F.E.A.R. 3 - oh no.

[Plurralbles]

so the extra character is Tails-useful? haha, sucks to be them.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Well, I liked F.E.A.R. 2. Although I never found ANY of the games scary.

I love them for the combat.

 

[Marter]

I should really play the F.E.A.R games, they look like they would make a good rental for a night of horror.

 

[Tdc2182]

WHAAAA? Gosh darnit.

If you remember the first demo of fear 2 being played at E3 or something, that was amazing. it used the same gun and blood effects along with pretty much the same engine. It would have been good if they didnt muff up the effects engine. they took the nice feel of kinetic impact out.

But jeez, I am kinda bummed now. I was hoping they would rock out with their weiners out for this game.

BTW: This is what I am talking about. Note the differences in the gun fights. Dont fix what aint broken

Before

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After

Spoiler

 

[King Kupofried]

Is that..really such a bad thing?
I haven't exactly kept up with things particularly well but I don't see anything that forces you to play with another person. If the solitude is what you desire then just..don't play Co-op?
As far as I am concerned putting in co-op simply adds more play value to the game, the idea of controlling Paxton's spirit is incredibly more interesting than simply throwing in an additional generic gun-man.

 

[AceDiamond]

Am at a loss for words. I always see everyone here preaching how games have no creativity. Fear 3 trys somthing diffrent and now everyone hates it.

People are hypocrites, this is a fact.

Personally I think it's a great idea especially seeing as how Fettel apparently has objectives that don't run parallel to the Point Man's and players can choose to be a complete and uttter bastard in that respect. It's not like it's going to be split-screen play from what I'm gathering, rather something played through a system link or online, so you're not going to know for sure what your buddy is up to. Sure they have to work together, but only up to a point, again this is just from what I gathered from the article in Game Informer.

 

[Daedalus1942]

I just read a huge preview of F.E.A.R. 3 and it has effectively killed any expectations I had of the game.

It has co-op campaign.

This in itself will mean the scares are even less frequent than in F.E.A.R. 2, but it gets worse...

Player 2 plays as Paxton Fettel. That's right... a ghost. And he can't shoot. Nope. He sees the world in a wierd red haze, can find hidden stuff and possess bodies for a few seconds.

Honestly, the game is off my 'might buy' list now.

Did people enjoy F.E.A.R. 2? Can you imagine the game with co-op, and do you think it's a good or bad thing?

And for discussion's sake... what games had really good co-op campaigns?

If they make co-op crazy hard then It could be good, otherwise, fuck it.
Perfect Dark Zero had a decent co op campaign, as did Area 51 on PS2(I know, everyone hated it).
The best co-op campaign by far though, goes to Resistance 2. It really is just pure awesome.

 

[clutch-monkey]

rental time..
i liked the first, was quite a tense game at times, didn't mind the expansions that much either. FEAR 2 though.. they lost the fucking plot.

 

[shemoanscazrex3]

Who the heck wants to be a ghost that does nothing? Good luck on finding Co-op partners

 

[lacktheknack]

So, an extra feature makes you not buy the game?

Makes sense.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Don't care, still buying it day 1...
I'm a FEAR fanboy. >_>
I just have a thing for horror games...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

So, an extra feature makes you not buy the game?

Makes sense.

One of the reasons people loved the first game was the horror factor, which won't be present if co-op is there.

Read the rest of the replies before you make smart-ass, annoying comments.

 

[lacktheknack]

So, an extra feature makes you not buy the game?

Makes sense.

One of the reasons people loved the first game was the horror factor, which won't be present if co-op is there.

Read the rest of the replies before you make smart-ass, annoying comments.

I read the other comments, and am unconvinced that co-op and horror are mutually exclusive.

And even if they are, I imagine that the co-op campaign would differ slightly (or majorly) from the single player campaign (unless the devs lack common sense, or time, or will, probably all three).

Do I have permission to make smartass, annoying comments now?

 

[NoNameMcgee]

I thought F.E.A.R. 2 was 'bleh'. Especially the story. So I have very little expectation for the third game... I quite enjoyed the first one though.

I wish Monolith would make another No One Lives Forever game...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

So, an extra feature makes you not buy the game?

Makes sense.

One of the reasons people loved the first game was the horror factor, which won't be present if co-op is there.

Read the rest of the replies before you make smart-ass, annoying comments.

I read the other comments, and am unconvinced that co-op and horror are mutually exclusive.

And even if they are, I imagine that the co-op campaign would differ slightly (or majorly) from the single player campaign (unless the devs lack common sense, or time, or will, probably all three).

Do I have permission to make smartass, annoying comments now?

No, not on my thread. I prefer your well thought out and intelligent posts like that one.

Co-op and horror are not mutually exclusive, that's true. But from my experience (and most would agree), a second player or AI partner helping you works as detriment to the scare factor.

For example: Resident Evil 5. Sheva basically ruined Resident Evil for a lot of fans.

 

[AceDiamond]

Who the heck wants to be a ghost that does nothing? Good luck on finding Co-op partners

He does a lot more than "nothing". He can stun enemies and possess them (thus taking on their abilities), he can suspend an enemy in mid-air. He can go places the Point Man can not, find areas the Point Man can not, and that's only what I know from the Game Informer article. Again people are really trying to downplay the fact that Fettel is going to play a lot differently from the Point Man, but in a good way.

 

[lacktheknack]

So, an extra feature makes you not buy the game?

Makes sense.

One of the reasons people loved the first game was the horror factor, which won't be present if co-op is there.

Read the rest of the replies before you make smart-ass, annoying comments.

I read the other comments, and am unconvinced that co-op and horror are mutually exclusive.

And even if they are, I imagine that the co-op campaign would differ slightly (or majorly) from the single player campaign (unless the devs lack common sense, or time, or will, probably all three).

Do I have permission to make smartass, annoying comments now?

No, not on my thread. I prefer your well thought out and intelligent posts like that one.

Co-op and horror are not mutually exclusive, that's true. But from my experience (and most would agree), a second player or AI partner helping you works as detriment to the scare factor.

For example: Resident Evil 5. Sheva basically ruined Resident Evil for a lot of fans.

To RE5's credit, it's hard to believe that it was trying to go for the horror feel anyways.

And now that I think of it, F.E.A.R. isn't exactly "hardcore horror" either. I didn't find much of the game to be all that scary, just tense. Like Fallout 3 at night. I'll admit, it does try, and maybe they can use the co-op for some masterfully designed two person scares (Imagine the doppelganger scenario! This would only work over a LAN/internet connection, but that would make for intense moments, where your "teammate" suddenly possesses you and tries to throw you into a dangerous area...)

 

[MiracleOfSound]

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To RE5's credit, it's hard to believe that it was trying to go for the horror feel anyways.

And now that I think of it, F.E.A.R. isn't exactly "hardcore horror" either. I didn't find much of the game to be all that scary, just tense. Like Fallout 3 at night. I'll admit, it does try, and maybe they can use the co-op for some masterfully designed two person scares (Imagine the doppelganger scenario! This would only work over a LAN/internet connection, but that would make for intense moments, where your "teammate" suddenly possesses you and tries to throw you into a dangerous area...)

True, I think Resi 5 was going for a more Gears of War style experience as opposed to the survival horror of old.

F.E.A.R. scared the shit out of me once or twice... remember that scene on the ladder?

I just can't imagine it being in any way effective with another person there. (though it did scare the living shit out of my GF when I made her play that section hehe)

 

[Irridium]

Wow really?

Its really damn hard to create fear when your with someone else. Not impossible, but damn hard. And after FEAR2, I don't think they can do it. In the second they turned the encounters into quicktime events, which killed any fear they could have given.

This is just stupid.

As for the discussion, Gears and Halo have really fun co-op.

 

[spinFX]

The co-op idea of F.E.A.R 3 sounds terrible. I will not be scared with a partner. I will giggle and laugh at the scares. The ghost idea sounds like a separate game entirely :S

Saints Row 2 is the best example of a co op game ever. You could split up, have your own customized car. Both characters had their own cutscenes etc. Amazing.