F.E.A.R. Demo Thread

[Lexcyn]

Runs kind of slow on my system, not sure why exactly. Eh, it would be awesome if I could run it fluently. :p

[Elliot B.]

**It doesn't natively support 1280x1024, that sucks.**

1280x1024 is an incorrect resolution :)

1280x960 is the resolution they SHOULD support

BTW alot of these new games dont go higher because with vid cards nowadays and with AA, AF its not needed

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The native resolution looks by far the best on a TFT/LCD monitor, which is 1280x1024 on my 17'' monitor.

[InternalStorm]

I only see a video there.

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http://www.1up.com/do/download?cId=2019511

No waiting time, I am at 155kb/s now my max is around 159 so not sure if it can go faster than that but it's a great connection and totally steady  At 39% right now another 43 minutes to go. Hopefully this will be better than then darned MP Beta.... that just SUCKED big time.

It's there guys... look a little harder. It's the second item down... :whistle:

[jerry]

This demo was scary to say the least. More "fear" in this demo than the entire game of Doom 3. :whistle:

[GhostShell]

Wow I just played the demo and I must say it was pretty awesome. :cool:

[Kupo-Cheer]

The only thing I'm really interested in for FEAR is the fear part. The game (both SP and MP demo) runs like utter crap on my computer at any detail level (a computer that runs HL2 max detail and Far Cry with ease) and I have to say that besides the special effects the graphics leave a lot to be desired at times (By the way, I mean mostly the textures and level designs by that). But the gameplay seems nice and tactical, and the storyline seems to be great. It was a very short demo though... and I would have liked something much more like the E3 demo from last year. If I had a better computer, I would probably enjoy this game a lot more.

Like I said though, I'm hooked more on the weird and creepy stuff (The Grudge style) which there is a lot of in the demo. I also seems reminicent of the Max Payne dream sequences...

[Ayepecks]

My thoughts (copied and pasted from my post on another board):

Well, I played it, and there was a lot I disliked, but quite honestly, there was more I disliked.

For one, the game runs like crap, and it's not the prettiest girl on the block, either. The engine reminds me of a watered down Doom III (I had all the settings I could maxed without restarting -- basically all of them), and I just don't think it looks as good as Half-Life 2, personally. Playing the game reminded me of trying to play higher-end games on my old PC (700MHz, nVidia GF4MX), to be honest with you.

The enemies were somewhat smart, but there were just so many problems with them. For one, they had the standard 'I know you're in the vacinity, but I can't see you... but I'm still going to alert everyone that you're here' bullcrap. They could act intelligent at times, dodge, jump through windows, etc. But even when doing these activities, they weren't that impressive -- they just stood there and took damage while strafing, for the most part.

The weapons were pretty interesting (there are 5 in the demo, I believe -- a pistol, submachine gun, machine gun, sniper rifle/pulse rifle thingy, and a cool other gun that's quite powerful but I just don't know how to describe), which was definitely a plus of the demo. The coolest part of the demo by far, though, was the ending. I'm not going to ruin it, but you're assaulted by an extremely neat enemy and the demo ends there.

As far as the game being scary... well, I wasn't too scared. I wasn't scared by Doom III either, though, but even Doom III was scarier to me. I can see some potential for that, though, and there were a few surprising parts -- nothing that really got me going, made me jump or anything like that, though.

The worst part of the demo was less than a few minutes into it I uncovered a bug -- I went in some water and just fell out of the map. And then in another section of water I was literally walking on it -- couldn't go under it, even though there seemed to be an opening that I could see and possibly swim through -- I don't know if it was supposed to be an alternate path or secret area or what.

I guess, overall, the game has a lot of potential, but I was left wanting more. I think it's just in an unfinished state, for the most part. It's not a bad game, but I couldn't say it's better than most other shooters either. Maybe that's because it didn't run too smoothly (or look to good) for me, though.

[Inplode]

OMFG all i can say is the AI in game is GREAT ! spooky too ! i cant wait for the final

[Liandros]

i have had the worst luck in trying to get this demo. i just got wireless internet and it works but in the middle of the download it just stops downloading and wont continue and i am still connected to the internet. :blink: i tried transfering the file from another computer and when i got it onto my pc, the setup program wont run, so then i try running the program from the other computer and i still dont have any luck. then i have the idea of burning it onto a cd from the other computer. unfortunatly that computers cd drives are not being detected!!!!. i have been at this all night and i am just getting sick of it. i am trying to download it once more on my pc. its goin at 151kbs and is at 20% so it will be done in 45 min to an hour.

otherwise i heard that the demo is great.

[icecaveman]

**It doesn't natively support 1280x1024, that sucks.**

1280x1024 is an incorrect resolution :)

1280x960 is the resolution they SHOULD support

BTW alot of these new games dont go higher because with vid cards nowadays and with AA, AF its not needed

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Most LCD displays today are 1280x1024 native... :sleep:

[stncttr908 Veteran]

Most LCD displays today are 1280x1024 native...  :sleep:

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Yeah. A game with an engine so advanced that doesn't support 1280x1024 is crap. That's probably alright, because my 9800 Pro might not handle 1280x1024 at the settings I'd prefer to play at. I run at medium textures with everything else cranked @ 1024x768 w/4x AF.

[brucebeh]

this game is crap scary.. especially the end part.

to people that think i'm BS'ing.. try playing this game alone at night with the sound cranked up!

insane.. i'm DEFINITELY looking forward to this game.. but this is going to be a SP game only.. MP will be a whole other story... not really something i'd like to play MP.. seems like another HALO if its MP.

2 cents..

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Well, after checking it out, I am not all that sure really what I think.

Part's of it were definitely creepy, especially the part where they ripped off the Max Payne Dream Sequence we all know and love, but other than that, I was slightly disappointed.

The only semi impressive thing was the pulse rifle or whatever it was called. The effect of seeing the bodies melt down to their skeleton was genuinely impressive.

I also felt the cutscenes were as sterotypical as could be, and almost seemed to throw the whole horror vibe of the game completely off.

Overall, It felt like of ******ized mix of the Source Engine and The Chronicles Of Riddick Engine.

After all of this, I am not all that sure really what I think. I do know for sure though I would have definitely preffered no cut scenes and a little more play time. I know it is a demo, but all of about 10 minutes worth of playing is just a joke.

[b0m8er]

I loved the demo. Creepy.... :ninja:

But I didn't find widescreen option anywhere. Hope they'll include it with final verison

[brucebeh]

the demo is missing lots of technical aspects.. so they better fix it or they'll get screwed over.

the biggest thing i noticed was no surround sound!!!! Even counter-strike has that!

[OrangeSoul]

I was about to buy a new PC but decided to wait for a next gen console. heres hoping this game comes on Consoles

[Hankyone]

one word: Short

and who is that girl!!! plus sometimes i was afraid of my own shadow lol :shy:

[.KICK]

Er , why is it asking me to install Dirext X 9.0C April edition when I already have it , it won't let me install the game cause I keep telling it not to install that.

[Sane404]

How well could I run the demo...?

Intel Celeron 2.5ghz

nVidia GeforceFX 5900XT

768mb RAM

[Lan88]

Er , why is it asking me to install Dirext X 9.0C April edition when I already have it , it won't let me install the game cause I keep telling it not to install that.

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same here. but i just clicked okay to let it install. its kinds laggy on my com. well not so lag, but im running it at 1024 x 768. my specs are pentium 4 2.4A, 1gb ram, aTI 9200SE...

[kngofdrt]

How well could I run the demo...?

Intel Celeron 2.5ghz

nVidia GeforceFX 5900XT

768mb RAM

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dont bother. i have a p4 3.2 w/9600xt and had to run at 800x600 just to play cleanly

[badaimer]

I went into the setup and set everything up, then when i get to the part where it's copying all the files, it says theres a catastrophic failure. Anyone know what this means?

[xe9rox]

everything is so dark, like doom3 all over again :ninja: :o

pretty good that i can run it at medium with my 6600gt

[AaronMT]

It was all good until I picked up a railgun.

[Neo003]

I ran the demo on 1024x768 at all the settings @ high it just freeze for a second in big areas like where the chopper drops 2 soilders.