http://learn.whatisfear.com/ (http://learn.whatisfear.com/)
watch this side is great..... :P
Looks quite impressive visually - but yet another science experiment goes wrong and soldiers sent to clear it out story????
Nice bit of flash work though :)
Did anyone take the plunge and buy this ....and if so ..is it worth spending money on ???
Not yet... saving my pennies for Q4, which I'll be grabbing tomorrow :D
The demo was a little underwhelming, mostly because the game is a bit of a system hog (the end of the demo involved about three minute-long pauses as my comp struggled to load new textures). It was fun though, if short. And hard, which is always a good sign in a demo. It's certainly one I want to pick up the full version of.
Doesn't anyone else get jumpey when playing these kind of games? I mean not scared *well maybe a bit* but I hate it when I jump because of weird things appearing or running up to me.. and this one has a little ghostly girl in it!! eek.
To compound the problem I tend to use headphones and there was one particular brown trouser moment I remember while playing an FPS, I didn't notice my wife had come into the room. I was totally immersed in some game, she put her face near my headphones to shout something in my ear, shouted and grabbed me at the same time... I nearly jumped cat like to the ceiling after spilling my sunday dunger into my slacks! I've never been the same since :D
I think I have post-traumatic stress disorder... :(
I had to stop playing wolfenstien and Doom3 for the same reason... by the time I'd finished a session it was time to change the underwear.
I'm much happier shooting soldiers! :dribble:
I know what you mean Dewey. The same with Alien vs Predator or whatever that game was. Not scarey, just random crap thrown in the dark to make you jump.
Developer Says "Hmm, let's turn it down, make it nice and dark and quiet, get them straining and turning up the volume to hear the quiet affects they put in. And......bang, a surprise....aren't I clever"
(Inidentally when the adverts appear to get louder on the telly during the break, they atually don't, it's the way the sound is run)
QuoteOriginally posted by Benny@Oct 17 2005, 02:37 PM
I know what you mean Dewey. The same with Alien vs Predator or whatever that game was. Not scarey, just random crap thrown in the dark to make you jump.
Developer Says "Hmm, let's turn it down, make it nice and dark and quiet, get them straining and turning up the volume to hear the quiet affects they put in. And......bang, a surprise....aren't I clever"
(Inidentally when the adverts appear to get louder on the telly during the break, they atually don't, it's the way the sound is run)
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Yeah exactly m8, also don't you find the logic in these games a bit daft. ie in Doom3 your walking down a corridor, *all seems quiet but strangely..... NOT * for as you pass a certain point a big fook of multi-armed horror with a face full of teeth comes out from behind a secret door and rips your head off!
Question you should be asking yourself is.....?
What? What has this demonic creature from another universe been doing while in a 2x2ft room (not big enought to fit a dyson in)just hidden by a sliding door that only activated when you trip a certain point?
What he's been waiting for some lone action hero to pass him?
And if he's so bloody big and hard *which he is* why is he waiting in a broom cupboard?
Is he now not only demonic but also suffering from aggroophobia?
And why when you finally kill him (usually after I've restarted the level a few times and I'm now walking backwards) do you find his cupboard has nothing in it.
Hmmm he must have been REALLLLLY bored... he's probably a network admistrator or something... *apologies to network administrators esp TL *bow bow*
Anway I find them to scarey, jumpey. *shudder*
QuoteOriginally posted by Benny@Oct 17 2005, 02:37 PM
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(Incidentally when the adverts appear to get louder on the telly during the break, they actually don't, it's the way the sound is run)
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So my missus
actually doesn't say to me 'turn it down!' and I don't say to her 'it's the adverts!'? :blink:
QuoteOriginally posted by Doorman@Oct 17 2005, 03:02 PM
So my missus actually doesn't say to me 'turn it down!' and I don't say to her 'it's the adverts!'? :blink:
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I can't believe you talk to her during the adverts. Do you not play the advert game like myself - -usually on my own.
I wanted to hide behind the pillows just watching the flash movie lol, got to the text bit at the end , where it was saying i can see you, and started looking round the room.... then closed it off before something tapped me on the shoulder
QuoteOriginally posted by BLOOD_THIRSTY@Oct 17 2005, 09:35 PM
I wanted to hide behind the pillows just watching the flash movie lol, got to the text bit at the end , where it was saying i can see you, and started looking round the room.... then closed it off before something tapped me on the shoulder
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Wuss!
:lmfao:
Only way to play jumpy games is with no sound, lights on and someone else in the room. :(
I might buy it tomorrow and play it late at night with the lights off and my headphones on full "its the only way to scare the tango out of you"
Christ if that's your idea of a good night, drive down here, and wake my missus up at midnight. I guarantee you'll follow through. She scares me during the day...whilst I'm at work...behind a security door...with bodyguards.
QuoteOriginally posted by Benny@Oct 17 2005, 10:35 PM
Christ if that's your idea of a good night, drive down here, and wake my missus up at midnight. I guarantee you'll foolw through. She scares me during the day...whilst I'm at work...behind a security door...with bodyguards.
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woooa!
I got 1 like that.....
2nd Dan shotokan....
scarey :unsure:
QuoteOriginally posted by Benny@Oct 17 2005, 10:35 PM
Christ if that's your idea of a good night, drive down here, and wake my missus up at midnight. I guarantee you'll foolw through. She scares me during the day...whilst I'm at work...behind a security door...with bodyguards.
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:roflmao:
QuoteOriginally posted by MAD_ness@Oct 17 2005, 11:52 AM
Did anyone take the plunge and buy this ....and if so ..is it worth spending money on ???
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i got it..and its great...every peny ;)
its worth buying if you like to play scary games, it is actually quite scary..
I dont know.. whether to buy this or warriors..
i think warriors tops it tbh
Bloke at work says this is ok, he's gonna lend me it, I'll let you know.
Well, that's not true, I'm gonna tell you it's great even if it's crap, so I know that someone else will waste their time too.
QuoteOriginally posted by BlastUK@Oct 30 2005, 05:20 AM
its worth buying if you like to play scary games, it is actually quite scary..
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well, with your rep I'll snap it up :P
Ok, got it, installed it, got all prepared, even turned the lights down and the volume up.
So...it's an FPS, and sadly, it's good.
After a boringly long intro which sets the scene you're in. A little slow to start but some good atmosphere. Rats running behind bins have you turning and feeling rather edgy.
Into the action proper and it has bullet time, no biggy nowadays but still enjoyable, the plus side being it's relatively short so you can't just MaxPayne your way through the harder bits.
As a million reviewers have said, Doom3, monsters hide in cupboards until you pass then appear behind you. Crafty buggers, hiding there...that doesn't happen in FEAR.
The AI is good, the flank, retreat, get into cover, some good challenges.
The twist is the Psych Ops, you get passages where you see things, like the bird in the Jap scare movies.
I''ve been to the pub since starting this so I'm oging to stop now. I'd say try it. In my list I'd put it in and around HL2 and Far Cry, possibly better as it is different to HL2, but then I thought that was crap anyway.
QuoteOriginally posted by Benny@Nov 11 2005, 04:06 PM
Ok, got it, installed it, got all prepared, even turned the lights down and the volume up.
So...it's an FPS, and sadly, it's good.
After a boringly long intro which sets the scene you're in. A little slow to start but some good atmosphere. Rats running behind bins have you turning and feeling rather edgy.
Into the action proper and it has bullet time, no biggy nowadays but still enjoyable, the plus side being it's relatively short so you can't just MaxPayne your way through the harder bits.
As a million reviewers have said, Doom3, monsters hide in cupboards until you pass then appear behind you. Crafty buggers, hiding there...that doesn't happen in FEAR.
The AI is good, the flank, retreat, get into cover, some good challenges.
The twist is the Psych Ops, you get passages where you see things, like the bird in the Jap scare movies.
I''ve been to the pub since starting this so I'm oging to stop now. I'd say try it. In my list I'd put it in and around HL2 and Far Cry, possibly better as it is different to HL2, but then I thought that was crap anyway.
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Bought it, played it through, sold it on ebay.
I quite liked it. My favourite would be Hlaf-Life 2, though. And Doom.
However, I would like to recommend Riddick Escape from Butchers Bay! Very good atmosphere!
QuoteOriginally posted by CoolHand@Dec 1 2005, 02:01 PM
I quite liked it. My favourite would be Half-Life 2, though. And Doom.
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Personally I think FEAR was way better than Doom 3, and Quake 4, but not as good as HL2. Each to their own :-) The startup is very atmospheric and scary, and great. Then you get to an office complex. For the middle third of the game in this office complex it's pretty much a straight action FPS. No really scary moments, just ones that make you jump (not the same thing), and only average atmosphere, but still solid combat. Then for the final third of the game the atmosphere and scaryness ramps up again and it's well worth the cash. It's not that the middle bit wasn't *fun*, I just think they could have done with cutting it down to an hour or so of gameplay instead of about 4 to 6 (i'm not actually sure how long I spent there).
As people have said already though, it is a bit of a system hog. I've not sold it on becuase I think it'll be one of those games I feel like pulling out and playing through every year or so, like Deus Ex 1 (mainly for the atmosphere. FEAR is nowhere near the calibre of game that Deus Ex was).
Im still trying to find an FPS that catches my attention for more than the first few levels. They all seem the same.
Level 1. Shoot at the lone bad guys with a pistol, half way through pick up SMG, use it straight away against multiple foes.
Level 2. Mow down Multiple foes with new SMG pretty much the whole level, switch to pistol after being too trigger happy.
Level 3. Get another weapon. slightly more baddies on this level with the introduction of one bigger/harder/meaner baddie near the end.
Level 4. Multiple Bigger/harder/meaner baddies, same amount of minions. ooh, a bit where i get lots of ammo, armour and a new gun. End of level Boss, use new weapon.
<_<
HL2 did a good job trying to mix it up. ride around in the buggy, move things with the grav gun, erm, shoot guys with your new gun, more people to shoot..newer gun ....etc.
Another thing the AI is always predictable. No matter how you want to dress it up (ooh they retreat and wait and STUFF) they are going to do the same thing in the same situation everytime.
The only game that i've played more than once is MaxPayne2, just for the story telling and artwork.