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Jesus christ that's impressive.
Possibly the first game since Half-Life 2 that I absolutely must own the morning of purchase.
Played it for 10mins (up for work in 4hrs) only but...lordy that's special.
Graphically top-notch, the lighting and shadows are unbelievable. The characters look scarily real and the intro is superb being driven up in the car.
And what I liked most of all, what made it for me? Being in the 1st person viewpoint as usual but having your view restricted to genuine head/neck movement area when looking around stationary.
Try it during the lab bit with the 2 soldiers and the science dude, I could only look so far left and right because I couldn't move my body.
That won't mean a whole bunch to anybody else, but it's the first time I've felt like I was genuinely in the world instead of some hyper 360degree owl-man.
And the standard tutorial/walkthrough section you get in all good FPS where you're handheld through scenarios to introduce features is very well done, especially when I saw...well...I wont spoil it but it made me jump and I wanted out that room fast.
The AI is fantastic too, replayed the 1st shooty encounter 4 or 5 times to see what would happen and they reacted differently each time.
The very first time I unloaded a machinegun clip into one soldier, and the 2nd came roll-diving through the window to shoot at me, making his way to boxes for cover. I took him down eventually and he collapses spraying bullets into the ceiling causing damage to the plaster.
The 2nd time, I pistol shot the 1st guy and the 2nd came out through the door.
3rd time I headshot the 1st guy, 2nd guy booted the door open but wouldn't come out, I couldnt' see him so I switched the flashlight on
"Hey, a flashlight!" and budda-budda-budda, he shoots at me.
And the slow-motion feature beats Max Payne hands down.
I love, and I mean love shooting in that state, the ripples through the air of the bullets, the slowed down speech, the environment exploding around you with sparks and explosions and shrapnel and collapsing boxes and shelves.
Try lobbing a grenade in slow-motion, the flickering flames lighting the wall as you shotgun another guy who flies back knocking a filing cabinet over that topples into the lockers.
And it happens differently each time, not scripted destruction scenes.
If you have broadband, you really really should play this demo.
Round of applause for F.E.A.R
Possibly the first game since Half-Life 2 that I absolutely must own the morning of purchase.
Played it for 10mins (up for work in 4hrs) only but...lordy that's special.
Graphically top-notch, the lighting and shadows are unbelievable. The characters look scarily real and the intro is superb being driven up in the car.
And what I liked most of all, what made it for me? Being in the 1st person viewpoint as usual but having your view restricted to genuine head/neck movement area when looking around stationary.
Try it during the lab bit with the 2 soldiers and the science dude, I could only look so far left and right because I couldn't move my body.
That won't mean a whole bunch to anybody else, but it's the first time I've felt like I was genuinely in the world instead of some hyper 360degree owl-man.
And the standard tutorial/walkthrough section you get in all good FPS where you're handheld through scenarios to introduce features is very well done, especially when I saw...well...I wont spoil it but it made me jump and I wanted out that room fast.
The AI is fantastic too, replayed the 1st shooty encounter 4 or 5 times to see what would happen and they reacted differently each time.
The very first time I unloaded a machinegun clip into one soldier, and the 2nd came roll-diving through the window to shoot at me, making his way to boxes for cover. I took him down eventually and he collapses spraying bullets into the ceiling causing damage to the plaster.
The 2nd time, I pistol shot the 1st guy and the 2nd came out through the door.
3rd time I headshot the 1st guy, 2nd guy booted the door open but wouldn't come out, I couldnt' see him so I switched the flashlight on
"Hey, a flashlight!" and budda-budda-budda, he shoots at me.
And the slow-motion feature beats Max Payne hands down.
I love, and I mean love shooting in that state, the ripples through the air of the bullets, the slowed down speech, the environment exploding around you with sparks and explosions and shrapnel and collapsing boxes and shelves.
Try lobbing a grenade in slow-motion, the flickering flames lighting the wall as you shotgun another guy who flies back knocking a filing cabinet over that topples into the lockers.
And it happens differently each time, not scripted destruction scenes.
If you have broadband, you really really should play this demo.
Round of applause for F.E.A.R
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Gamershell mirror is slow can anyone recommend me a download mirror that uses up at 200kb/s of my bandwidth?
My head shot skillz are unbeatable.
using fraps for screenshots
using fraps for screenshots
Is there a folder for screenshots or are you using a screengrab thingy?
Chippxero wrote:
> [URL]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5512/fearspdemo20050806180139262kw.jpg[/URL]
wtf? haha
I hate you :(
EDIT: I had no idea they were meant to be people, thought it was Star wars Lego.
> [URL]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5512/fearspdemo20050806180139262kw.jpg[/URL]
wtf? haha
I hate you :(
EDIT: I had no idea they were meant to be people, thought it was Star wars Lego.
some examples form just now :D
[URL]http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5103/fearspdemo20050806180113405ln.jpg[/URL]
[URL]http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/8250/fearspdemo20050806180124598cq.jpg[/URL]
[URL]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5512/fearspdemo20050806180139262kw.jpg[/URL]
[URL]http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5103/fearspdemo20050806180113405ln.jpg[/URL]
[URL]http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/8250/fearspdemo20050806180124598cq.jpg[/URL]
[URL]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5512/fearspdemo20050806180139262kw.jpg[/URL]
didn't know you could pin people to walls, might have to give it another spin, very much max payne and chronicles of Riddock.
Quite freaky in bits with the little girl popping in and out
Quite freaky in bits with the little girl popping in and out
I have to say, the guns don't feel as beefy as I would have liked, Farcry has perfect guns for feel but these feel a bit weak, I did enjoy the nail gun though and pinning the guys to the wall by their fase, brought back the good old days of painkiller.
My graphics are so low it doesn't render the weapons, so I doubt it'll do feet and fists :(
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monkey_man wrote:
> Does holstering your weapon ("H") let you punch and kick?
Yes, just trying it now, kicking a few terrorists in the head in slow motion. A bit difficult when there's more than one though.
> Does holstering your weapon ("H") let you punch and kick?
Yes, just trying it now, kicking a few terrorists in the head in slow motion. A bit difficult when there's more than one though.
downloading at 220kbs, anytime now! I dont know how this game creeped up on me without me realising
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