Is this the FE4R we never got?

[AlucarD]

This game reminds me a lot of FEAR, in its gore and slow motion depiction. Was this game inspired by it? I really hope we will get a FEAR remaster or FEAR 4 in the future, I mean if Dead Space and System Shock got one than FEAR deserves it the most.

[Tr0w]

It's only surface level, the gameplay loop and level layout is much more DOOM 2016, you go to arena fight hordes of enemies, move to next arena, rinse repeat.

[Ulfric Sombrage]

Much better than FEAR 2 and 3 for sure. I would call it FEAR 2023

[Omnipresent Oatmeal]

Originally posted by Ulfric Sombrage:

Much better than [ . . . ] and 3

That bar is so incredibly low since FEAR 3 was complete ♥♥♥♥ and an insult to the series, but this is more like FEAR 3 than it is 1 or 2.
FEAR 3 was literally just non-stop shooting and combat. FEAR 1 and 2 actually had reasons for the down times between combat to exist. FEAR 3, much like Trepang2, does nothing with that down time.
FEAR 1 and 2 definitely had enemy arenas, but at least they were more than that.

[calembredaine]

thought so in the first demo. the late 2019 one. it was already faster-paced, but the prologue pacing was handled in a vibe more similar to fear, with its ominous hallucination scene between two arenas (now cut from current demo iirc). music was blasting less, too. ofc the more minimalist state of the old demo may have given a wrong impression on what it was supposed to be.

while there is inspiration, current demo and whole product are not exactly fear, as shown by the multitude of posts disliking the game through comparisons with the older shooter. you go a lot faster, have different abilities, the story presentation just is not the same, just like the overall vibe they install through missions, be it campaign or gore fest scenarios.

[Gtwo]

Yall homies need to play more F.E.A.R., the core of this game is totally different.

[menhera hunter]

It's obviously heavily inspired by FEAR but the gameplay isn't quite the same. The game does a good job of constantly reminding you that it drew inspiration from FEAR while being it's own thing. Unfortunately, I think that "own thing" is kind of mediocre at best. After a while the game really starts to show its ugly indie side. Reminds me a lot of something I'd have bought blindly from EB Games in the early 2000s.

[goka9696]

This game is nothing like FEAR and anyone who says otherwise is clearly delusional, never played FEAR in the first place or just parroting their favorite youtuber. Similarities are surface level at best.

[Atty]

It's not as good as F.E.A.R. The AI isn't as good and it's much shorter and no interesting story. I feel it's more a shooting sandbox game.

[Undercover]

both good

[Todeshandler]

Almost. I do not want to hype. It has a lot of all the good stuff we like. You will love it and it is worth every penny.