to them. Here they look and feel a bit too stylized and even somewhat cartoonish for my taste,and like Minsky said in his article the first made great use of normal-mapping,whereas here I'm seeing alot of flat textures.

All that aside,it looks like it could be a damn solid game. And I'll definitely give it a chance.

Have to agree here. One of the worst sins an action game like this can commit is to have the guns sound like dime-store firecrackers. These could definitely use some more oomph. I bet there'll be mods for the pc version, seems like the first mods that come out for any FPS are revamped weapon audio.

And another issue I have, the bullet-time doesn't sound or feel as good as it once did. It's not terrible,don't get me wrong,but it doesn't have that certain je ne sais quoit.

In the first game,I'm pretty sure they ripped sounds straight from The Matrix films, such as the bullets flying by your head, or that awesome initial sound effect you hear when you switched into slow-mo. It also really amplified(looking for a better word) the sounds of gunfire to the utmost degree;like how everytime you used the shotgun it sounded like a fucking nuclear explosion. And the insane amount chaos you could cause,just never got old,ever. Sparks flying,walls got completely obliterated,particle effects in every damn direction!! It was fucking glorious,I say!

In this one however,everything just seems kinda subdued. Guns sound pretty much the same in slow-mo as they do normally, there's not a whole interactivity and damage to the enviorments,particle effects are a bit weak as well.

I hate to nitpick,I really do. But I loved the first F.E.A.R. so damn much that I can't help it. That, and I've got O.C.D.,so nitpicking comes naturally I guess...

My little brother who's played both versions said that the game lost something in the transition from pc to console. I liked it and it's a good investment at $10 bucks.

And yes, there are people still playing multiplayer.

A lot of them are assholes who WON'T START THE FRIGGIN GAME. There is nothing fun about listening to a bunch of idiots yammer on for 20 minutes straight when there's 10 people in the game.

One thing I really dug about those repetitive,monochromatic environments,is that, for me at least,it really put so much more emphasis on the scares and the disturbing imagery, and most importantly to the overall atmosphere. Your running around in these stale,cold and lifeless places over and over again,it almost becomes(deliberately?)maddening.And so when you see shit like little Alma walking upside-down on a ceiling covered in a river of blood,it really stuck out because it felt so out of place.Much more so than it would in creepy school,because lets be honest here,as well done as that sequence is,we've seen creepy schools in games before,so you kind of expect it there.

I can certainly understand why people would crave for some more detail and aesthetic variety. But I really love the minimalism of the first game.

The school in Silent Hill was almost too unsettling for my liking at the time. I soldiered through it of course, but damn if I didn't want to turn the console right the hell off many times. And those knife wielding gray babies really,really fucked my head up. Like you said,no other game will ever be able to match that.

ARGH! After reading this thread I thought I'd dig out my copy of the original FEAR and install it on my new pc. Turns out I'm missing disk 5, dammit. I've turned my garage inside-out looking for that 5th paper-sleeved disk, but can't find it anywhere. This sux.

So I played this demo while my girl watched and we both said the same thing: "This game would be more fun without the shooting". Now I'm not saying that there should be no shooting at all, but the "horror" parts are so much more fun than the shooting sections. I just want to fly through those just to get to the creepy parts.

I've been preparing for F.E.A.R. 2 not by replaying through the first game (because I've beat it several times at this point) but by watching a British person play through it for the first time.

Am I the only one who thinks the weapons behave EXACTLY like the weapons in Rainbow Six:Vegas?

The weapons have the same enthusiastic kick to them. Definitely feels chunky like Vegas.

It's alright. I found the scripted sections of "horror" had great production values, but cropped up so much I felt like the whole on-rails experience was just compacted even further. There's zero replay value in that for me. The shooting mechanic is ok. Not flawless - as i've said, little too much kick, and they've upped the amount of damage foes take to make it a little less satisfying.

The blood's that damned awkwardly cartoony stuff that Monolith cracked out in AvP2. Odd, since this game feels very similar in palette.

Worst button config built into the demo i've seen in a long time.

No. I'm not seeing it. F.E.A.R. on the 360 had a much worse control system.

New trailer!

Initial impression from the first minutes of gameplay... The Y button on the 360 demo should not be the time button.

I didn't play Fear on the 360 - I rather wisely played it on PC.

Domingo, agreed - time should be opposite whatever the fire button is for maximum carnage.

So, has no one bought this yet?
Thought it came out yesterday...

I'm getting it from Steam, but it's not available until tomorrow night, it looks like.

I played through about two levels last night, and it's pretty fun. I've only come across two things that really bother me. First is the controls seem bouncy. I don't really know a better way to explain it. Your character and screen seem to really bob up and down a lot more than most FPS. Second is the way the game seems to really want you to use cover, but doesn't have a cover system. You can flip tables, or move couches and create cover, or the enemy waves will come at you in a way to make you take cover or get shredded, but you can't slide against a wall, or blind fire. You still have to pop out fully open to gunfire.

It's definitely creepy, and has the horror factor going for it. The interactive cutscenes with Alma and the tree with the swing are really nice. The graphics are good, but not mindblowing. Nice touches like shooting enemy oxygen tanks and watching groups catch fire are incredibly fun. The in-game banter between your squad and enemy groups are nice. I loved when they saw my elevator fall and were standing over the shaft saying "That son of a bitch dropped like a rock."

Well...your character has a permanent limp...and as he drags himself through bland-looking levels shooting at generic FPS enemies, some supposedly creepy moments come up...which aren't actually suspenseful as these moments are telegraphed by changes in art and gameplay style...

Lame. Just a first impression, but...we'll see.

I'm underwhelmed. It's a competent shooter, but being the sequel to F.E.A.R had me expecting more. It feels so lame trying to pull of melee moves that I don't bother. The controls are...sticky. I don't know how else to describe it. Not nearly as fluid as the first. Seriously, after all these years these are the best graphics they could do?

How bout the sound effects? Have they improved over the demo,or are they still weak?

Eh. Nothing special. This game is solidly "a good effort"

Been playing this all day. Agree somewhat with the people above. Its a solid fps and it does nothing new.. but I'm still having a really good time with it. I played FEAR 1 about half way thru and got kinda bored with the samey enviroments and enemies. Seems like they fixed that up with this one.

Enemy AI seems intelligent on Hard. Love shooting those guys with the tanks on their backs and watching them blow apart in slow mo.

I thought the game was pretty standard, at first but once I hit the streets of the city, it has really started to grow on me.

The level design in this game takes the level design from FEAR 1 and kicks it's ass over and over again for hours. Taking 'places you've been' and perverted them to be unsettling is always better for the creepy factor than 'generic factory/office/lab'.

I finally got the demo and really liked it. Although I must say I really hate the way ennemies explode when shot with the sniper rifles. Reminds me of Blood 2. Not a good thing.

I got an email from Amazon saying my copy was getting shipped today. Really happy about this game so far.

Really? I love the splatter. It's like you're actually shooting them with a .50 caliber bullet rather than the bloodless crumple most FPS sniper rifles provide.

I'm liking it so far. Only about 3 levels in, and if you turn down the lights and crank up the sub-woofer, it's pretty entertaining. I wish the story was spelled out in a more engaging way than reading intel pick-ups, but so far I'm having a blast.

Playing it on the pc, btw, in 1920x1080p with graphics maxed. Mouse control is super-fast (in fact, I had to drop the sensitivity quite a bit to keep from doing a 360 with a mere flick of the mouse).

The ending is terrible.

I feel it takes away the physicality of the gun. It's like a magic item that makes ennemies explode when I point it a them. It would be alright if the damage was localized to where I aimed.

I personally liked the ending.

Hate to ask the question yet again. But did the sound effects improve since the demo like you had hoped,Alex? Or are they still kinda sucky?

Funny story(to me) the other day. I was playing F.E.A.R. on my newly fixed cranked up surround system. I get into an intense gun battle and I here a muffled "Holy shit!"from my neighboor through the wall next door. Then a knock at my door, he's like "what the fuck is everything ok?! - I thought I heard fucking gunshots!". I told him he did,but it was my game, then he told me to turn that shit down. I laughed my ass off.

Seriously that game has some of the best gun sound effects ever. Which is why I'm a little obsessive about that for the sequel.

Still not getting the level of disinterest and hate for this sequel. The pacing for this game is MUCH better than No. 1, the level design and graphics are better and the added stuff like the mechs is just awesome.

Just got to snakefist and I'm really digging it.

Great review,dude thanks. I'm definitely gonna pick this up when the price drops. Sucks about the gun sound effects and the lack of slow-mo multiplayer.But hey,what can ya do? Maybe they can fix those things with DLC,like you said.

Nice review Alex.

I just got out of the hospital today and I'm loving the game so far. Although I am insanely pissed at the absence of dual pistols. I take it there are no dual machine pistols? These were my favorite weapons in the first game. Going into "reflex" and shooting the machine pistols while particules were flying all over the place made me feel like I was in the Matrix like no other game.