F.E.A.R
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:16 pm
I just picked this game up the other day...and wow. This game is a pain in the ass! Some of these soldiers make the AI in MGS or Half Life look like childs play. They work in teams, they'll take cover, out flank you, flush you out of hiding...all that good stuff. You have to take full advantage of the games perks to take these guys out if you're up against more than a hand full of them at once.
Features!
For one, basic character movement gets a bit of an upgrade. The controls are the same as most modern FPS games, except you now have the option to use the Q/E keys to lean out around corners without actually moving your characters position. Releasing the key quickly ducks you back into safety..this is very useful for firefights, because the soldiers seldom miss their target if you're out in the open, even on the easiest difficulty level.
Melee- The right mouse button is now a melee button. If you're standing still, tapping it will cause you to smack the enemy with your gun. If you run and jump at an enemy, you'll do a wicked jump kick. There are multiple different combinations you can use, and they're quite effective, and the movements you go through even feel very realistic, especially the jump kick.
Slow motion! One of the most interesting combat features of the game is the ability to go into slow mo. Everything in the game slows down, but you remain just slightly faster than your oponents, allowing you to avoid incoming bullets, or take shots at critical areas. This feature is designed to portray your characters hightened relfexes.
There is a meter at the bottom of the screen that slowly drains when you activate slowmo, and then restores when you turn it off. This is a very handy feature, but it's a little tricky to get used to.
The game has a very tense, eerie atmosphere. I'll admit, it's not as scary as I anticpated, but it does have subtle ways of getting under your skin. There are ghosts, wierd and disturbing visions, things of that nature. It doesn't really use the jump out and scare you tactics, ala Doom 3, but it does maintain a very unnerving atmosphere at times.
If you're a fan of FPS games, and are relatively good at them, FEAR might be worth picking up. It's not a game for a beginner, because it is relatively difficult, but I enjoy it. Fans of half life or counter strike, and other tactical shooting games may enjoy this especially.
Graphics are good, and there are many, many options you can change to make the game play more comfortably on your system. The very basic grahpics are just a hair nicer than the original half-life, but can be turned up very drastically. I'm at about medium level, on low resolution to keep it running smooth, so I'm not sure what the max grahpic output even looks like. However, it is quite pretty even at a moderate setting.
So, any of you FPS buffs out there....go check this out.
Features!
For one, basic character movement gets a bit of an upgrade. The controls are the same as most modern FPS games, except you now have the option to use the Q/E keys to lean out around corners without actually moving your characters position. Releasing the key quickly ducks you back into safety..this is very useful for firefights, because the soldiers seldom miss their target if you're out in the open, even on the easiest difficulty level.
Melee- The right mouse button is now a melee button. If you're standing still, tapping it will cause you to smack the enemy with your gun. If you run and jump at an enemy, you'll do a wicked jump kick. There are multiple different combinations you can use, and they're quite effective, and the movements you go through even feel very realistic, especially the jump kick.
Slow motion! One of the most interesting combat features of the game is the ability to go into slow mo. Everything in the game slows down, but you remain just slightly faster than your oponents, allowing you to avoid incoming bullets, or take shots at critical areas. This feature is designed to portray your characters hightened relfexes.
There is a meter at the bottom of the screen that slowly drains when you activate slowmo, and then restores when you turn it off. This is a very handy feature, but it's a little tricky to get used to.
The game has a very tense, eerie atmosphere. I'll admit, it's not as scary as I anticpated, but it does have subtle ways of getting under your skin. There are ghosts, wierd and disturbing visions, things of that nature. It doesn't really use the jump out and scare you tactics, ala Doom 3, but it does maintain a very unnerving atmosphere at times.
If you're a fan of FPS games, and are relatively good at them, FEAR might be worth picking up. It's not a game for a beginner, because it is relatively difficult, but I enjoy it. Fans of half life or counter strike, and other tactical shooting games may enjoy this especially.
Graphics are good, and there are many, many options you can change to make the game play more comfortably on your system. The very basic grahpics are just a hair nicer than the original half-life, but can be turned up very drastically. I'm at about medium level, on low resolution to keep it running smooth, so I'm not sure what the max grahpic output even looks like. However, it is quite pretty even at a moderate setting.
So, any of you FPS buffs out there....go check this out.
Hence I'll have to wait on getting the full version.