Zero Punctuation: FEAR 3

[EcstaticObsessive]

Whoah whoah whoah, Yahtzee actually posts threads to announce his new videos!?

Does he ever reply to anything, or does he just bugger off to go be hilarious other places? -Hunkers down and waits-

 

[Lambi]

I haven't played it, but I watched someone play it with a friend and I don't have to play it now.

Not that I'm all that interested in playing it, anyway. I liked the first one. It was good.

 

[moosek]

I actually pronounce the pointman's name like I would a surname. Like, "Hello, my name is Gerald Pointman."

EDIT: The slide tackle in the first FEAR could send enemy bodies across the room. It was fucking awesome.

 

[Irony's Acolyte]

I played through the whole campaign with a friend and we had some fun. I played as Fettel (because that's how I am) and had tons of fun possessing people and shit. Also my infinite knives of killing. Those were fun.

Anyway, while it didn't do a good job in the horror department (when you have someone sitting next to you, f3ar isn't as present), it was still fun to play through with a friend. And I did like the difference in player characters rather than 'main character' and 'not-main character but practically the same'.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Funny new video.

I bought the game myself and finished it co-op and found it better than anything I've played thusfar.

 

[Stall]

FEAR was fun, and FEAR2 was better than most modern shooters (not that that is saying much though). I might get the new one when it is on sale on Steam or something, since it seems to be a co-op centered experience, which is tough for someone who doesn't have any friends, nor a homeless person in their basement.

Fun fact: The 4 in the title of the new thief game, Thi4f, isn't replacing an E with a 4, but an A with a 4, making it "thiaf," which is actually a very old, archaic word for "thief". That doesn't necessarily reduce the douchebaggery of the title though. If anything, it makes it even more douchebaggy.

 

[Amaror]

I have a problem. Suddenly all Videos are just black and the "start" button doesn't appear. What can i do?

 

[jmarquiso]

How dare you diss multiplayer, Yahtzee! Every game should have multiplayer! I won't even touch solitaire until they patch it for 16 people and I can teabag people who draw aces!

So are you new here, or do you just play one on TV?

 

[kinapuffar]

Cool review.
Played Fear, Fear non-canon and Fear non-canon 2, and Fear 2. And you'd think after all of that time I'd be interested in finding out how it ends...



NOPE!

 

[Something Amyss]

So are you new here, or do you just play one on TV?

*looks at reg date*

*looks at post count*

*looks at posting history, including ZP vids*

Actually, I could see where you might be confused, since you probably didn't police my profile before asking that, but I'm wondering how the dripping sarcasm didn't trip you up. That stuff's mad slipper.

Though he even praises the multiplayer in this game, and instead of blasting it on its premise of co-op he merely points out it's bad to do it in the middle of a story based series.

I guess what I'm saying is, that would have been a better rtort had it not been to such a silly statement that was clearly taking the piss in the first place.

 

[Andaxay]

I don't get this numbers-between-letters thing, either, though it's bloody hilarious trying to pronounce them with my colleages.

I watched two colleagues play co-op on a lunch break once, and it was actually entertaining. I like how both characters have different abilities and therefore different strengths and weaknesses. Make "co-op" all the more co-op, haha.

 

[Hungry Donner]

What's that, Monolith released another NOLF game? No? THEN I DON'T CARE ABOUT IT.

lol THI4F? they didn't seriously go with that, oh God.

Only for the original unveiling, I think they're moved onto Thief 4 now.

 

[munkymp3]

Has anyone else noticed that the box art for FEARs 1, 2, and 3 depict a sequence of Alma slowly walking towards the camera
Oh wow. That's awesome!

By the way, I agree

 

[Mxrz]

Always wanted to get into this series, but I never could quite manage it. Just too hard to feel scared when you have a gun, bullet time, and sometimes a squad with you. Now they've added co-op too?

At first the story seemed complex, but the more I played part 2 the more I realized it was just a convoluted mess that was probably slapped together by a marketing team desperate to churn out more stories, or at least that was my impression.

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

....Wait.

Yahtzee just acknowledged that multiplayer can make a game better!

he even said signle player was shit, but it was alright in co-op!

Wait made your opinions change?

Can we expect a re-review of games you trashed because you didn't try co-op with?

 

[Jennacide]

Good on you Yahtzee. Expected a full blown thrashing, but only recieved a strong talking to. Personally I liked FEAR 3 myself, and bothered to play it both single player and co-op. The co-op is it's strong suit, especially playing as Paxton, who does laugh like a giddy child every time you possess someone, but the single player isn't a total wash if you like fps games. Of course, again you do have to deal with the ass clenching difficulty curve that goes all over the place. Soloing the EPA is hard, but taking on the 3 Force Commanders at once is probably worse, jumpy little bastards.

 

[Spider Expert]

What happened in the robot sequence?

 

[Worr Monger]

Well i never really got into the FEAR series and this game doesn't interest me either, were the previous FEARs any good?

The original F.E.A.R. is really good. I'd put it in my top 5 shooters of all time.

F.E.A.R. 2 was fun, but they kinda went more toward the action, and less toward horror. The first one blended them nicely. And unfortunately, it was a console port for PC... whereas the first game was PC... then ported to console.

The funny thing is.. if you didn't really like #2.... after you play F.E.A.R. 3... you'll say, "hmm... wow, F.E.A.R. 2 was actually pretty good."

The problem is that F.E.A.R. 3 practically abandons everything that made the original great. #2 was at least close to the first in more aspects.

F.E.A.R. 3 is a fun action shooter.... but a terrible F.E.A.R game.