Quick Look: F.E.A.R. 3

Ya'll should do co-op quicklooks more often.

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As a huge fan of 1 and 2, I've had my doubts about this game: it's not developed by Monolith, using cutscenes to move the story along, developed by the guys that made Fracture, the weird character models, implementing co-op, and based on this QL, using a rank-up system.

They really should have put out a demo. A lot of my questions would have been answered and my doubts put to rest. I had to look up a youtube walkthrough to see for myself if all the little nuances from the previous games are there. Surely enough, they are.

The flickering lightbulb in the grimy corridor, the sound of electricity crackling, echoing thumps in vents, random low growls in dark corners, the pointman's footsteps breaking the dead silence, enemies attempting to outflank you, the ominous soundtrack that ramps up during firefights, objects clattering around when you unknowingly bump into them, slide-kicking, Alma's random appearances - it's all there. Hell, the mission goal in the QL instructs you to meet up with Jin Sun-Kwon.

I'll be awaiting GB's review, but I'm willing to give it try regardless.

When was the last time you saw someone die in easy mode?

I have a legitimate and probably irrational love for F.E.A.R. 2. Something about that game just clicked with me. But I am not interested in playing this game at all.

Looks like something i'd pick up from a bargain bin for $20.

FTHREEAR looks better than I expected. I was worried when they had Call o' Duty style favelas, but the rest looks pretty decent. Paxton looks especially fun to play as. 

goddamnit developers stop making the exact same game over and over! 

@Rocospi: Please don't badmouth Day 1. I still have fond memories of MechAssault 2. :(

@buckybit: But then I wouldn't be able to RAEG about XCOM or Brothers in Arms... :'(

waaay too much time spent on single player, guys. you said it yourself: it's all about the co-op

Someone put that co-op in a game I would play, cuz that looked fun as hell.

@Meltac said:

The framerate looks horrible. 

Sure you aren't just having issues playing the video? It looks as smooth as any other console shooter here...

@MiniPato said:

Why the fuck are you in a favela and not a demonic apocalyptic city?! I'm sure you go there later on, but that favela level looks boring as hell. The gameplay also looks tiring. Just constantly tossing enemies at you with no downtime for atmospheric eeriness.

Yep, that's what I thought watching this. Non-stop-shooting at generic and dumb guys and no suspense at all.

Also, the firefights themselves looked much more intense in Fear1 - the shockwaves from grenades, sparks flying everywhere, lightsources getting hit and moving, all that in slow motiom looked especially thrilling. It's completely missing here. Even the dudes you fight don't behave as cleverly as in the first game.

I hate the way the game's splitscreen looks. Fill the whole goddamn screen! Filling parts of the screen with black in order to keep the aspect ratio is crap. It was crap in RE5, it is also crap here. Developers, look how Portal 2 does it!

I F3AR I won't be buying this game.

After watching this, and seeing how Ryan plays, I don't think I'll be able to read his review and take it seriously...

"Whoooooa, garbage bag is attacking me!"

"Now I have a gun. Ho ho ho."

The phrase 'batshitinsane' comes to mind..

Wow, jesus christ, this is HORRIBLE. Like, maybe it gets better later on but this looks like "Let's take everything that was unique and interesting about FEAR and stomp it to the ground with Call of Duty." Seriously, Co-Op and Perks? They realise this game is about atmosphere, right?

I was going to buy this game but seems they got rid of the creepy atmosphere. Love F.E.A.R and F.E.A.R 2 but this doesn't look unique, I play F.E.A.R for the thrills and chills, this seems to have neither.
 
The only redeeming factor is the co-op and the online mode, however I haven't bought Portal 2 yet so this will be a bargain bin buy.

Vinny is the worst co-op partner lol. How can a ghost die?

They actually made this fun to watch. 

Too bad about the game's lack of explaining any reason on the psychic links & any levels gained. The mini challenges (keeping track of kills with certain weapons or abilities) worked great in Borderlands where the level progression, here it does seem messed up on the design. They could have easily just put in some bit of text of the last thoughts or spots on the map to go with the psychic link to fill in some info with that part of the game. Will have to play it to find out more or if it's finally explained later.
 
Quite hard to RTFM when there is no M.

Oh god, this looks like the most boring and generic game ever!

Hmm.. gonna watch this after finishing fear 2 :D

@CptBedlam said:

@MiniPato said:

Why the fuck are you in a favela and not a demonic apocalyptic city?! I'm sure you go there later on, but that favela level looks boring as hell. The gameplay also looks tiring. Just constantly tossing enemies at you with no downtime for atmospheric eeriness.

Yep, that's what I thought watching this. Non-stop-shooting at generic and dumb guys and no suspense at all.

Also, the firefights themselves looked much more intense in Fear1 - the shockwaves from grenades, sparks flying everywhere, lightsources getting hit and moving, all that in slow motiom looked especially thrilling. It's completely missing here. Even the dudes you fight don't behave as cleverly as in the first game.

Yeah, the explosions look weak and there aren't any sparks flying around from the bullets. I'm not saying I need pretty effects to enjoy something, but bombastic firefights are a trademark in FEAR and previous games have done it incredibly well. So to see this game not meet that same standard for the series is disappointing.

I pretty much agree with Vinny. Playing the campaign by yourself looks like a bore, but co-op looks really fun. I'll probably get it when it gets cheaper, but I'm not buying it at the full 60 bucks just for the co-op.

From the makers of Fracture. LOL!

"Paxton Fettel and The Point Man" is a good name for a band name, a buddy cop movie/show, comedy skit, a book taking place over a single luncheon, a hip new lawyer joint and/or publisher... basically anything.

FEAR 3 : FEAR 2 but even more dumbed down and less scary. 
 
Sadface

This looks decent and fun as a multiplayer game, and ok as a single player game.

Well how about that, a F.E.A.R. game I might actually play. Shooting looks pretty solid, and the co-op looks delightful.

At first I was like eh, but then the co-op part seemed a 100 times more interesting. I'm interested.

Haven't played the earlier ones, but this looks really awful. Is this a bad cod level? Didn't really peek any interest in me.

This is disappointing.

@CptBedlam said:

I hate the way the game's splitscreen looks. Fill the whole goddamn screen! Filling parts of the screen with black in order to keep the aspect ratio is crap. It was crap in RE5, it is also crap here. Developers, look how Portal 2 does it!

It usually also has to do with rendering less pixels so that it can maintain a decent frame rate.

Kinda reminds me of how annoying the first two games were.

The game doesn't look bad, but it doesn't look overly inspired either. I would like to see some more of the later areas.

Didn't really impress me much. Despite really liking F.E.A.R. and F.E.A.R. 2. I might try it out, haven't bought a game in a while. Why can't Monolith make the F.E.A.R. franchise and deliver more amazing Condemned games. Oh and if F.E.A.R. 4 is F.E.4.R I'm done with this series. Why do publishers think we want number put where letter are meant to be. Reeks of marketing people not understanding their consumers.

Please, Monolith, jump back in and make us forget this thing ever existed, like you did after those infernal expansions to F.E.A.R. Oh, and take Nathan Grigg with you, goddamnit!

I came in here for a FEAR 3 quicklook and didn't see any FEAR. What happened??

Also Ryan did fucking horrible. For the 35 minutes of watching that video he didn't use slo motion once and must have gotten lost 3-5 times. You cannot make this game more linear then it already is, and yet he is getting lost.

Ryan couldn't have shown a more worse level in this quick look. The second level is just like MW2, the few levels after that I've played feels like F.E.A.R. It gets creepy and atmospheric. 
*I'm only on the 4th level so this may not be true for the entire game

@Redbullet685 said:

Ryan couldn't have shown a more worse level in this quick look. The second level is just like MW2, the few levels after that I've played feels like F.E.A.R. It gets creepy and atmospheric. *I'm only on the 4th level so this may not be true for the entire game

Damn that's a shame. Hopefully people on this site don't buy/not buy games solely on quick looks.

Fthreetus is probably my favorite name of a game ever.

For a console port this game plays really great on PC.

Around 9 minutes I looked up and wondered if they switched to Call of Duty.

Ryan? Press the Y Button. You might find something cool happening. Also, all of the sudden you might no longer play the game on easy. Just saying. Also, if you're playing Fear and ignoring the shotgun, you're doing it wrong.

Also, no, PointMan does not "totally talk". He is mute.

@SSully said:

I came in here for a FEAR 3 quicklook and didn't see any FEAR. What happened??

Also Ryan did fucking horrible. For the 35 minutes of watching that video he didn't use slo motion once and must have gotten lost 3-5 times. You cannot make this game more linear then it already is, and yet he is getting lost.

I get lost in this haphazard melange of a game as well, yet I did Portal 2 in two sittings without going after FAQs. One might say this droning first person shooter is not making you want to see what happens, so you put your brain in "relax" mode while you just pull the trigger at moving shades and lights while constantly pushing forwards. But hey, suddenly the corridor ends and you didn't care to look around the morose scenery for an exit so one might end up exiting the application instead. At least I don't have to pretend to be informative about a game that doesn't inform you properly about anything, while playing. It might be even harder to pay attention then, I don't know.

Someone should've pointed out to Ryan Davis that he could slow time.