The second one wasn't really that bad. Like yeah, sure, it wasn't great, but the fact that it wasn't "This is the walking section. This is the shooting section. This is the horror section. THEY DON'T MIX" like the first game was a massive step in the right direction.
Just... ya know.... they took like five steps back.
Fear 2 had decent Alma moments in the back half of the game, the school and the og facility where the tree from the visions is, was from my memory a nice unsettling and scary setting. Fear 2 also gave us the sniper, which was so satisfying and fit right in.
The AI in that game was nuts, especially for the time. Getting flanked while being pinned down was terrifying.
I'll never forget sprinting towards a guy on a balcony with a shotgun and before I can shoot he drops a grenade at his feet and *jumps over the balcony* to the warehouse below to save himself and leave me there with a grenade. The combination of hunting you down and self-preservation they showed was awesome.
YEEEESSS this game was terrifying. My buddy and I played this back in the day on Xbox then I bought it a few years ago for pc and it scared the crap out of me lmao. The game is so good at building an atmosphere and getting a reaction out of the player. This scene right here lives in my head rent free. Honestly a lot of stuff with this girl is scary as fuck lmao.
I think the fact that F.E.A.R. is dead says a lot about the state of the game industry right now. For me, it's one of the best FPS games ever made. Period.
This game has such a great formula, between the two games they could have forged a new genre but somehow the games only felt like 80% baked. Would have loved to see this series reach its peak.
The amount of people that said this game was awful! I absolutely LOVED this game and wish it was so much longer! How can you like RDR1 and 2, and NOT like this game! What I wouldn't give for another one!
Gun was way more RDR than RDRevolver. It was literally RDR for PS2 before RDR. Tho to be fair, RDRevolver was originally Capcom's game. Capcom didn't know what to do with the game and wanted to cancel it. Rockstar came in and bought the game to finished it and gave it a name.
Neversoft was a very talented studio that got cursed into making licensed games. Gun is their one and only original title amongst Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero games. All of their games were great, never a flop.
Ugh we really need dinosaur games, such a lack of them. I know there's a JP survival horror game coming out, and another new IP that I have forgotten about
I keep my 360 in working order in no small part due to Mercs. Mostly for New Vegas, but the everything blows up of Mercs I haven’t been able to find elsewhere.
Core gameplay was kinda awesome and was definitely such a breath of fresh air “on paper” but damn executives had to cram micro transactions into every molecule of the game and ruined it.
There was way more wrong behind the scenes than you think. As it turns out that company was basically bankrupt when they pushed Evolve out the door. Not excusing the microtransactions but they kinda made some bad deals with their publisher.
Turned out they got suckered into paying all their own advertisements out of pocket while still having to fork over a chunk of their sales revenue to the publisher. End of the day they were barely keeping the lights on
Came here to say this. I feel like it would thrive in the current climate of games. Similar to Dead by Daylight. Imo it was slightly ahead of its time.
Titanfall 2
Evolve, now with asymmetrical being more a thing
Dino Crisis
Nosgoth
Splinter Cell (if the IP goes to anyone but Ubisoft)
Dead Space remakes and continuation.
I played at launch. Best i could say its the best underbaked game ive played. So many systems that were refreshing and such a unique world and great customization. End of the day it was a bunch of great ideas that didnt fit together well. It was a beautiful, big open world that felt empty.
It just wasn't there. Small team within THQ Nordic, with big hopes. I hope to see more from them.
God damn it that game was the PERFECT platform. An unmatched movement system and awesome combat. EA just made Bioware rush it so hard and it lacked depth. The engine would totally hold up today too
Alpha Protocol. A Spy choice based RPG where you get to build your own version of Ethan Hunt, James Bond, or Jason Bourne. The game had some amazing choice matters moments, but sega didn't give it the budget it needed. When you watch documentaries about the game, it's clear Obsidian wanted to make a far greater game than they were able to. I'd really love to see them get the chance to make the spy game they really wanted because the premise of the game is honestly amazing.
I think Anthem was a masterpiece with genius developers and dogshit leadership. It absolutely doesn't deserve another chance. But it was the coolest Iron Man game I ever played. That kotaku article was legendary... And maybe more relevant than ever.
This game was an excellent simple fast paced free to play Monster Hunter, until it was sold to an NFT based company that immediately hard locked content behind microtransactions and wiped years of player progress, then went bust and refused to sell the IP
Overlord
(not to be confused with the manga/anime)
The idea of a side game in the series with four-player coop wasn't an inherently terrible one. The execution of that idea did kill the series, unfortunately... Would have much prefered to get a proper third installment instead, as the previous two main titles are forever classics (personal take).
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u/RunUesra 18d ago
Time splitters