Heres a new link to BlackByte Edition version of SGM mod v1.7. The nice thing about it is that it has all the needed files and english translation. I also like that he integrated atmosfear from complete mod to enhance the gaming experience.

LINK: http://blackbyte.org/sgm/

To be honest there are only two MODs for COP that I return time over time since they have such a great replay value. I like both for what they are, first S.M.R.T.E.R. Pripyat. What I realy liked about this mod was the new spawns in the areas you clean out that stay empty affter that. Also the new weapons, scopes and armor are gained through exploration. Links to mod http://www.gsc-game.com/main.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr3&thm_page=1&thm_id=614&sec_id=18 Link to video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sK9zSTynZc&feature=related .

Second is the Sigerous Mod or SGM . Now this one is a bit difrent since, it really changes a bit how the whole game works. And the author has put a lot efforts into this mod. First he changed how and where the the main story starts, intorduced bankers, artifact upgradeing, ability to join factions, new weapons/armor, ALPHA SQUADS and new quests and freeplay affter main game. To be honest when i first saw the list I thought it was to good to be true. Well the thing is, its a russian mod. But thanks to our good friends at GSC forum, we now have an english version of managed to translate v1.6 and so far it has been a joy to plau. Few things about this mod tough, its hard due to the new economy, ranking and dificulty. The there are the ALPHA SQUADS, ah yes the ALPHA SQUADS basicly hit squads sent to zone to kill you charachter. Now what makes the ALPHA SQUADS to stand out is the they spawn randomly have twice the better equipment and are sharp shooters. Imagine you walking on a road and you think you see somebody sneaking in the bushes then you hear some german language and then you die due to acritical to the head. At start it can be tough to beat these guys, hell one even sports and exo with TB-51 helmet. But over time one will know how to lure them near anomalie or bottlenecks and deal witht them there. Still they do add a nice random element into game. Allright now to ranking system, its like the freeplay system, the higer rank you have the better stuff you can get accsess. Now where i really have take hat off to the guy who moded this are the new quests. They are so well integrated that one wouldnt know they werent there to begin with like the Clear Sky faction from second game. Do enough quests for them and get access to their faction only exo. And youl need exo armor to finish this game, since its realy hard in nice way. Link http://www.gsc-game.com/main.php?t=community&s=forums&s_game_type=xr3&thm_page=1&thm_id=2389&page=4&sort=ASC&sec_id=19

To finish this post off, I found COP to be easy and its lack of replay value disapointment. The two mods i mentioned fix that, overall SMARTER is easy to install and enhances the original COP, SGM takes a bit effort to install, yut adds so much new things to game.

Wait is it the first time you made camp at the start of new campagin. If so then I 1st time it uses difrent map for camp. Later one the camp uses new map that has all the DLC and Mods on it.

People complain about scares, as if FEAR was ever scary lol. At least FEAR 3 still has that amazing feature where you miss all the scripted "scares" because you're too busy looking in another direction, but the musical cues still PLAY LOUDLY and then you're confused and pissed off.

Also, it's an excellent shooter. I was playing Crysis 2 today and hated the weapons. FEAR 3's gunplay is among the best ever. Fettel is very fun to play. The level design is very good and the art is excellent. If you like shooters, please do yourself a favour and buy this. Don't hate just because it's not made by Monolith. The goddamn Fracture developers delivered a FEAR experience that's better and closer to the original FEAR than Project Origin.

The slow-mo gets upgraded as you play, just like in the previous games.

Baranga

Haha yeah that did happen to me a bit to often to, I was like did something just happen?

About the weapons, yeah they are ok, but they could have included some from 2nd game. And to be honest Crysis 2 weapons werent that bad, it was the rigid attachment system that I didnt like. I so wanted to change scopes in FEAR 3 alas it was not meant to be. By the way the reason I enjoyed FEAR3 more then 2nd was because 2nd game lvls were boring. If you watch the lets plays on youtube, youl see some of the sections are to long without any plot development. The mech parts were fun so was streetfighting replicatns, but the sewer ones realy killed the mood in 2nd game.

Edit: Also the debrief scene with Beckett (FEAR2 hero) was amusing to watch in FEAR3.

Interesting news and to be honest wasnt expecting this. And if they are into rebooting titels they should reboot Shadow Warrior or hell let mr Lo Wang make a cameo aperance in Duke 3D reloaded. To be honest 1999 there were three 3D shooter game figures that stood out Duke, Lo Wang and Caleb from "Blood".

Dont agree with the score 5.5 or 6.0 I can see but not 3.5 . With current one it would mean its buggy unplayable with bad controlls. That its not a AAA+ game and maybe that was what most reviewers were expecting or something like COD series that most of the latest shooters seem to be. To me it played like Duke 3D with higly detailed maps and as a straight shooter. Btw did anybody else find the chest bursters creepy, I got the feeling that they might have used some of the assets from Colonial Marines there. Overall its not worse then say Serious Sam, NecroVIsion or Quake 4. Still it kept me constantly smiling, like the line about Halo where Duke comments about power armor being for pu**ies So yeah bet on Duke and youl get what youl expect.

Armageddon Empires, who can say no to falloutish and MTG like post apocalyptic wargame and its TURN BASED. :D

Gene Forge and Avernum series, both worth playing and run verry well from USB while lets say like playing it at work. :P

King Of Dragon Pass, turly a hidden gem among many games only downside its rare and might not run on all OP Systems. :/

Good antivirus is a must. I used to use virtual keyboard that came with Kaspersky when loging to WoW or WHO, no hacked account yet. As for malware two programs I can sugest, SpyBot Search amd Destroy and Ad-Aware.

Hope they finally pass up/sell the Freespace licence, the time is ripe for a Freespace 3 ;)Lone_Warrior_66

So true the bastards have been hoarding it for to long and not doing anything with it. Well on the bright side Derrek Smart didnt get it. :)

The first game was good, not perfect but good. One thing it did lack was replay value and no DLC content. The there was the whole straight storyline, meaning you couldnt visit other places or revisit old ones. And finlay the CQC system was so broken, when critters/mutants ran up to player to kill him, the aiming was so horrible that you were staring the flor most of time. Best example were libary guardians the fight there was the most hardest part of the game. On the bright side I heard they adressed the stealth and CQC problem so will see how it turns out. I do wonder if Reich got back their Tiger that we crashed in the last game, ahh what fun chase that was. :P From my part I wish they had a bit more customization for weapons and expand the arsenal a bit with weapons like AEK-971, Saiga, Groza, MG3 and AN-94.