deusexmachina
06-26-2007, 07:43 AM
Hi,
If this topic has been covered before I apologise.
F.E.A.R stands for First Encounter Assault Recon , which is a fictionalised branch of the military created in 2002 to deal with supernatural phenomena.
F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon is a first-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Vivendi.
Genre - First Person Shooter(FPS) , Horror
FEAR was one of the best shooters of 2005. Its unique blend of FPS and horror made it one of the most critically acclaimed titles of the year.
Instead of horror being tacked on as in some other games , in FEAR horror
is an essential part of the overall game.
The horror element in FEAR is a lot more subtle and atmospheric in comparision with Doom 3s in your face , traditional horror theme. The designers of FEAR seem to have learnt from the
experience of Doom 3 and have avoided large stretches of dark areas and the traditional monster in the closet approach taken by Doom 3. They have drawn heavily from japanese movies like dark water , the ring etc. to create the overall atmosphere of the game.
<citation>
The main source of the game's horror is Alma, a ghostly little girl.
F.E.A.R. lead designer Craig Hubbard remarked that "a guy in a mask chasing co-eds with a
meat cleaver can be scary, but on some level you're thinking to yourself you could probably kick his ass if you got the drop on him ...
but when a spooky little girl takes out an entire
Delta Force squad, how are you supposed to deal with that?"
<citation>
As the game starts it is revealed that a battalion of cloned super soldiers led by a psychic commander named paxtion fettel has gone AWOL in spectacular fashion. The player character is a point man in the FEAR team
and it is revealed that he has transferred in a week prior to this incident. The player character is a silent protangonist along the lines of gordon freeman in half life. For most of the game fettel is the main quarry and the player
visits locations like industrial and office complexes in his
search for fettel while coming across all kinds of supernatural
phenomena which seem centered around the girl alma.
F.E.A.R features cinematic firefights centered around an excellent graphics and a slo-mo concept which the player possesses .
Pros - great graphics , great story
Cons - high system requirements , story tends to lag towards the middle of the game.
Score - 9/10
<citation>from wikipedia
For more information visit the following links:
F.E.A.R. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.A.R.)
F.E.A.R. - Available Now! (http://www.whatisfear.com/us/)
If this topic has been covered before I apologise.
F.E.A.R stands for First Encounter Assault Recon , which is a fictionalised branch of the military created in 2002 to deal with supernatural phenomena.
F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon is a first-person shooter developed by Monolith Productions and published by Vivendi.
Genre - First Person Shooter(FPS) , Horror
FEAR was one of the best shooters of 2005. Its unique blend of FPS and horror made it one of the most critically acclaimed titles of the year.
Instead of horror being tacked on as in some other games , in FEAR horror
is an essential part of the overall game.
The horror element in FEAR is a lot more subtle and atmospheric in comparision with Doom 3s in your face , traditional horror theme. The designers of FEAR seem to have learnt from the
experience of Doom 3 and have avoided large stretches of dark areas and the traditional monster in the closet approach taken by Doom 3. They have drawn heavily from japanese movies like dark water , the ring etc. to create the overall atmosphere of the game.
<citation>
The main source of the game's horror is Alma, a ghostly little girl.
F.E.A.R. lead designer Craig Hubbard remarked that "a guy in a mask chasing co-eds with a
meat cleaver can be scary, but on some level you're thinking to yourself you could probably kick his ass if you got the drop on him ...
but when a spooky little girl takes out an entire
Delta Force squad, how are you supposed to deal with that?"
<citation>
As the game starts it is revealed that a battalion of cloned super soldiers led by a psychic commander named paxtion fettel has gone AWOL in spectacular fashion. The player character is a point man in the FEAR team
and it is revealed that he has transferred in a week prior to this incident. The player character is a silent protangonist along the lines of gordon freeman in half life. For most of the game fettel is the main quarry and the player
visits locations like industrial and office complexes in his
search for fettel while coming across all kinds of supernatural
phenomena which seem centered around the girl alma.
F.E.A.R features cinematic firefights centered around an excellent graphics and a slo-mo concept which the player possesses .
Pros - great graphics , great story
Cons - high system requirements , story tends to lag towards the middle of the game.
Score - 9/10
<citation>from wikipedia
For more information visit the following links:
F.E.A.R. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.A.R.)
F.E.A.R. - Available Now! (http://www.whatisfear.com/us/)