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FEAR Extraction Point 14.90

I bought FEAR Extraction Point when it first came out and I must say it was a disappointing expansion pack. I should've seen it coming since Monolith wasn't involved in creating it and they are strong in plots.

There are some cool new weapons (that's hard to find ammo for so you don't use it that much) and neat environments to fight in but combat and AI are pretty much the same. Overall the game is pretty short and leaves a slight bad taste in the mouths of FEAR franchise fans.



SPOILER ALERT: Basically, they just kill off all the characters from the original game in the first few minutes (perhaps they didn't want to deal with story development and just focus on the FPS aspect) and the rest of the game you are trying to escape.
 
Originally posted by: surferkev
I bought FEAR Extraction Point when it first came out and I must say it was a disappointing expansion pack. I should've seen it coming since Monolith wasn't involved in creating it and they are strong in plots.

There are some cool new weapons (that's hard to find ammo for so you don't use it that much) and neat environments to fight in but combat and AI are pretty much the same. Overall the game is pretty short and leaves a slight bad taste in the mouths of FEAR franchise fans.



SPOILER ALERT: Basically, they just kill off all the characters from the original game in the first few minutes (perhaps they didn't want to deal with story development and just focus on the FPS aspect) and the rest of the game you are trying to escape.
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WTF? I'm not getting that game now! Monolith, stupid for allowing crappy music in the first one. I wonder how much more annoying it is in XP. If they ever offered a soundtrack to the video game, the cd's would be in a wasteland somewhere.
 
Originally posted by: surferkev
I bought FEAR Extraction Point when it first came out and I must say it was a disappointing expansion pack. I should've seen it coming since Monolith wasn't involved in creating it and they are strong in plots.

There are some cool new weapons (that's hard to find ammo for so you don't use it that much) and neat environments to fight in but combat and AI are pretty much the same. Overall the game is pretty short and leaves a slight bad taste in the mouths of FEAR franchise fans.



SPOILER ALERT: Basically, they just kill off all the characters from the original game in the first few minutes (perhaps they didn't want to deal with story development and just focus on the FPS aspect) and the rest of the game you are trying to escape.
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/sorta agree

The expansion pack had it's good and bad moments - and the ending left me saying "what? that's it?" The ending felt imcomplete...
 
Originally posted by: Smartazz
hmm, idk. But F.E.A.R. was a great game, not too sure about Extraction Point.
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it is just more FEAR ... 😉

i put it down if favor of STALKER
[--i shot it in the head but it keeps coming back] 😛
😀
 
Originally posted by: coloumb
Originally posted by: surferkev
I bought FEAR Extraction Point when it first came out and I must say it was a disappointing expansion pack. I should've seen it coming since Monolith wasn't involved in creating it and they are strong in plots.

There are some cool new weapons (that's hard to find ammo for so you don't use it that much) and neat environments to fight in but combat and AI are pretty much the same. Overall the game is pretty short and leaves a slight bad taste in the mouths of FEAR franchise fans.



SPOILER ALERT: Basically, they just kill off all the characters from the original game in the first few minutes (perhaps they didn't want to deal with story development and just focus on the FPS aspect) and the rest of the game you are trying to escape.
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/sorta agree

The expansion pack had it's good and bad moments - and the ending left me saying "what? that's it?" The ending felt imcomplete...
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A lot of games nowadays... I'm sure we can account for getting used to feeling that way way... lol

graphics and game speeds are becoming more intense. the problem about this is that companies are spending more time trying to keep their bottlenecks of bugs and performance gains all into one whole atmosphere.
one of the reasons why we see most game developers not keeping up with the phenomenal quality of the Super Nintendo and Playstation 1 era is for that reason.
change is constant, and not everyone is ready for it. never played XP and probably never will.
voice acting was "way" better in the longest journey 1 than it was in Dreamfall, honestly.
 
Originally posted by: fire400

graphics and game speeds are becoming more intense. the problem about this is that companies are spending more time trying to keep their bottlenecks of bugs and performance gains all into one whole atmosphere.
one of the reasons why we see most game developers not keeping up with the phenomenal quality of the Super Nintendo and Playstation 1 era is for that reason.
change is constant, and not everyone is ready for it. never played XP and probably never will.
voice acting was "way" better in the longest journey 1 than it was in Dreamfall, honestly.
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I couldn't agree more. Probably could do a whole thread on this but games in general are disappointing in the story dept. Cuts down on the immersion level IMO.

<rant>
It's almost wierd to play a beautiful game like gears and have to deal with the suck ass story in it. I mean take doom, pretty it up, throw in Terry Tate office Linebacker, sprinkle in some movie ripoffs (pitch black) and BOOM you got an award winner. Yeah, whatever
</rant>
 
XP drove me batty because of its major inconsistencies mostly due to places that for some inexplicable reason you just couldn't go. What, there is a flimsy door in the way that you should be able to bust down..nope it goes against the level design so we are going to keep you from going that way. At some points it almost seemed like they should have just layed a piece of string across a doorway to keep you from heading in that direction...

Drove me batty.
 
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