fear F.E.A.R. again!
User Rating: 9.5 | F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin X360
FEAR is finally back and I can safely say has retained everything that made the first fear so great yet has expanded in the ways a good shooter should. The story is a little more confusing, but like the first game, a little investigating can change all of that. It starts out with your team attempting to take Genvieve Auristide into protective custody to protect her from ATC who are trying to "cover up" Project Origin. You play as Sergeant Beckett and are the newbie to the squad. I dont want to spoil anything of the story because it heats up pretty quick, so i will continue on. There are way more new and interesting weapons to decimate your enemy's with like flamethrowers and lasers. A new and dramatic change is how the camera shifts and you can see your arms when you do things that makes FEAR 2 a "first person experience" like Mirrors edge. Kick a table over for cover, turn a valve, or slide a key and Beckett will convincingly perform those actions. All your favorite enemy's from the first fear are back, along with some new ones too. Luckily they are just as smart and will openly flank and flush you out of cover with grenades.
And now what you have been waiting for: is it as scary as the first? the answer is... yes and no. Yes it is scary in the way the first was. The "Alma sightings" as I like to call them are still scary. Yet some of the new things they try to scare you with ( weired creatures that jump on you) just aren't the same. Still they are creepy but just not in that same F.E.A.R. way. Now onto multplayer. Its decent, but defenetly not the best part of the FEAR 2 package. You get points which can be spent to customize three load outs. You can spend the points on grenades, armor, a medpak, and of course guns. The best mode is Armored front which is like a standard point capture mode with the exception of each team getting a hulking EPA power armor! To be honest I think the multiplayer is awesome but I know it wont stand up to the overhyped juggernauts like Halo and COD.Overall Fear 2 is a very worthy sequel and should be played by anyone looking for the next great shooter.
