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F.E.A.R Disappointed....
posted by bertybert (UNION CITY, NJ) May 1, 2007
Member since Jan 2007
7 out of 14 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
Let me start by stating I have not played the 360 version or the PC version. So I can not act like a child like the 360 fans and PC fanatics who have been dissing this game. And in all honesty my noblemen and magistrates, their 100% correct.
This is a FPS meant to be played on the PS2. I mean I have seen better graphics on Timesplitters 2! The surrounding environment, the waters, the buildings all are by far sub par graphics. The characters are no where near as detailed as Resistance Fall of Man, but hey this is a port right?
You can have up to 3 weapons at a time. The weapons are not that great. I could dual wield handguns, then you have machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifle, and penetrating gun. This is what I saw in the first 3 hours. You can also slow down time to better aim at your enemies. The gun reactions sometimes were delayed as well. I saw this most with the shotgun (another weapon). I would press the trigger and there would be a good 1 second or so lag. Other times there would be no lag at all. You can pick up health along your missions as well as armor. There are also Health boosters which allow your health to go past 120 to about 130 if the situation fits.
The maps were poorly designed. There was too much twitching for me. Sometimes I would get stuck under pipes. Other times I would go into a set of pipes and not be able to get out unless I did a combo of crouching and jumping.
Well enough about the bad!
I really did not pay much attention to the story, but I am trying to find some Hannibal guy that is all I know. But I can tell you one thing folks YES this game is scary. Besides Fatal Frame no other game has been able to make me jump, but F.E.A.R did that. I would be walking down a corridor and that small girl on fire would flash in front of you. Dead bodies walking out of no where and disappearing. The scare factor is BIG in this game. Even little things like lights popping or rats coming from under wooden boxes give you a bit of a jitter.
This is a FPS meant to be played on the PS2. I mean I have seen better graphics on Timesplitters 2! The surrounding environment, the waters, the buildings all are by far sub par graphics. The characters are no where near as detailed as Resistance Fall of Man, but hey this is a port right?
You can have up to 3 weapons at a time. The weapons are not that great. I could dual wield handguns, then you have machine guns, assault rifles, sniper rifle, and penetrating gun. This is what I saw in the first 3 hours. You can also slow down time to better aim at your enemies. The gun reactions sometimes were delayed as well. I saw this most with the shotgun (another weapon). I would press the trigger and there would be a good 1 second or so lag. Other times there would be no lag at all. You can pick up health along your missions as well as armor. There are also Health boosters which allow your health to go past 120 to about 130 if the situation fits.
The maps were poorly designed. There was too much twitching for me. Sometimes I would get stuck under pipes. Other times I would go into a set of pipes and not be able to get out unless I did a combo of crouching and jumping.
Well enough about the bad!
I really did not pay much attention to the story, but I am trying to find some Hannibal guy that is all I know. But I can tell you one thing folks YES this game is scary. Besides Fatal Frame no other game has been able to make me jump, but F.E.A.R did that. I would be walking down a corridor and that small girl on fire would flash in front of you. Dead bodies walking out of no where and disappearing. The scare factor is BIG in this game. Even little things like lights popping or rats coming from under wooden boxes give you a bit of a jitter.
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GF Rating
3
Bad
SIGH - Slaughtering Interplatform Games Heavily
posted by lbtdubl (SANTA MONICA, CA) Aug 24, 2007
Member since Aug 2007
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
When you don't have a job (but you DO have a ps3, an enormous amount of spare time and an addiction to video games that rivals Lindsey Lohans addiction to... well, you know) sometimes you have to make desperate attempts to entertain yourself. So I shot on down to the train wreck that is known as Blockbuster. Clearly not on the ball as far as PS3 games go, I saw FEAR in a stack of games being returned, and jumped on the opportunity.
Having played this on the PC a year and a half ago, I was excited to see what the new PS3 version would be bringing to the table. In the age of HD, I expected to be playing something similar if not better than what I had played before. Yet this time, I got to enjoy the whole thing on my 50'' HD plasma. In the voice of the mighty Mike Epps, "WRONG." Instead, I have 33'' more inches of graphics so painful to look at, I had to cut onions to make my eyeballs feel better. Okay, so the graphics aren't THAT bad. But in contrast to the PC, I was SEVERELY disappointed.
The AI doesn't seem to have taken on the same trend as the graphics. Although, the jerky head bob (which CAN be adjusted), slow movement, and copious amounts of sound glitches made it almost unbearable to play. Yet I play on...
The most satisfying thing about this game is the ability to literally PIN enemies to the wall. Get a good head shot in, and check out your foe with a foot long projectile holding him to the wall by the ol' dome. ::shudder:: Gruesomely satisfying :)
All be that it may, I find it difficult to play this game for any longer than ten minutes at a time. The Instant Action area is usually where I get drawn in. In games with similar features, I would only use this unless I was tired of playing the story, there was no multiplayer, or because I lost my internet connection.
I don't necessarily recommend this for rent, and SAVE YOUR MONEY as far as buying goes. However, if you're like me, you have to resort to desperate measures to stay entertained.
Having played this on the PC a year and a half ago, I was excited to see what the new PS3 version would be bringing to the table. In the age of HD, I expected to be playing something similar if not better than what I had played before. Yet this time, I got to enjoy the whole thing on my 50'' HD plasma. In the voice of the mighty Mike Epps, "WRONG." Instead, I have 33'' more inches of graphics so painful to look at, I had to cut onions to make my eyeballs feel better. Okay, so the graphics aren't THAT bad. But in contrast to the PC, I was SEVERELY disappointed.
The AI doesn't seem to have taken on the same trend as the graphics. Although, the jerky head bob (which CAN be adjusted), slow movement, and copious amounts of sound glitches made it almost unbearable to play. Yet I play on...
The most satisfying thing about this game is the ability to literally PIN enemies to the wall. Get a good head shot in, and check out your foe with a foot long projectile holding him to the wall by the ol' dome. ::shudder:: Gruesomely satisfying :)
All be that it may, I find it difficult to play this game for any longer than ten minutes at a time. The Instant Action area is usually where I get drawn in. In games with similar features, I would only use this unless I was tired of playing the story, there was no multiplayer, or because I lost my internet connection.
I don't necessarily recommend this for rent, and SAVE YOUR MONEY as far as buying goes. However, if you're like me, you have to resort to desperate measures to stay entertained.
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GF Rating
5
Fair
Good shooter -- Bad Port
posted by dROWIS (SMITHFIELD, RI) May 1, 2007
Member since Apr 2007
3 out of 6 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
I am not an expert on programming on the PS3 or the Xbox 360 but I have read a few things and they are a little troublesome on the PS3 side of things.
The first thing I noticed about this game was the lack luster appearance. This has to do with it being a port and not written for the PS3 platform. The PS3 handles lighting effects and the way graphics are rendered differently from the PC and the 360 since they are DX10 and the PS3 is not. This caused most of the game to look inferior to say resistance since that was written for the PS3. Also the Load times were atrocious on the PS3. The system has multiple cores and one should be optimized to pre-load the next mission before you are done with the current since the data transfer is not as fast as the other 2 systems.
Other than the poor porting the game plays well as a shooter I didn't like the controls very much but I got used to them quickly. I enjoyed the story arc and it was fun to play once you get used to the below average graphics and some of the fluky controls. This game is a great rental but I could not recommend purchasing it.
The first thing I noticed about this game was the lack luster appearance. This has to do with it being a port and not written for the PS3 platform. The PS3 handles lighting effects and the way graphics are rendered differently from the PC and the 360 since they are DX10 and the PS3 is not. This caused most of the game to look inferior to say resistance since that was written for the PS3. Also the Load times were atrocious on the PS3. The system has multiple cores and one should be optimized to pre-load the next mission before you are done with the current since the data transfer is not as fast as the other 2 systems.
Other than the poor porting the game plays well as a shooter I didn't like the controls very much but I got used to them quickly. I enjoyed the story arc and it was fun to play once you get used to the below average graphics and some of the fluky controls. This game is a great rental but I could not recommend purchasing it.
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