F.e.a.r 1

[Bloodshot]

Just played through the first FEAR again, I only played through it once before but the game itself is really fun. I love the firefights - I'm usually against tactical games but with the slowmo and martial arts-styled punching and kicking it really is a fun game, and the soldier AI is still some of the most intelligent I've seen in a game. It didn't really scare me like it did back in 04 but it still had a lot of atmosphere and at least was pretty creepy.

It's a shame they didn't push the bar as much in the sequels as the original did. It was quite a system killer at the time, like Doom 3, and it shows in how every light source produces a shadow, and every bullet produces some sort of debris that fills up a room after a firefight. Plus it's just very satisfying to shoot enemies.

Not the best game ever, it's a bit repetitive with level design but pretty solid IMO with a good story and the combat makes it worth it, plus it has great ragdoll physics and it's super gory.







What do you guys think of FEAR 1?

[golden_boy]

I have it, but couldn't get into it.

I cringe at the level design. I found the pace of the game too slow, even for a tactical / horror game. There was also something about the controls that bugged me, but I cannot remember what.

But I can't fairly judge it because I never finished it. I might give it another try when the mood strikes me.

[AAA]

I got this game as a gift when it came out, I played it for 15 min and then gave up on it?

[nahuel]

-great AI
-normal textures are the half size of the diffuse textures 8|
-not really scary
-repetitive

[talisa]

i thought fear 1 was a great game, one of the only few games ive ever played in my entire life that was able to make me jump at some moments.
actually, i think its the only game ever that really managed to make me jump


tried playing fear2 and fear3 too, but imo they sucked compared to the first, to much of the same and the fear effects in the second and third game are lame compared to first one. and they felt way to much like i was playing the first game all over again

but the first one was kick-ass.

gotta love that havok spike-gun. nothing more awesome then piercing enemies onto a wall or the ceiling by their balls
one of the most kick-ass guns ever imo
although at same time the weapon made the game way to easy. as soon as you got the havok you could just spike every enemy onto the wall when combining it with slow-mo