F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate versus Project Origin

gunsmoke on 22/1/2009 at 12:25

My ati cards made the shadows look normal, also. Maybe it is an Nvidia problem?

june gloom on 22/1/2009 at 15:53

It seems to be.

EvaUnit02 on 22/1/2009 at 16:09

Played the demo, it kicks arse. Day 1 purchase for me.

Super linear with loads of scripting, but the original FEAR was just like that too so it's no big deal.

Got some minor complaints though:-* You find documents containing story details/flavour text, you can't scroll this stuff with the mouse wheel.
* Leaning was removed. CoD2+ were designed for consoles, yet the PC versions had leaning. There's no excuse really.
* You can no longer save anywhere, it's strictly checkpoint saving. But the checkpoints are plentiful and well placed, like the Infinity Ward developed CoD's from 2 onwards, so it's not so bad.

Malleus on 22/1/2009 at 16:26

Quote Posted by EvaUnit02

Leaning was removed.

You've got to be kidding me! Damn, I can only try this tomorrow evening ... but this sounds bad. I'm addicted to leaning.

june gloom on 22/1/2009 at 16:45

Fuck leaning. CAN'T SAVE ANYWHERE?

Fucking bullshit. Pounding the reload key is how I was able to do my no-damage playthrough.

Sulphur on 22/1/2009 at 16:46

I actually don't recall leaning all that much in FEAR. I favoured slow-mo over everything else though, so that's probably why.

Anyway, I gotta get my damn 'net connection fixed and download the demo. I hope it's not another half-assed PS3 port, because my TV's sharpen function isn't equipped to fight Monolith's infamous Vaseline Blur of Doom.

EvaUnit02 on 22/1/2009 at 17:05

More nitpicks:-
* No native 5-button mouse support. Come on, this should be mandatory in this day and age.
* A fixed 16:9 aspect ratio, it scales to your monitor's native ratio (like Condemned and Assassin's Creed), so that's okay for us widescreen folk. You poor bastards with 4:3 CRTs/ancient 5:4 TFTs better pray that Racer_S releases an app that opens up the matting.

Quote Posted by Sulphur

I hope it's not another half-assed PS3 port,

It's a very good PC port, IMO.

Oh and 360 is the lead dev platform for most multi-platform titles.

Quote:

because my TV's sharpen function isn't equipped to fight Monolith's infamous Vaseline Blur of Doom.

You're doing it wrong. Sharpen is not needed with modern TVs in the digital broadcasting and DVD age (especially so with HD). It was good in the VHS days, but utterly redundant now, detrimental to image quality actually.

(http://www.lyris-lite.net/quick_and_dirty_tv_setup.html) A quick guide on setting up TVs properly.

Sulphur on 22/1/2009 at 18:19

Verily, sir, I am a graphics whore, and find the idea of a guide to setup my TV wholly revolting. Away with your link, if you please.

Also - good grief. I was being sarcastic.

I know that development leads on the 360 most of the time for multiplat titles, I'm just hoping that the PS3 version's good enough so I don't have to upgrade my PC.

gunsmoke on 22/1/2009 at 20:02

You are turning into a strange, strange man.:joke:

Bjossi on 27/1/2009 at 18:16

My PC is still down, so I can't try the FEAR2 demo, but from the above comments I can tell that Monofilth are the newest victims to consolitis. To add to lack of leaning and no manual saving, I've read about that the replica soldiers' AI got downgraded noticeably.