F.E.A.R: Extraction Point Expansion Pack

Boogle · 26 Oct 2006 at 10:21

PinkFloyd said:
FEAR seems to be a bit of a Marmite of a game.
I thought it was awesome

One of the best games ever released

The environments weren't that samey, they were just realistic. When you wander round an office building, its not like they decorate each hallway differently

Besides, some of the environments were truely great (you didn't think the Armacham HQ was the only area did you?).

Its a truely 'mature' game, in that its clearly targetted at an older audience. Well, I suppose it does have an 18 cert on it too. But the way the story is told, you need to pick up the phones and laptops to get the real skinny. As you progress through the game you get more and more info slowly building a picture in your head. Initially its just some crazy clone soldiers, but you learn that the water has been contaminated, and Armacham is interested. Then when you get to Armacham you notice a lot of infighting over whats happening and what to do. It just gets more and more interesting imo

I also liked how all the graphics were to scale, too many games have some pretty odd ideas on how big or small certain objects are.

Having said all that, I'm very dubious about the expansion pack. Will it be as good as the original? I would hate to ruin one of my favourite games. If its just more levels with no finesse, no story, just targets; I won't be interested.

dante6491 · 26 Oct 2006 at 11:24

it has more levels, more weapons, and tells you what happens are that girl (forgot name) hops on the chopper

Steedie · 26 Oct 2006 at 13:52

Well I'm only 20 minutes in and I've already experienced more than a fair share of pant crapping moments

I can tell its gonna be great

dante6491 · 26 Oct 2006 at 14:49

haha it has arrived. My step dad is a postman and kept hold of them. he went shopping first :mad:

Lt Goody · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:22

Off to play mine now.

Steedie · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:23

just finished this

Took me 5 hours

and before anyone says "what a waste of money" or "why bother doing it in one sitting"

Well, firstly, no it isnt a waste of money, those 5 hours were probably the best 5 hours of gameplay i've experienced in a long time. And one sitting, well it was like a good book, I just didnt wanna stop

They've just built on the original so much, and theres so many more moments that make you jump. It really is such a good game. I'll write a proper review when I've had some dinner

PinkFloyd · 26 Oct 2006 at 17:44

Steedie said:
just finished this

Took me 5 hours

and before anyone says "what a waste of money" or "why bother doing it in one sitting"

Well, firstly, no it isnt a waste of money, those 5 hours were probably the best 5 hours of gameplay i've experienced in a long time. And one sitting, well it was like a good book, I just didnt wanna stop

They've just built on the original so much, and theres so many more moments that make you jump. It really is such a good game. I'll write a proper review when I've had some dinner

Will be picking this up very shortly

I imagine the 5 hours depends how you play. I like to charge in and have fun, and die fairly often. Its more fun that sitting back and trying to do it perfectly...
Look forward to a review

soleside · 26 Oct 2006 at 18:34

I wish I had the money for this, been waiting for ages. All depends on those lovely people at the SLC sorting out my student funds.

I love the original though it wasn't until I played through it a second time before I realised how good it was.

Digital Punk · 26 Oct 2006 at 23:56

dante6491 said:
it has more levels, more weapons, and tells you what happens are that girl (forgot name) hops on the chopper

I think the girl was called Alma.

Looking foward to this, i thought the original got the atmosphere just right with the weird music and sounds. Got me right on edge. :eek:

Bring on more I say. :cool:

topgun06 · 27 Oct 2006 at 00:03

Steedie said:
those 5 hours were probably the best 5 hours of gameplay i've experienced in a long time

and theres so many more moments that make you jump.

Cant wait now. Got an email saying my game has been dispatched, should be here either tomorrow or day after

FordPrefect · 27 Oct 2006 at 10:57

Just been down to town to pick up my copy

Seems good so far but performance is a little choppy even dropping FSAA back to 2x at 1280x960 everything else maxed out. The original game in comparision worked smoothly everything maxed out with 4x FSAA. Spec is a core2duo, GX2, x-fi and 2GB of RAM.

Just about to try out my other purchase company of heros.

modo77 · 27 Oct 2006 at 11:40

Really enjoying it so far, defiantly recommend it to people.

Echo toxin · 27 Oct 2006 at 11:59

Think I'll wait for it to make an eventual appearance on Xbox 360/PS3. It still isn't widescreen and I hate faffing about with config files to get it so.

eekfek · 27 Oct 2006 at 12:07

ill wait , when i bought HL2 - Episode 1 i learnt my lesson , complete waste of money
sorry but approx 5-8hrs of gameplay isnt worth the purchase,
specially when they script a 30min section in the same place *train station* etc

this is the reason i decided to buy 2142 @ £20,
even though the demo was utter garbage the value is significantly more as i'll play this for months , years maybe

FEAR was great, walked all over say PREY

V1N · 27 Oct 2006 at 14:06

Echo toxin said:
Think I'll wait for it to make an eventual appearance on Xbox 360/PS3. It still isn't widescreen and I hate faffing about with config files to get it so.

I'm not sure I'd call this "faffing" as such

(from http://www.widescreengamingforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7277)

Go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\TimeGate Studios\FEARXP\settings.cfg You can also get there from the Start Menu folder using "Shortcut to User directory".

Open settings.cfg using notepad and change the following lines to your custom values:

"ScreenWidth" "1440"
"ScreenHeight" "900"

Then save the file and you're good to go. Changing the Display options in game will cause it to revert to a non-widescreen resolution.

Pretty much the same as I had to do to get F.E.A.R. running at my native 1680x1050 (obviously by replacing the res shown above)

I know what you mean though, it is kinda frustrating that the devs couldn't have just included the option for higher widescreen resolutions!

V1N.

topgun06 · 27 Oct 2006 at 14:38

Got my copy delivered today

I haven’t played on it yet so cant comment.

The performance in the settings tester is better than i expected, i get a minimum of 42 fps on full full settings. Its just that I cant get the game resolution any higher than 1024 x 768 in the settings menu. There is no option higher than 1024 x 768. Will I have to force the resolution? Has anyone else noticed this?

StevenG · 27 Oct 2006 at 17:14

Got my res running at 1600x1200 atm, going to do the res hack when i get round to playing it again, the graphics are excellent as you would expect from F.E.A.R and there is some scary **** coming at you within the first few scenes.. great expansion. get it bought!

F.E.A.R Extraction Point on Dell 2407WFP
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/4117/pict0081mc8.jpg

Don't swear! FF.

DaveyD · 27 Oct 2006 at 18:37

StevenG said:
Got my res running at 1600x1200 atm, going to do the res hack when i get round to playing it again, the graphics are excellent as you would expect from F.E.A.R and there is some scary ****coming at you within the first few scenes.. great expansion. get it bought!

F.E.A.R Extraction Point on Dell 2407WFP
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Watch your language please.

topgun06 · 27 Oct 2006 at 19:05

StevenG said:
there is some faeces coming at you within the first few scenes.. great expansion. get it bought!

Oh great stuff! Right in there with the action is what i like to hear, good good.

Jack Bauer · 27 Oct 2006 at 19:12

didnt they patch fear for wide screen? cant belive they did this then never past it on to the expansion