Is the original F.E.A.R.'s graphics dated?

Thinking about buying it. I know it's a 2005 game. Just want to know how much dated they are

The lighting still looks pretty good for the most part. So do the particle effects. Textures are quite dated by today's standards, though.

An odd mix really, The envioments looked dated even when the game released, the models, physics, lighting, and particles look quite well still (to me they look alot better then FEAR 2 somehow)

Its playable without question.

Graphics are fine, repetitive level design though!

It's dated in a good way.

There's really only 3 or 4 maps(levels), the graphics are decent, nothing special, but not bad at all.

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Wouldn't say they're that dated.

Wouldn't say they're that dated.

Treflis

That actually does look dated. The textures and particle effects are quite ugly, as are the character models.

That screen does the game no justice though.

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Wouldn't say they're that dated.

Mischievity

That actually does look dated. The textures and particle effects are quite ugly, as are the character models.

That screen does the game no justice though.

it looks good

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[QUOTE="Treflis"]

Wouldn't say they're that dated.

Diophage

That actually does look dated. The textures and particle effects are quite ugly, as are the character models.

That screen does the game no justice though.

And I said that they look dated. So what's the problem?

Dated but playable.Nighteg

yeah it still has decent graphics, maybe the water effects are bad by todays standards, but everything else is good, physics are awesome considering its been a while since it was released

I played it the other day, and they still look good. It's not like Deus Ex, or anything like that.

In fact the game is easier in my eyes than Battfield 2, which I can't even look at now.

FEAR's geometry is kinda primitive but the game overall still looks decent.

The game also does some things that many modern games still don't do such as 3D water and parallax occlusion.

Yeah it's dated but back then alot of people thought the graphics were amazing. I like the original Fear way better then 2 or 3 as far as gameplay, get the game you won't be disappointed..

I still think FEAR looks really good. The particle effects, post processing, and lighting still looks awesome. I was very disappointed to play the demo of FEAR 2 and see those effects downgraded from the original game.

Graphics are not the end all to making a great game.

DeViLzzz

That saying is so cliche these days. Graphics do help give the player a better experience.

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Graphics are not the end all to making a great game.

JangoWuzHere

That saying is so cliche these days. Graphics do help give the player a better experience.

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[QUOTE="DeViLzzz"]

Graphics are not the end all to making a great game.

Diophage

That saying is so cliche these days. Graphics do help give the player a better experience.

There are some games I just play to aimlessly wander about, and gape at the amazing open world, and beautiful graphical effects.

You can always use ENB mod, even if the game isn't supported. I think FEAR 1 is fine, because levels and art direction were appropriate for what it achieved graphically. For example many people would say this is the case with HL2 where they prefer the old graphics over using a mod like Cinematic Mod 10.94, but the option is there for people that want the game to be more modern in terms of visuals.

[QUOTE="DeViLzzz"]

Graphics are not the end all to making a great game.

JangoWuzHere

That saying is so cliche these days. Graphics do help give the player a better experience.

[QUOTE="DeViLzzz"]

Graphics are not the end all to making a great game.

JangoWuzHere

That saying is so cliche these days. Graphics do help give the player a better experience.

The techinical details, when every thing is maxed out, in the original look much better than any of the newer games. That's because the original was not originally made for the consoles and didn't need to cut corners for the engine to run smoothly on a console.

Frankly, I'm sick of the FEAR series. Monolith is stuck in a rut with it and need to move on.

6 years isn't really that old. The graphics are fine. The game is pretty amazing, though.Blacklight2

[QUOTE="Blacklight2"]6 years isn't really that old. The graphics are fine. The game is pretty amazing, though.C_Rule

Looks a bit dated but it's the only good FEAR game so I suggest you do play it. FEAR 3 is actually pretty decent though but they took out all the scares which made it terri-bad.

Play it! Its still great!

Frankly, I'm sick of the FEAR series. Monolith is stuck in a rut with it and need to move on.

Qixote

Monolith developed FEAR and FEAR 2; they've moved on.

FEAR's two expansions were developed by Timegate Studios; FEAR 3 by Day 1 Studios.

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Frankly, I'm sick of the FEAR series. Monolith is stuck in a rut with it and need to move on.

JackBurton

Monolith developed FEAR and FEAR 2; they've moved on.

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[QUOTE="Qixote"]

Frankly, I'm sick of the FEAR series. Monolith is stuck in a rut with it and need to move on.

Qixote

Monolith developed FEAR and FEAR 2; they've moved on.

Before we say "eww," don't you think we should wait and see how it is? Who knows... it could be brilliant.Diophage

I wouldn't call it dated. I'd call it old-school.

If you can deal with Super Meat Boy odds are you can deal with FEAR.

dated but not bad looking