FEAR 2 review

Overall-5/10
FEAR 2 mascot...


Gameplay-5/10
Pro
-bullet time is back
-some nice horror atmosphere in a few levels
-more variety in environment than its precedessor
-great vehicular levels
Fugly
-alma scare sequence is expected and irritating
-alma look like a old hag than a scary pyschic
-unsatisfactory storyline
-AI inferior even to the previous version

Visual-6/10
Pro
-Great performance on my aging system
-booast some nice lighting
Fugly
-environment looks bland
-ragdoll physics unrealistic
-sub par explosion effects

Having skiped all those stupid expansion from the original FEAR, i had high hopes when the original developer is back to develop the sequel. But it fail to impress me even though you can feel they tried very hard to.
Rely on scripted scares and a AI that actually inferior to its predecessor isnt going to make this a great game. They does manage to pull off some nice sequence like the vehicle combat showing off some impressive destuctiblity and in the elementary school where the hallway is totally dark and you are haunted by spctres which you can see every 1 second only when a dim light blinks. Alma involvment in the game is a total joke and seeing her pregnant in at the final part of the game makes you feel disgusted.The level design is too linear and art design is horrible. A abandoned nuclear plants have metal grills and walls look like a army camp being cleaned by punished confinees everyday.With a horror game like this, it just plain wrong.Having blood smeared in ordered chaos makes this game feels like mirrir edge having a horror mod from the community.Yes its that bad.Having spoilt by choices like Dead space, this looks like PG cartoon horror ...
The graphic engine does reder some impressive lighting and effects but i think it is not fully unleashed in potential by artist in the development team.They seriously dont think they can make a good game by simply pushing the processing complexity and expect it to turn out like a masterpiece.Many developer out there have already proved that they can achieve impressive environment even without insane polygon counts.
Bullet time can be cool but it can hardly be someting to be recommended just to buy this game since many games have already incorporated.With ailing economy and rising prices of retail games, its better to skip this title and save your money for something else.

I LOVE THIS!!I AM PAEDOPHILE!


My undying love for nukes exploding in the middle of the city


My godlike mecha that have regenerative armor and unlimited ammo


Bullet time expose some badly made explosion effects...