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xXx orange has F.E.A.R.

Jul 29, 2014 @ 4:20pm

Which FEAR do I play first?

I own all of the FEAR games but can't decide on which game to play first. FEAR 1 looks quite old so I am wondering if I need to play it before FEAR 2 (like with the Half Life series, you don't really need to play HL 1). Do I play FEAR one and then its expansions or does the latest expansion include everything? I am very confused about how the expansions work so I would apprieciate it if someone would explain them.

Thanks.

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inter#2

Jul 29, 2014 @ 4:45pm

my advice is to play fear 1 first because story is connected. with all settings maxed out it looks nice. fear: extraction point is first expansion pack. fear perseus mandate is second and stand alone expansion pack. after that play fear 2 ofcourse. it has one expansion pack: reborn. and then fear3 that has no expansion packs.

xXx orange has F.E.A.R.

Jul 29, 2014 @ 8:23pm

Which EXE do I use? If I use Extractions EXE will I be able to play FEAR 1? Or do I just play each EXE in order?

xXx orange has F.E.A.R.

Jul 29, 2014 @ 8:25pm

Fear 1 and its expansions all have a 17gb download size which makes it seem like the latest expansion has all of them together. Am I correct?

Chern0byl

Jul 29, 2014 @ 10:30pm

!!!!!?????

xXx orange has F.E.A.R.

Jul 29, 2014 @ 10:50pm

Sorry, this is very confusing for the both of us. FEAR is a seperate game from FEAR Extraction and perseus in my Steam library. All of them have 17 GB install sizes. I am trying to figure out which ones I have to download to experiance the entire game and all of its extra content. Hopefully that clears it up a bit.

xXx orange has F.E.A.R.

Jul 30, 2014 @ 11:05am

Thanks for the reply. I guess I know what to do now. All I gotta do is download it. I'll start from the beggining. Again thanks, I was very confused until you replied. Thanks for the help everyone else, you all helped me.

RandomJin Aug 4, 2014 @ 9:27am

Do yourself a favor and only play FEAR 1 and EP. The rest of the series is so mediocre and at times really bad.

vomitgenerator Sep 17, 2014 @ 2:08pm

F.E.A.R 1 Is awesome, F.E.A.R 2 is good, not awesome but good...F.3.A.R mhh...i don't know, i heard that game was bad but try it

Last edited by vomitgenerator; Sep 19, 2014 @ 5:01am

busky42

Sep 18, 2014 @ 3:06pm

Originally posted by Rick Meromelit The Avenger:
F.E.A.R 1 Is awesome, F.E.A.R 2 is god, not awesome but good...F.3.A.R mhh...i don't know, i heard that game was bad but try it

this dude is right the first one the best by far first time i played it i almost sh#t my self played it at night with headphones on big monitor and loud sound its that good is the first one

Rai

Sep 18, 2014 @ 7:08pm

you absolutely need to play FEAR 1 first. It looks old but gameplay/gunplay/AI is still miles ahead of most games coming out today. Then play FEAR 2, because FEAR 2 is the last game created by the original developers (Monolith). Then go ahead a skip FEAR 3 because that game absolutely ruins the story. Perseus Mandate and Extraction Point are pretty good, but in my opinion FEAR 2 is the only sequel that actually feels like a sequel. In part because it's the only other game the original devs made, and also because it looks and feels like an upgraded version of the first. Graphics are still really nice even by today's standards.

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vomitgenerator Sep 19, 2014 @ 5:02am

Ehi guys, F.E.A.R Online, go in the store page and wait....Coop Campaign, ♥♥♥♥ yeah

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Kloor

Feb 22, 2023 @ 7:17am

I can't even play perseus because of the 500-400 fps it keeps pulling. Btw, is it connected to the F.E.A.R story?

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target_changelevel has F.E.A.R.

Feb 23, 2023 @ 2:20am

Originally posted by Morshu:
I can't even play perseus because of the 500-400 fps it keeps pulling. Btw, is it connected to the F.E.A.R story?

FEAR PM is more connected to the FEAR story than FEAR 2.

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Konachibi

Mar 1, 2023 @ 4:56pm

Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate are considered 'non-canon', as F.E.A.R 2 retcons the events from F.E.A.R 1's expansion packs.

That being said, F.E.A.R 1 and Extraction Point still are some of the best FPS experiences ever made.

Perseus Mandate doesn't work so well, it felt rushed, the visual quality is lower than 1 and EP, and the A.I doesn't seem as clever.

F.E.A.R 2, as others have said, is pretty good. It suffers from following a few FPS trends of the time which drags some of the gameplay down, and there's a few strange design decisions, like putting glowing lights on everything, but overall it's still fun.

F.3.A.R on the other hand is terrible, and best avoided so as to not taint your experience of the series. It flopped so hard it ended the franchise, and it's plot ruins the narrative the previous games built up.

The best order to play them in is F.E.A.R 1 - Extraction Point - F.E.A.R 2 - Reborn - stop.
While Extraction Point is non-canon, it's disconnected enough from the events of F.E.A.R 2 that it could be considered as an alternate extended ending to the original.

Once all those are done, and if you're really itching for more spooky shooting, then play Perseus Mandate and F.3.A.R, but go in to those with low expectations.

As for the installation, I believe Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate require the original F.E.A.R installed in order to function, and I think (don't quote me on that) that they install in to the same folder, meaning while they show as taking 17gb each, they will actually take less if the original F.E.A.R is already installed.

Last edited by Konachibi; Mar 1, 2023 @ 4:58pm

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