F.E.A.R. 2 Demo opinions!

Seriously, I think they made all the necessary improvements and I love piloting the mech (huuhhuhhhuuhh). What's your thoughts?
 
The PC version? Horrendous. Probably a decent console shooter though, as far as console shooters go anyway.
 
+ Looks pretty sharp, runs incredibly well
+ Controls simplified from the first game
+ Game isn't as punishing as the first
+ Environments are colourful and rich
+ Game is scarier than ever

- Stutter
- Default controls are horrible
- Tries to hard to be Call of Duty 4
 
Good for the most part. Controls are the same as the old FEAR so I don't know what people are complaining about. I just didn't think it was as scary as the first, but the gameplay feels solid. I did not like the tank part. Too slow and pointless.
 
i like the demo and plan on buying it for the 360. But come on..it really wasnt that scary. The most scary part was when she grabs your wrists and shakes you. I bet the original game is gonna be a bit more scary though.
 
htphm42 said:
Good for the most part. Controls are the same as the old FEAR so I don't know what people are complaining about. I just didn't think it was as scary as the first, but the gameplay feels solid. I did not like the tank part. Too slow and pointless.
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The default controls are mapped in an awkward way. They've also taken out the ability to lean left/right.
 
zombix said:
i like the demo and plan on buying it for the 360. But come on..it really wasnt that scary. The most scary part was when she grabs your wrists and shakes you. I bet the original game is gonna be a bit more scary though.
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The original game was not scary at all, that's what made it great. One of my favorite shooters, and my favorite Litech shooter by far. NOLF just didn't hit the right chord with me, F.e.a.r had my chuckling much more. The included videos were great too. Hope they include videos with F.e.a.r 2.

They got all but episode 0 up here: http://panics.roosterteeth.com/archive/?sid=panics
 
Loved the demo and can't wait for the full game. Graphics are top notch and it's very smooth on a system like mine, which is now far from top of the line. Gameplay and scare factor are improved. All I need to know now, is if the storyline is as good or better than the original FEAR.
 
I thought it was boring IMO. Not scary at all and it really just felt like another cookie cutter FPS. Definite pass for me unless it drops to like $5 on Steam sometime.
 
It's redundant... it;s opinions only.. not game issues+download links + opinions like the other one

I've only played for PC, but here is what i think:

Likes
-> Better and more realistic graphics
-> Enemies are smarter and harder to kill, which is better
-> Scarier. I dont get scared very easy. FEAR 1 was a *little* scary. FEAR 2-scared me more.
-> Better guns
-> I *LOVE* being able to press my scroll button and have all my weapons and their amount of ammo right there.
-> I really like the flashbacks in this game. It adds a whole new realm of excitement to the game.
-> The MECH was really neat. I loved that part.
-> Soundtrack/audio is superb in this one! Great nerve-wracking soundtrack. Added a whole new demension
-> It's more colorful than the first one. While i do like dark games, having some color and sun occasionally is nice. This game had a nice mix of Color and Darkness

Dislikes
-> Not as much action and shooting as the last year did (yes, i know it's only a demo)
-> Like someone said, It seems to have a CoD4 feel to it.
-> There is no "lean left lean right" which i learn(ed) to use in every game that i can

I do have to say though, when Alama (i think that's right) grabs your wrists and shakes you, outside the movie theater place.. that freaked me a little bit.. haha
 
Average. Nothing great but not bad either. Feels like it has consoleitus. I'll probably not buy it
 
illuminate said:
I-> There is no "lean left lean right" which i learn(ed) to use in every game that i can
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Yeah, I also didn't understand why the lean left/right was left out. Hopefully this will be added in the full game.
 
This is just for my personal preference, but I wished there was windowed mode. Or at least, they should have gotten their widescreen mode right, instead of having 2 black bars above and below.

stutters, bad frame rate during the mech scene.

Enabling AF through driver results in some weird lines coming out of light sources (I posted some screen shot at another tread some time ago)

Other than that, I like it. Combat feels a little more simple than the first one, but I;m ok with that. Some part of it is quite scary, especially the room where white stuff are flying and alma randomly appears and disappear, and the part where alma jump on the screen

I like the mech thing too, pretty cool
 
Fun. Different. Love slow-mo killing and the HUD. Scary? Not really, but definitely fun to play without much brightness. I'll probably pick up the game when it's under $20.

The stuttering sucked. I'm glad it wasn't just me.
 
huh.. never stuttered for me... and i played it on the main rig in my sig @ 1680 x 1050 on medium/some high
 
That's heresy, son! NOLF was a great game. It would be great to see a new one with better AI but the same style of writing and humor.

As for the demo, loved it. They did a good job of putting a lot of guns and the mech in just to give you a tease.

As for the COD 4 comments, you are all smoking crack. The game play is very much in line with the first game which came out before COD 4. So unless COD 4 was copying FEAR there is no comparison.

Likes
+ Water effects were very nice
+ The school scenes had some scares and I particularly liked the slide projector.
+ Still FEAR we all know and love

Dislikes
+ No lean
+ Bullet time tends to be too generous but that might have been a setting for the demo.
+ Still too easy on hard setting.

Hopefully we are going to see some scenes were the soldiers come at you from front and back at the same time or completely different vectors. Otherwise, the game is going to be too easy.
 
phide said:
The PC version? Horrendous. Probably a decent console shooter though, as far as console shooters go anyway.
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Do you feel cooler now?:D Honestly, the PC version is going to be the gold standard for this game.
 
I thought it was great. I'm running nothing special (by today's standards) and it ran great on my PC too.
 
Demo ran awesome for a GTX260 at 19x12 mind you I had no AA on, but at that res and the video filters made it look great.

Lean left and right would have been useful.

Not scary, but "surprise" factor was there. Shooting at spectres... kinda made me do the spray and pray. "psychic" events, great for story progression. It really felt like a movie in a lot of areas which is a good thing.

Mech fight was kinda bleh. Though now I have a feel for what I want the next mechwarrior to feel like... if it ever comes out...
 
Luthorcrow said:
+ The school scenes had some scares and I particularly liked the slide projector.
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Agreed!

Man, I was waiting for a sadistic slide like "death" or something to show up... I was scared to watch the whole thing!
 
The demo was fucking awesome. :cool:

Anyway, the cinema bit when Alma grabs your arms and swings you side to side...that part definitely scared myself and made me jump. Unexpected.

Funny thing is, no other video games or even horror movies scare me. This game does with unexpected events and paranoia inducing fear, and I like it. :D

It feels scary at times, but somehow you just want to keep progressing and playing. :p

The Mech bit reminded me of Mech Warrior. :)
 
Well put!

Everett1 said:
The demo was fucking awesome. :cool:

Anyway, the cinema bit when Alma grabs your arms and swings you side to side...that part definitely scared myself and made me jump. Unexpected.

Funny thing is, no other video games or even horror movies scare me. This game does with unexpected events and paranoia inducing fear, and I like it. :D

It feels scary at times, but somehow you just want to keep progressing and playing. :p

The Mech bit reminded me of Mech Warrior. :)
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xfile said:
Someone mentioned a mech? Damn I miss Mechwarrior games!
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I still pull on my Saitek x45 setup and play mechwarrior 4 :mercenaries. God I wish theyd come out with another one.

Anyway after playing the demo I just went back and beat FEAR so I'd be up to date for the sequel. Wow what a great game. Graphics still look awesome and just really well told.
 
its a decent game...but come on didn't any of you play silent hill (1) even (2)? This game still doesn't even come close to how f'ed up that was.

Dead babies crawling on the ground in the grade school, no game come close to how well game did horror. I might have to actually play it again thinking about it.
 
MittWaffen said:
its a decent game...but come on didn't any of you play silent hill (1) even (2)? This game still doesn't even come close to how f'ed up that was.

Dead babies crawling on the ground in the grade school, no game come close to how well game did horror. I might have to actually play it again thinking about it.
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Silent hill 2 definitely set a standard for how creepy/depressing you can make a game. Only game Ive played where you kill yourself at the end *dont worry theres 6 possible endings no spoiler here*

I started going back and beating a lot of games I didnt get to play when they came out. I beat Farcry a couple weeks ago and and beat FEAR last night.

Man FEAR is 10,000% better than Farcry. again I was surprised at how well FEAR has stood teh test of time. I really really recommend you go back and play it before playing FEAR 2.
 
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