Underrated Sequel that is a Prequel to a not-so-good Sequel

[Ω Yukich]

So since Fear 2 BANNED in my country (Russia) for whatever reason, I guess our government does some sick ♥♥♥♥ to paranormal kids too

I'll just post my review here to feel justified

FEAR 2 - Is a really...REALLY underrated game
Its got neat graphic look, nice gun animations, great plot, shooting is fun and a pretty long campaign
Also collectibles, online features and even a not bad Story DLC

Still...people disliked it
And there are many reasons for that
First of all, the game transformed from a hardcore fps with weird buttons to a more simplistic shooter
Now we can use covers just like NPCs, no srsly, we use the same animations as them to cover!
We can carry 4 weapons instead of 3 (I kinda like that idea)
Zoom-in mechanix resemble call of duty alot and all thats left for fans from fear
Is Replicas and Alma

Enemies became less populated, guns have weird balance and highest difficulty sometimes pretty easy and sometimes unfair and unbalanced as ♥♥♥♥ (please nerf AI's Assault Rifle)

But at least we have a varitey in non-human enemies, Alma is now actually a threat to the player and its good

I had a blast re-playing that, but sometimes the game frustrated me with Blood-like difficulty when certain enemies can just oneshot you and teleport to the checkpoint
Yes, we no longer can save-scum, checkpoints that is all we have

Still, this game offers some replayability, neat shooting mechanix, cool weapons, replicas are still kicking ass and fans of ghosts will be pleasured
And a really good level design
Now we see destroyed city, school, some factories, labs. hospital and the scenery just never bores up
Also, there's a neat little surprise for MECH-lovers

I'd say this is a pretty cool game, its sad that its not very Mod-friendly though

[Jeff]

I have to agree dont know why people dont like it yes I like the graphics and it gives you more of the story from another stand point the school story was cool.

[sling_shot]

Life Fear 1, this game gets better and better the more you play it because when you know where everyone is, you can do godlike stuff with grenade cooking and slo-mo.... but unlike Fear 1, the first playthrough is basically a better COD with a hot ghost lady.

[Gabi]

Originally posted by Jeff:

I have to agree dont know why people dont like it yes I like the graphics and it gives you more of the story from another stand point the school story was cool.

The primary issue is the core shooting as seen a notable downgrade, The particle effects, dust, explosion waves compared to the first game do not light up the environment in as satisfying a manner as the first game. Likewise movement isn't as strong here, there is a noticeable moment between stopping pressing a button and your character not moving anymore. The engagements with how the environement and ai work together is a noticeable step down here as well. Then they also ignore the two expansion from the first game just so they can essentially tell the same story again with a twist at the end.

Overall I wouldn't say F.E.A.R 2 is a bad game, I would say it is a solid shooter overall. But it is a very sub standard follow up to the first game and doesn't really bring across the kenetic action or atmosphere (minus the school) from the first game. This would be less of an issue if it brought much new to the series, but here it kind of flonders with it filling more like a stripped down experience that doesn't overall feel as good when compared to the first release.