F.E.A.R. Nightmare Pack available, reasonable

by Justin McElroy { Jul 4th 2007 at 9:47AM }

When we read the name of the new downloadable "Nightmare" map pack for F.E.A.R., our snarky blogger sense went haywire. "Oh, this will be rich," we said in our heads as we planned our first line, which would have gone something like "The real nightmare is being asked to pay $10 for these things!" (lolz!) But then we saw the price: 500 points ($6.25) for four new maps. Which is annoyingly reasonable.

"Well what the blood clot are we supposed to write!?" we shouted angrily, chucking our half-empty Diet Pepsi Max at our favorite kitten calendar. That's when we realized it: The names of the maps! We could include those and then hopefully make some sort of great zinger. So ... Heliport, Spill Kill, Asylum and Cafeteria. ... Nothing. OK. Well, F.E.A.R. packs are available. Go get them, or don't. We're going to go curl up with a pint of Chubby Hubby and a Nicholas Sparks book and figure out what we're even doing in this business.

Tags: dlc, fear, majornelson, xbox360

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Konny @ Jul 4th 2007 9:55AM

Multiplayer games are cashing in now... the only game XBOX360 owners will be playing very soon is haylow3. The lobbies for the other games will simply dry up.

chenry @ Jul 4th 2007 10:39AM

There there, Joystiq. It'll be ok.

Spitkicker @ Jul 4th 2007 11:48AM

You guys just focus on finding more badass images like the one for this blog and everything will work out in the end.

SeriousKriss @ Jul 4th 2007 12:07PM

Reasonable? These maps were given away for free to PC users... :s

steve @ Jul 4th 2007 12:55PM

happy place......happy place....

miles foreman @ Jul 4th 2007 2:12PM

Cafeteria? More like Laughateria... amirite?

Mike @ Jul 4th 2007 2:15PM

Hey... I've had these maps for my PC version for ages.. and they WHERE FREE~!!! What the heck.. even at $5 they are too much. Sigh.

dsimon @ Jul 4th 2007 3:03PM

a wu-tang quote and a "kitten calendar" allusion in one sentence? brilliance, with a f'n twist.

Atilac @ Jul 4th 2007 3:21PM

I'd gladly buy them, if more people played the game. There are serious population issues with the game.

halobreaker @ Jul 4th 2007 4:01PM

WTF? Does that have have Dell laptops coming from his head?

Todd H. @ Jul 5th 2007 9:33AM

I disagree #1, I don't think GoW will dry up anytime soon, the game play in Halo (grenade fest) just isn't for me anymore since being turned on to GoW.

I'm more excited about the campaign for Halo than the multiplayer, don't get me wrong I'll play it, but I'm sure I'll come back to GoW sooner rather than later.

Coyote @ Jul 5th 2007 9:40AM

Hmm lets do some math.

6.25 for 4 maps,
$33.34 current retail price at EBgames

6.25/33.34=18.75% of retail cost (10% if full $60 price)

Just think about that for a bit. These "micro" payments need to live up to their name in price not content. And free for PC is like a slap in the face your customers (not that I mind, I have this for the PC). But knowing Vistas "live" implementation its only a matter of time until they charge for the PC too.