F.E.A.R. Scared me shitless
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http://www.whatisfear.com/us/
Looks really scarry, i can't wait to get a rush of scaryness in my body! So how many people are going to download it.. it opens up at 1pm EST
http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=2019511
Theres all the people who want the download right then and there instead of waiting in line
Looks really scarry, i can't wait to get a rush of scaryness in my body! So how many people are going to download it.. it opens up at 1pm EST
http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=2019511
Theres all the people who want the download right then and there instead of waiting in line
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http://files.filefront.com/FEAR_Singleplayer_Demo/;3992509;;/fileinfo.html
33% and counting... The comments on Blues News are heaping praise on this (albeit short) demo.
wtf? My direct X & drivers are all up to date...
Auto detect feature says my computer is "high end" yet sets the rez to 640x480 and turns off many features, and reduces others to "minimal" settings.
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The performance is horrific on my (work)machine. I've got a pretty fast Alienware(3.4ghz Intel EE, 2gb fast ram, SATA raid array HD) with a slightly older video card (Geforce FX5950 Ultra) and at 1024x768 with most of the options at medium, I get like, 2 fps.
wtf? My direct X & drivers are all up to date...
Auto detect feature says my computer is "high end" yet sets the rez to 640x480 and turns off many features, and reduces others to "minimal" settings.
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Same with me ScoobyDoofus, I can't figure out whats wrong with it.. Ill keep trying, Maybe its just the SP Download because i can run doom 3 on Ultra at 1024xwhat ever
Lets wait for the Full Version to come out and see if they fix that, Their might even be another driver version comming out that they started supporting
My computer couldn't even play bf2 so i guess it wont even play the demo of this.
Looks to me like a realy nice game though.
The Single Player demo has got me back onboard and I can't wait for it to come out
Pretty good. Fun. Very short demo, but does give a sense of game play. Cant say it was enough to convince to buy it (especially since we havent heard or good or bad the mod tools will be).
I wasm't scared any, in fact the mood pretty much failed to effect me. It seemed forced. In fact, I was scared less than Doom 3 initially. The biggest annoyances I have are just "ok" voice acting, and the lack of emotional expressions on the characters faces. I guess HL2 has spoiled me.
BTW the Plasma/Rail Guns effect is great.
Also, was the demo supposed to be scary?!?
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I wasN't scared any, in fact the mood pretty much failed to effect me. It seemed forced. In fact, I was scared less than Doom 3 initially. The biggest annoyances I have are just "ok" voice acting, and the lack of emotional expressions on the characters faces. I guess HL2 has spoiled me.
BTW the Plasma/Rail Gun effect is great.
[/ QUOTE ]Same thing here, although I wasn't impressed by HL2 either...
my only complaint is that i had to keep droppin the screen res the farther i went in to keep gameplay at a steady framerate.
Might consider buying this. I was pretty surprised by the quality.
AI was great, I died several times but really, beyond memorizing where the guys come in from, they seem to attack you differently each time. Crawling under knocked over shelving to get at you, running for cover...convincing and fun.
Crawling under knocked over shelving to get at you, running for cover...convincing and fun.
[/ QUOTE ]It's more fun when the badguy actually grabs hold of a shelf, then tears it to the side to make cover!
I really like how insane things get in the tight corridor gun battles.
Why did they equip an elite soldier who is going into a very dark place with a flashlight that can only be used for 15 FREAKING SECONDS AT A TIME!
So I'm sitting in my underwear playing, some spooky bits. Then I climb down a ladder in a dark room and turn around to have something right infront of me. I spray half my magazine as my heart jumps into my throat.
What is the LAST thing I need as this is happening? Yes, one of my cats walking under my chair and have it's tail lightly brush against the back of my bare knee.
Excuse me while I go get some therapy.
Heres a question:
Why did they equip an elite soldier who is going into a very dark place with a flashlight that can only be used for 15 FREAKING SECONDS AT A TIME!
[/ QUOTE ]Secondly, why did they equip him with a flashlight when he's not going to be using it.
I never did use it..
Guns sure were fun to shoot, though.
and really, i'd like to see games do a proper "lean out" (head and gun go out, not the whole torso) instead of just having the character lean over at a ridiculous angle. seriously, who does that!?
we'll not talk about the obvious silliness of pairing "assault" and "recon" in the title, because again it's obviously not trying to be realistic. but it's certainly not helping me feel invested in the game. i can't get scared if i don't care about the whole schlocky deal in the first place.
as far as the horror trappings, it's really not doing much for me either. the late 90's called, Monolith, they want their level design back. walking ten feet with atmospheric sound and then triggering yet another simplistic car passing/helicopter flyover kind of scripted sequence isn't the greatest recipe for atmosphere... and do we need to recycle j-horror conventions in our games, too? haven't games always had their own stock of scary characters without having to take what hollywood's been taking from japanese horror? don't games allow for a wider degree of possibilities for scary things? the intro just about made me quit right then and there--Doom 3 may have been heavily criticized but i think it's a lot more successful at the same goals and building atmosphere; the Ravenholm segment of HL2 was most certainly more so.
the game graphically is looking great, i just wish that the scenario and more of the gameplay got the same kind of care.
Gauss, I think you need to play more of the demo to make an more informed opinion. You've played abuot 5-10 minutes it seems. I agree that the force burst is odd, but its hardly very annoying. I also dont understand why you wouldn't like the scripted sequences. I personally love heavily scripted games, and while it may be nice for everything to happen randomly, it never feels as dramatic. I'll agree with you though, the scenario of the game is ridiculous. They send a single rookie on a mission against a 1000 super soldiers? Yea... I was really looking forward to working with a squad... Guess thats not gonna happen for a while