F.E.A.R remake done by NetherRealms.

[whatsaheart stan]

Title. I think they're the best candidates under WB Games small umbrella of owned studios suited to remake such a classic. I really don't want Monolith having anything to do with future games of the franchise, like, they peaked in 2005 with F.E.A.R and Condemned, and then after that, they just lost all steam and magic to do games. IMO, F.E.A.R 2 is one of the worst sequels quality-paired wise I've ever seen, I could only think about Crysis 2 as the same type of downgrade in quality in every single way compared to their previous iterations, because it is really hard to get it so right the first time around, to subsequently ♥♥♥♥ it aaaall up in round 2. But everything isn't doomed, F.E.A.R is a fairly gory game, with gloomy and tetric ambience, pitch black lighting and horror elements. I think NetherRealms could be the perfect fit for it as of today, to remake the thing. I now, I'm aware that FPS aren't specially THEIR thing, and that assigning them the task to make one would be a bold move, one that would certainly get them outside of their confort zone for sure, but in all plain honesty, I think they would knock it out of the park with this specific IP. It has a lot of familiar elements for their ways of games, tons of gore, creepy and unnerving stuff, martial arts and charming characters. I think they could do indeed a great jot at reimagining the classic, bringing new environments, enemy types with their unique creativity for paranormal and spectral stuff, rise the gore to levels never before seen in a FPS game, maybe a sophisticated dismemberment system much like Dead Space Remake's, or RE2 2019's, just imagine how piercing and sticking replica into walls with a next gen tech Penetrator would be, and how visceral it could get with the guys behind nothing less but Mortal Kombat, and let's not get into how slowmo could benefit from having such talented people behind, the level of gore they could add into slowmo could be brutal. Speaking of MK, the martial arts. In the OG game, they're nothing but a quirky silly sprinkle of bragging from the devs so we could look at how good they were replicating John Woo's films into a videogame, but in reality, besides the fun fact of watching the enemies ragdolling and making funny screaches as a result, it wasn't that deep. NetherRealms could really reimagine the entire system to make it the ultimate kung fu melee system, with parries, dodging, slidekicking, different ways to jump kick enemies, and new tecniques added to the already existing. They could excel themselves with this one, it has a lot of potential.

[LiL blade]

i guess but neanderthal realm kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up their own franchise a bit so eh i could care less personally. also while it would be cool to see enhanced melee combat, i feel like the guns would still be superior either way.

[Bromstine]

Wall of Text. Don't do that if you want people to read your stuff.

And no, I didn't read it, I stopped after you expressed your belief that a studio that does beat 'em ups, and only beat 'em ups, would be suited for remastering (or even, the horror, remaking!) a horror FPS.

[Magpie]

Just play in 4k with texture upscaling mod, is what I did. Ez. No need for some corporate cash-grab that they will charge money for.

[GuRu Asaki]

Netherrealm Studios & The Makers Of Dead Space??

Are The Only Studios That Could Pull This Franchise Off,
The Makers Of Silent Hill, & Resident Evil & Fatal Frame
Sorta All Have Their Issues Here...

1st Off Resident Evil:

CapCom Hasn't Exactly Been At The Helm Of Resident Evil
In A Good While, Their Just All With ReMakes, & ReMasters,
& The Supernatural Experiences Have Not Been Well Received,
& Feel Very VR First Person Like, & I'm Just Not Drawn To Go
Play A VR Like FEAR Game, Even Though It Might Be Good...

Then There Is The Makers Of Silent Hill,
& While They Have That Sorta Tone, & All That,
& Really Compelling Deep Story, & All, Their
Silent Hill Games Aren't Really All That Strong
In Terms Of Blood, Gore, Dark, & Light Tones
For Their Games... Ya, The Early Ones Had It,
Well Sorta, But The Later Games Just Haven't
Been Well Silent Hill In A Good While...

Soooo, Silent Hill Stories Haven't Really Been
Popular Since The Early Games Of The Franchise...

Fatal Frame Makers, They Had A Great Idea For
A Horror Experience Dealing With Urban Legends,
& Folklore Horror Experiences, But However They
Never Really Grasped The Dark Lighting Effects
That Made FEAR Sooo Impressive Looking...

The Makers Of Dead Space??

Have All The Elements, But The Games Lack
Character Development, & You Don't Know If
They Can Pull Off A Human Like Ghost Story,
Because Well All We Have Is Horror In Future Space,
But If They Had Control, FEAR Would Have Some
Kind Of Agenda Ruining It's Overall Quality Of Game,
Like They Did With Dead Space 1 ReMake That
Wasn't Well Received...

The Makers Of The Evil Within Could Make This All Work,
They Are Very Talented, But The Evil Within Was Way Too
Scripted, & Puzzle Based, That It Works In Some Areas & Not In Others,
I Don't Know How They Can Handle A FEAR Game...


Then Finally, Comes Mortal Kombat & WB Games Studios??

They Already Have Made 3 FEAR Games As It Is,
& They Haven't Exactly Mustered Up A Likable
Experience From Their Fan Base Yet, Sooo As
A ReMake?? I'm Almost Unsure WB Games Would
Ever Even Want To Try & Take A 2nd Crack At The
Overall FEAR Game Again...

I Just Don't Know What Studios Would Fit FEAR 1,
& Be Able To Sorta Do The Game Justice As An
Overall ReMake At This Point, & Think That We
Might Just Be Stuck With A Game That Nobody
Is Gonna Want To Touch Going Forwards, Because
How Well The Game Was Done, & How People
Reacted To The Game...

Yes The Game Could Be Done, & Done Well,
I'm Just Not Seeing It Happening In This
More Digital 2020's Age, Though...

AI & Unreal Engine 5 Would Bring Problems With Optimizations,
Character Development Would Be Very Flat,
Level Designs Would Look Very Surreal Kind
Of Like Super Ficial & Artificially Fake Looking,
& The Gameplay Probably Would Have A Lot
Of Pink Red & Weird Color Schemes To It,
& Feel A Lot More As A Live Service Game Experience...

Something Like That, Is How I Pictured
A FEAR Game Made By Any Studio In
2024, & I Just Can't See This Game
Getting A Properly Done Experience...



Does Nobody Agree??

[Unseen]

I would rather have a remaster, even if they took fears system and remade a new campaign or story. The games engine is amazing especially for its time and I don't think it needs 100 gbs and unessisary graphics the games good on its own.

Look at fear complete edition, people can bash the mod all they want but its a damn good mod regardless. Dunno why people are so negative cause its got a few fear2 guns and a few fear 2 replicas? Why does that make it a bad mod I don't get it?

It also runs better than vanilla fear, the fps feels smooth and fluid and the mod never slows down. If this can be accomplished from one modder then why couldn't a company do an even better souped up version with new assets?

Fear don't need all this new crap to gunk up the system, a proper retooled remaster would be good enough. Wish the guy whoever the genius is hadn't stopped at just fear 1 with the complete edition, wish he had done EP at least cause I frickin love EP.