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Here's Zeneye's ranking system:
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Gameplay: 10/10 (lots of variety and tons of really good spooky stuff)
Replay value: 6/10
Overall: 8/10
If you've read my review of the original F.E.A.R games, then you'll imagine why I was so excited when this game came out. A quick summary: you are thrust back into the storyline of the original F.E.A.R. about 30 minutes before ending finale. You play a different character from the original game interestingly enough, but you soon acquire the ability to do F.E.A.R's signature "Matrix-Like" slo-mo abilities in combat.
There are a ton of different styles of play thrown into this. Sometimes its just atmospheric and spooky noises leave you on the edge of your seat. Sometimes you're running through a dark building being attacked by supernatural terrors on all sides that you can barely see much less shoot at. Other times its good straight-forward combat-troop assault. There's even a few points where you get to hijack a HEAVY combat vehicle and open up a serious can of whoop-ass on the enemy. My only complaint is that there is SO much variety that the game starts to feel a bit segmented sometimes.
The story is RICH and full of plot twists and turns. You run around picking up bits of intelligence that you can view whenever you want which fills in a lot more of the story that you originally were given in the first game. The ending is extremely crazy and it does absolutely nothing to wrap anything from the first game up. Rather, it opens an infinitely large can of worms. I think this publisher intends to keep this game franchise going FOREVER. Heh.
The graphics are quite good and the supernatural stuff is done quite well to terrorize the player.
I only have default mobo sound on my rig but the sound and music are both very good. The soundtrack was based on and extended from the first game I think. The enemy bots are okay but there was more freedom in the level design of the first F.E.A.R where you had to really watch your back. In F.E.A.R. 2 I felt like everything was in front of me all the time and I never worried about something sneaking up from the back.
If you liked the first game, you'll love this one even though the ending will probably REALLY freak you out.
Graphics: 8/10
Sound: 8/10
Gameplay: 10/10 (lots of variety and tons of really good spooky stuff)
Replay value: 6/10
Overall: 8/10
If you've read my review of the original F.E.A.R games, then you'll imagine why I was so excited when this game came out. A quick summary: you are thrust back into the storyline of the original F.E.A.R. about 30 minutes before ending finale. You play a different character from the original game interestingly enough, but you soon acquire the ability to do F.E.A.R's signature "Matrix-Like" slo-mo abilities in combat.
There are a ton of different styles of play thrown into this. Sometimes its just atmospheric and spooky noises leave you on the edge of your seat. Sometimes you're running through a dark building being attacked by supernatural terrors on all sides that you can barely see much less shoot at. Other times its good straight-forward combat-troop assault. There's even a few points where you get to hijack a HEAVY combat vehicle and open up a serious can of whoop-ass on the enemy. My only complaint is that there is SO much variety that the game starts to feel a bit segmented sometimes.
The story is RICH and full of plot twists and turns. You run around picking up bits of intelligence that you can view whenever you want which fills in a lot more of the story that you originally were given in the first game. The ending is extremely crazy and it does absolutely nothing to wrap anything from the first game up. Rather, it opens an infinitely large can of worms. I think this publisher intends to keep this game franchise going FOREVER. Heh.
The graphics are quite good and the supernatural stuff is done quite well to terrorize the player.
I only have default mobo sound on my rig but the sound and music are both very good. The soundtrack was based on and extended from the first game I think. The enemy bots are okay but there was more freedom in the level design of the first F.E.A.R where you had to really watch your back. In F.E.A.R. 2 I felt like everything was in front of me all the time and I never worried about something sneaking up from the back.If you liked the first game, you'll love this one even though the ending will probably REALLY freak you out.
(I've got 3 monitors hooked up to a Matrox TripleHead2Go running games at 3840x1024. It's waaaaay cool)
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