"How will Vivendi manage to take a slice of Monolith's pie without screwing up the story?"

"BiggerBomb said:

"How will Vivendi manage to take a slice of Monolith's pie without screwing up the story?"

I'm not totally sure if I understand your question.  But the short answer is probably: "It won't be canon."  Just like those two PoS games that Sierra and Timegate put out when Monolith parted ways with them and started working on the "REAL" sequel.  If you're worried about FEAR being "Shiz'ed" out or something, then just don't play the stupid spin-offs like Extraction Point, Persues Mandate, or whatever else someone OTHER THAN Monolith tries to put it.

Besides, it far too early to tell, or even be worrying about that, anyway.  Afterall, there's only been 1 actual FEAR game so far.  (EP/PS are NOT canon)  And Monolith has been taking their time with the sequel, so I wouldn't worry too much about the fate of the series quite just yet.  ;)"

I can't remember because it's been a while since I played the EPs...but I'm pretty sure that they didn't exactly follow the main character of the original game. I think Extraction Point has something to do with the original FEAR in some way, but I'm pretty sure PM was just a random piece of garbage...I'm not 100% sure, except of the EPs suckage :P

Hahah, wow.  This actually took a lot longer than I thought it would to find this information.  Maybe teh interweb is bigger than I thought.  ;)  Anyhow, here's a quote from a Community Manager for Monolith...

"The only storyline that Monolith recognizes is that which was produced from our team - so the only "official canon" is the first F.E.A.R. game. Monolith has very high standards for our products, both creatively and technically, so to ensure the quality of our narrative we will continue from great foundation laid by our team in the first installment of the franchise.

In short, ignore all expansions and ignore anything related to the franchise not produced by Monolith Productions. Sorry for any confusion that this may have caused. "

And I didn''t mean to sound like you were all "doom and gloom", BiggerB.  ;)

"Hahah, wow.  This actually took a lot longer than I thought it would to find this information.  Maybe teh interweb is bigger than I thought.  ;)  Anyhow, here's a quote from a Community Manager for Monolith...

"The only storyline that Monolith recognizes is that which was produced from our team - so the only "official canon" is the first F.E.A.R. game. Monolith has very high standards for our products, both creatively and technically, so to ensure the quality of our narrative we will continue from great foundation laid by our team in the first installment of the franchise.

In short, ignore all expansions and ignore anything related to the franchise not produced by Monolith Productions. Sorry for any confusion that this may have caused. "

And I didn''t mean to sound like you were all "doom and gloom", BiggerB.  ;)"