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Ok, lets talk some more F.E.A.R (Massive thread..)

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:56 pm
by reefsurfer
Ok, will start of with a massive first post with links,screenies,story and features..

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Multiplayer pics:
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Previews:
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/fear/516149p1.html
http://www.gamepro.com/computer/pc/game ... 6758.shtml
http://www.actiontrip.com/previews/fear.phtml
http://pc.ign.com/articles/615/615280p1.html
http://www.guru3d.com/article/gamereviews/256/
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/ ... )id=116749
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/previews/pid/908/67/
http://www.gamergod.com/review_display.cfm?reviewid=109
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/fear/ ... 25189.html

Singleplayer demo mirrors:
http://www.sierra.com/downloadfile.do?g ... iaid=15208
http://www.gamershell.com/download_10167.shtml
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/ ... n.exe.html

Movies:
http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=426
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/ ... o.zip.html
http://www.gamershell.com/download_10857.shtml
http://www.gamershell.com/download_10583.shtml

Developers/puplishers:
http://www.lith.com/home.asp
http://www.vug.com/

Official site:
http://www.whatisfear.com/us/

Fan sites:
http://www.thisisfear.net
http://fearhq.planet-multiplayer.de

Pre-order F.E.A.R:
http://store.vugames.com/product.asp?pr ... d=B646337A
US directors edition:
The DVD contains:
* a guided walkthrough
* FEAR wallpapers
* poster art
* Exclusive INSIGNIAS and SKINS to set you apart from your friends…and enemies (access via BONUS DVD)
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/255435.asp

Features:
  • ·Hyper-stylized combat for breathtaking cinematic quality action
    ·Gripping supernatural storyline for spine-tingling intensity of play
    ·Multi-player action with multiple gameplay modes such as TDM,DM,CTF and all single player capabilities
    ·Advanced graphics and physics for visceral movie-like experience
    ·Enemies with special abilities and A.I. so intuitive it's like battling living, breathing players
    ·Powerful hand-to-hand combat such as scissor kicks, sliding and other martial art moves
    ·Singleplayer experience with 20+ hours of play
    ·Hyper Stylized FPS Action – Experience intense, cinematic combat using a vast array of equipment and abilities:
    ·Powerful arsenal: Utilize a diverse selection of weaponry, from obliterating enemies with a remote charge to sticking them to a wall with the nail gun.
    ·Melee combat: Use your body as a lethal weapon with intense melee attacks, like the powerful roundhouse kick or the devastating slide kick, to eliminate enemies with one swift blow.
    ·Slo-mo: Manipulate time and slow down the action around you to gain the upper-hand on the enemy.
    Larger-than-life enemies – The enemy A.I. makes you feel like you are battling against live players. Maneuvering like a true squad the AI will flank, seek cover, and use the environment as they respond to your attacks. The enemies also sport state-of-the-art suits with special abilities including invisibility and heavy duty armor that protects against specific attacks, making them a compelling challenge in combat.,
    ·Advanced Graphics Engine – A graphics engine that has been judged among the very best in the industry.
    ·Cinematic Special Effects – Get the feeling of being in your own action movie complete with sparks, smoke, debris from surrounding walls. It is all here when you unleash your arsenal in the world.
    ·Advanced Game Technology – A world so convincing that you’ll feel like you are actually in the game and not behind a keyboard.
    ·Utilizes the newest rendering technology employing real-time per pixel lighting, shadow volumes, normal mapping, and advanced shaders.
    ·Havok based physics system makes unleashing hell on your enemies visceral and satisfying. Bodies will fall, collapse and recoil accurately along with objects reacting to being shot, pushed or blown up as they would in real life.
    ·Multi-Player Action – Multiple game play modes for up to 16 players online or over a LAN. All single player capabilities exist in the multiplayer modes including all of the powerful weapons, melee combat maneuvers and the slow-motion capability.

Story:
Supernatural Storyline – Expect the unexpected in an atmosphere of extreme tension and unknown danger
A mysterious, unidentified military force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound.
An entire special forces team is slaughtered with no signs of struggle and no shell casings anywhere.
Can you, as a member of the classified strike team F.E.A.R.TM (First Encounter Assault Recon) contain the situation?

System specs
Minimum System Required
· Windows® XP or 2000 with latest service pack installed
· DirectX® 9.0c (April Edition) (included)
· Pentium® 4 1.7 GHz or equivalent processor
· 512 MB of RAM
· 64 MB GeForce 4 Ti or ATI® Radeon® 9600 or equivalent with hardware T&L and pixel shader support
· 5.0 GB free Hard Drive Space for installation
· 4x CD-ROM drive (for Director's Edition, this will have to be DVD-ROM)
· 16-bit DirectX® 9.0 compliant sound card with support for EAX™ 2.0
· Internet Connection Required (for online play)
· Mouse
· Keyboard

Recommended Hardware
·Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor
·1 GB RAM
·A 256 MB Radeon® 9800 Pro or equivalent DirectX® 9 compliant video card with hardware T&L and pixel shader 2.0 support

Supported Graphics Cards
Nvidia GeForce™ 4Ti, GeForce™ FX 5900, FX 5900 Ultra, 6800, 6800 GT, 6800 Ultra
ATI® Radeon® 9600, 9600 Pro, 9600 XT, 9700, 9700 Pro, 9800 Pro, x700 XT, x800 XT, x850 XT


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This aint no regular $19 dollah game with an old unreal engine, no no.. this is one hardcore pc hardware bending horror game with slowmotion fights and particles flying all over the place..the sp demo had me changing my undies.. the mp closed beta was awsome!
This is gonna be as big as Farcry,Doom3,Quake4,UT2007 etc etc.. this is F.E.A.R !!

Multiplayer demo is coming on thursday the 29th of september and the full game will have a worldwide release on october the 18th.
So, who's getting it...other than me? :icon30:
Lets discuss..

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 7:59 pm
by Zyte
So this is the post where you left the server for? you missed some games ;]

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:00 pm
by Freakaloin
why?

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:01 pm
by reefsurfer
Zyte wrote:So this is the post where you left the server for? you missed some games ;]
No, i left the server to send pics to a friend.. then i couldent get back in 'cos the server was full and the /rcon sv_maxclients cmd dident work in console..nothing worked in console for that matter..

Back on topic*
Did i mention i cant wait for F.E.A.R? :icon25:

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:02 pm
by booker
snice cliffyb likes it i will be getting it

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:14 pm
by reefsurfer
booker wrote:snice cliffyb likes it i will be getting it
http://www.cliffyb.com/ :icon6:

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 8:56 pm
by reefsurfer
This video is all you need to watch: http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=7018&type=wmv

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:33 pm
by Dr_Watson
you don't see enough blood geysers in video games.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:57 pm
by MKJ
you try too hard

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:26 pm
by Dr_Watson
hmm... watched some of the videos... and that is the most advanced fps engine i've ever seen, for two reasons.
1. you can't carry a bigillion guns
2. if you look down you see your feet
other than that it looks pretty standard.
i'm sure it will be fun.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 1:25 am
by [FTF]Pyro
Someone explain what lifts this game above the generic level (not that generic is a bad thing in FPS's)

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:03 am
by SOAPboy
[FTF]Pyro wrote:Someone explain what lifts this game above the generic level (not that generic is a bad thing in FPS's)
Play the demo sir

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:04 am
by [FTF]Pyro
d/ling now.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:21 am
by Dr_Watson
[FTF]Pyro wrote:Someone explain what lifts this game above the generic level (not that generic is a bad thing in FPS's)
did you not read... you can see your feet.
thats revolutionary man.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:26 am
by [FTF]Pyro
Dr_Watson wrote: did you not read... you can see your feet.
thats revolutionary man.
heh

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 2:44 am
by DooMer
The AI has some cool tricks, like they blind fire and what not. It still does some stupid shit sometimes, but it's better than most games.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:34 am
by o'dium
The AI is both fantastic, and odd....

In some places its obviously scripted to do certain things, every time... Just in different ways...

For example, that first window in the warehouse you enter, that marine will always jump through it. Looks cool.

But the stupid thing is, if he doesn't jump through it and comes through the door instead, if he manages to make it around the other side, he will jump through the window from that way...

Something leads me to believe they are doing a valve on us, with the AI.

But when playing, its great. Quite tough on harder skills. Great game, i love it and cant wait for it to come out already. Another week or so. Amazing its not leaked...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:38 am
by Denz
as soon as I was finished with the sp demo I pre-ordered it.

It's all bought and paid for, just waiting for it to show up in the mail.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:40 am
by MKJ
wait, theres a warehouse?

*ticks square Generic FPS checklist*

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:42 am
by o'dium
MKJ wrote:wait, theres a warehouse?

*ticks square Generic FPS checklist*
Yes, but this warehouse looks nicer than the rest :p

I also thought the paralax mapped decals were a nice touch. Fair enough, they CAN look odd for a couple of angles. But damn, it really DOES look like you put a hole in the wall. Thats the best part about this game. Getting into a firefight in a clean room, and then standing back when your done and looking at the mess... You rip the place apart, everything moves...

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:23 am
by reefsurfer
Denz wrote:as soon as I was finished with the sp demo I pre-ordered it.

It's all bought and paid for, just waiting for it to show up in the mail.
kewl denz, guess i will be seeing ya online on thursday?

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:25 am
by reefsurfer
MKJ wrote:you try too hard
ok...umm... i thought i did well... maybe just one link from now on...and no pics?

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:32 am
by reefsurfer
And look at this!!
The countdown to one of the biggest PC game launches this Fall has officially begun, as Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced the October 18th global street date for F.E.A.R. TM (First Encounter Assault Recon) from Sierra Entertainment. Additionally, VU Games unveiled plans to release an all-new F.E.A.R. multi-player demo in late September. The multi-player demo will follow on the heels of the hugely successful single-player demo that has reached more than 1.5 million downloads since its release in August, making it one of the most popular game demo downloads in history.

"As evidenced by the popularity of the single-player demo and the early critical praise from game reviewers, F.E.A.R. has already become the must-have game to own this Fall," said Philip W. O'Neil, Chief Operating Officer and President, North America for VU Games. "Delivering a global street date of October 18, 2005 will ensure that the game simultaneously hits retail shelves around the world on the same day and will enable hundreds of thousands of gamers to experience the thrill of F.E.A.R. together."

Developed by Monolith Productions, F.E.A.R. is an intense first person close-quarters combat experience with rich atmosphere and an engaging, paranormal horror storyline. Already named 'Best Action Game of E3 2005' by the E3Critics, F.E.A.R has been called 'Vivendi's classic-in-the-making' and 'the PC's top shooter' by PC Gamer (September 2005). In August, the game earned the "Best PC Game" award at the 2005 Leipzig Games Convention in Germany.

Finally, VU Games announce that the European Edition will include exclusive content; The DVD will feature "FEAR behind the scenes documentary", "Developer's roundtable commentary video", "FEAR live action pre-quel movie" and "Machinima Movies series"
YES, we europeans get the Directors edition aswell!!
woohoo!

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:37 pm
by reefsurfer
single-player demo has reached more than 1.5 million downloads since its release in August, making it one of the most popular game demo downloads in history.

F.E.A.R. has already become the must-have game to own this Fall

Not around here i guess :icon33:

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:42 pm
by dzjepp
Hehe, I dloaded that sp demo, it was great, the sp will be great no doubt, but I don't care about the mp. It's gonna be another 'slightly better than average' shooter in corridors. And with the amount of games these days dying to get attention, this one is prolly gonna have a small mp following that's gonna die off rather quickly. q4 mp for me thanks. :p