F.E.A.R isn't that power hungry as people say

WatchTower · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:11

I have every thing on max on my PC now with the res set at 1280 by 1024 and I never notice any hiddous frame rate drops it runs realy smooth. It used to run realy nice on my 6800GS XXX to. I think considering the amout of sparks dust and paper flying all over the place when you let you guns rip and at the same time the game still runs smooth the game must have been extremely well made.

And look at my spec I may have a better GPU now but there's nothing special about my PC and the game runs like a dream.

GM@N · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:19

Soft shadows with 4XAA 8XAF and you'll notice in places

PinkFloyd · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:19

Agreed. Runs sweet as a nut even in 1920x1200 here on this rig, and looked great in 1280x1024 back when I had my X800XL.
Very good engine bearing mind the amount of particles, high quality normal mapping and completely realtime lighting.

charltonfan1 · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:28

I think FEAR is the best graphically looking game that i have played on my PC (can't comment on oblivion).

My system can just about handle it at 1600x1200 with max settings
[email protected], 2GB RAM, X1800XT

dafloppyone · 6 Dec 2006 at 15:33

pity it just gets boring though with repetition repetition and did I mention repetition

R3323 · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:02

i just finished fear lastnight and i thought it was great one of the best games i have played

it played great on my rig, the only thing i think kills some system is soft shadows. il be geting fear extraction point asap

SiriusB · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:19

R3323 said:
i just finished fear lastnight and i thought it was great one of the best games i have played

Easily pleased or you haven't played many games. FEAR loses its appeal after the first half an hour. The rest of the game is exactly the same.

Corridor --> Open Area --> Slow Mo --> Kill Enemies --> Pick up Ammo --> Corridor

It is basically that... then look you change buildings....

Corridor --> Open Area --> Slow Mo --> Kill Enemies --> Pick up Ammo --> Corridor

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:21

I finished the expansion pack a few days ago. I played it with a mix of medium and high settings, 2xAA but no soft shadows or AF, at 1680x1050 on an old XP2800+ with 1GB RAM and an AGP 7800GS. Had to drop it to 1440x900 after the first few levels because it started to stutter but it still looked great. It's just a shame it was so mind numbingly boring

spacegrass · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:31

WatchTower said:
I have every thing on max on my PC now with the res set at 1280 by 1024 and I never notice any hiddous frame rate drops it runs realy smooth. It used to run realy nice on my 6800GS XXX to. I think considering the amout of sparks dust and paper flying all over the place when you let you guns rip and at the same time the game still runs smooth the game must have been extremely well made.

And look at my spec I may have a better GPU now but there's nothing special about my PC and the game runs like a dream.

I have a comparable system to yours, what settings are you using?

R3323 · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:38

SiriusB said:
Easily pleased or you haven't played many games.

no not at all, i enjoyed the combat and the storyline and thought the game had a great atmosphere.

PinkFloyd · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:56

SiriusB said:
Easily pleased or you haven't played many games. FEAR loses its appeal after the first half an hour. The rest of the game is exactly the same.

Agreed it is the same thing over and over again.

But you can never have too much of a good thing, its just so much fun blowing things up over and over again

LoadsaMoney · 6 Dec 2006 at 16:58

Ran like a dream for me to Fear, had it maxed 1280x1024 with 2xAA/16xAF, only had the soft shadows off.

SiriusB · 6 Dec 2006 at 17:43

R3323 said:
no not at all, i enjoyed the combat and the storyline and thought the game had a great atmosphere.

It does have a good atmosphere, but that is not nearly enough to make up for its massive gameplay short-comings.

SiriusB

WatchTower · 6 Dec 2006 at 18:19

Part 01 of 02 of my settings

WatchTower · 6 Dec 2006 at 18:21

Part 02 of 02

There you go 0% below 25fps. I pretty please on how well it runs.

squiffy · 6 Dec 2006 at 18:30

You should disable vsync during tests. Mine are 24/40/61. 1440x1050, everything maxxed out, 4x AA, 16X AF, maximum for everything else, soft shadows on.

topgun06 · 6 Dec 2006 at 18:57

I found that the RAM makes a huge difference in this game. With 1GB my gameplay was laggy whereas as soon as i put 2GB in it was as smooth as ever on full settings.

Energize · 6 Dec 2006 at 20:11

Pigeon_Killer said:
It's just a shame it was so mind numbingly boring

Agreed, it was like playing the same level over and over again and less scary than Doom3, in comparison to fear doom 3 was a good game.

Rebelius · 6 Dec 2006 at 22:14

doesnt pixel doubling mean it's really running at 640x512??

Flammy · 6 Dec 2006 at 22:37

I tried the demo of the expansion pack the other day, I completed the original game when it came out but I was surprised how dated the graphics were. Maybe the original was better looking (can't really remember TBH), but in the demo the textures seemed to be really bland and grey and boxy. After playing games like Prey, Splinter Cell 4 and *cough* Gears of War, it seems really basic :S