F.E.A.R. 3
Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Jun 21, 2011
Developed by Day 1 Studios, F.3.A.R. (pronounced "Fear Three") is the final chapter in the F.E.A.R. franchise and continues the twisted story of Alma Wade and her two sons, Paxton Fettel and the Point Man.
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Of course, this isn't an officially released image. On top of that, reps for Warner, which would publish any sort of would-be FEAR successor, didn't offer any comment when asked about it. But doesn't your gut already hurt in that special way that tells you that this is absolutely legitimate?
Assuming it's accurate and official, I'm left wondering one thing. Why, exactly, does anyone still think that slamming a number into your title is a good way to make your sequel stand out? All I ever think of is DRIV3R, which (in case you forgot) was an utter trainwreck. It doesn't add edge to a game, it makes it look like it was written out by some script kiddie WH0 L0V3Z 2 B3 L33T S0N!!!!1111
While I'll give a partial pass to games that use them for dopey abbreviations (Left 4 Dead, Ready 2 Rumble), the numbered sequel thing sucks almost as hard as a thing can possibly suck.
More importantly, I wanted to point you to our page in the database that deals with this tragic topic, Letters Replaced by Numbers in Title. It's a pretty comprehensive list of this sort of thing. This awful, awful thing.
Of course, this isn't an officially released image. On top of that, reps for Warner, which would publish any sort of would-be FEAR successor, didn't offer any comment when asked about it. But doesn't your gut already hurt in that special way that tells you that this is absolutely legitimate?
Assuming it's accurate and official, I'm left wondering one thing. Why, exactly, does anyone still think that slamming a number into your title is a good way to make your sequel stand out? All I ever think of is DRIV3R, which (in case you forgot) was an utter trainwreck. It doesn't add edge to a game, it makes it look like it was written out by some script kiddie WH0 L0V3Z 2 B3 L33T S0N!!!!1111
While I'll give a partial pass to games that use them for dopey abbreviations (Left 4 Dead, Ready 2 Rumble), the numbered sequel thing sucks almost as hard as a thing can possibly suck.
More importantly, I wanted to point you to our page in the database that deals with this tragic topic, Letters Replaced by Numbers in Title. It's a pretty comprehensive list of this sort of thing. This awful, awful thing.
I'm still under the impression that it's just a huge marketing ploy to get people to talk about it on the internet. And they'll change it to F.E.A.R. 3 when it gets closer to release.
There's no way they actually decided that this name would be a good idea...
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...Numbers for letters may actually be one of the most annoying things in the world. Why Monolith, why?
Hey.... don't.... :(
Yeah, F3AR is a really dumb name. But it's not the worst instance of this I've seen.
Remember THI4F?
http://www.thief4.com/
But... F.E.A.R. is an acronym!! They can't do this! It breaks everything!!
First Encounter Assault Recon !! Not First 3 Assault Recon! This is the worst idea!
So we ca expect FE4R in a fer years.
EDIT: Aghhh. There are probably tons of people who beat me to it.
I'm still waiting it out for Street 5er and H4LO before I can comment on the retardation injected into this concept.
" I don't see the problem. Why is F.3.A.R any worse than F.E.A.R. 3? "What word does the letter 3 stand for?
" @creamypies said:Who's to say you're part of a F.E.A.R team in this one?" I don't see the problem. Why is F.3.A.R any worse than F.E.A.R. 3? "What word does the letter 3 stand for? "
Hopefully Monolith will realise their horrid mistake and change the name. If not then things aren't starting well.
Yeah...totally dumb fuckin name. Just doesn't work with this title at all. Though it still gets me excited knowing that there's a new F.E.A.R. installment in the works. I'd rather have another Condemned sequel before that, though.
How are you even supposed to pronounce it? I'm genuinely not sure. Is it just supposed to be pronounced "Fear"? Because wouldn't that conflict with F.E.A.R. 1? Are we supposed to call it F.E.A.R. 3? Because if so why not just make that the actual title? I'm sure as hell not going to call it "F-Three-Ar."
" @MattBodega said:FEAR 5 could work as FEAR5 right?" I can't wait for the Sequel, F.E 4. R. God damn it. "I hate you more than words can possibly express right now. "
" How are you even supposed to pronounce it? I'm genuinely not sure. Is it just supposed to be pronounced "Fear"? Because wouldn't that conflict with F.E.A.R. 1? Are we supposed to call it F.E.A.R. 3? Because if so why not just make that the actual title? I'm sure as hell not going to call it "F-Three-Ar." "Presumably just Fear, but then you can't tell if you mean the first or the 3rd game. I always pronounced DRIV3R as Driv-three-er. It sounded hilariously dumb, but rightly so.
I doubt I will ever talk about F3AR, but if I do, it will be Fff-three-ar. Those fuckers deserve it.
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