[Official] F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

I'm sure the freezing issue can easily be rectified with a patch. Personally, it doesn't bother me too much.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

OPM Review Scans 4/5:

Not the easiest to read I know :/

[Denholm]

:star: / 5

Graphics engine is so ancient. In game pauses even on high end hardware.

Crap.

[Ayepecks]

OXM gave it a 7.5 from what I've been hearing.

[Ayepecks]

Dangit not being able to edit posts: OXM gave it 9/10

+ Tense, Inventive

+ Exhilarating, fun

+ Explosive, involving

- Same old ghost train

- Overbearing HUD

- The wait for the next one.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

- Overbearing HUD

wtf? What's wrong with the HUD :s

- The wait for the next one.

is that really fair to mark down a game? Surely its good because you're left wanting more, no?

[Ayepecks]

BTW, that's from this post on the official forums:

http://www.projectorigincommunity.com/foru...read.php?t=4879

I believe it's the Xbox UK version, given the poster's location.

Another post on the official forums by a Monolith dev says the PC version will have a 0-day patch:

http://www.projectorigincommunity.com/foru...mp;postcount=17

I personally like the HUD, but to each his own.

[neoadorable]

no HUD would be better, but we're gamers, so what's the big problem here? it's not like we're not used to seeing stats on the screen. they've been around since Pong.

those scans made me miss the olden days of sitting down to read gaming mags...oh those long lost ages of youth and OPTIMIZIM. now someone pass me the vodka.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

New trailer

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

^ Great trailer! I can't wait to go online and frag some people.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

And another trailer..

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

^ Wow, the graphics in F.E.A.R. 2 are much better than the first game. The first one was good but damn, it's being put to shame.

[Ayepecks]

Game Informer review:

http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/B565...47CA6BB6840.htm

[Victor Rambo]

Do i have to play Fear expansions as well to understand the story in Project Origin? or only Fear is enough.

[+BeLGaRaTh Subscriber¹]

Just FEAR is enough, the expansions didnt really have a story to them as such.

[spaceelf]

Do i have to play Fear expansions as well to understand the story in Project Origin? or only Fear is enough.

Actually, the expansion storylines are completely ignored in F.E.A.R. 2, as they weren't developed by Monolith.

[Guest]

Do i have to play Fear expansions as well to understand the story in Project Origin? or only Fear is enough.

One of the trailers actually explains that FEAR 2 takes off about 30 mins before FEAR ended.

[ViperAFK]

:star: / 5

Graphics engine is so ancient. In game pauses even on high end hardware.

Crap.

wtf? I would agree if they just used the exact same graphics like their expansions, but it looks like they improved it a lot in imo, looks way different. They look pretty realistic to me and it plays really smooth for how good it looks.

In game pauses are by design I think (when you save it pauses), but yeah it is annoying.

[Ayepecks]

Eurogamer gives it a 5/10:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fear-2-p...t-origin-review

I have no clue how good or bad the game is, but I very seriously doubt it's 5/10 bad. Eurogamer continues to disappoint me with reviews. Who knows, though, maybe they're right.

[gigapixels Veteran]

Well I finally played the 360 demo tonight and I loved it. Everything felt perfect with the controls, and it looked great. It was scary as **** too.

[+Audioboxer Subscriber²]

Eurogamer gives it a 5/10:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fear-2-p...t-origin-review

I have no clue how good or bad the game is, but I very seriously doubt it's 5/10 bad. Eurogamer continues to disappoint me with reviews. Who knows, though, maybe they're right.

Woah that's pretty low

It's a checklist of genre-tropes, well performed. If you're just looking for more well-polished shooting, this will while away the hours pleasantly enough. If you've never played a first-person shooter before, you'll probably be in love - this is as archetypal a corridor-shooter as has ever been made, and there's a reason why it works. But for anyone who's been running down corridors with shotguns for most of their adult life, this is so uninspired that you worry for the spark of Monolith's soul. You guys made No One Lives Forever, remember? You're smart. You're better than this.

FEAR 2 isn't terrible. That's the most terrible thing of all. Is mere competency enough to garner gamers' love? I don't know. But it's the one thing I really do fear.

[neoadorable]

the people saying this looks like FEAR from 2005...with all due respect and good will, i have to question your gaming credentials. how long have these children been game consumers anyway? judging by the demo, a lot of work has gone into upping the engine. of course it doesn't reinvent anything per se, this isn't that type of game, few are. but they put honest work into it, it looks much much better and it didn't need a CGI movie to impress me. but don't get all upset, THAT CGI movie also impressed me. wish i had THAT GAME for my console of choice.

[Ayepecks]

Woah that's pretty low

The reviewer gets a bit of facts wrong about the game, funnily enough. Nothing major, but still -- you'd think he'd do his homework.

Well I'll find out later today (hopefully) how bad or good it truly is :)

[gigapixels Veteran]

Well on MetaCritic it's got an 82 on PS3, 80 on 360, and 78 on PC.

[Mannlich]

The reviewer gets a bit of facts wrong about the game, funnily enough. Nothing major, but still -- you'd think he'd do his homework.

Well I'll find out later today (hopefully) how bad or good it truly is :)

From what I understand, the game ships today. It will not be available for pickup until tomorrow.