Steam Weekend Deal: F.E.A.R. 2 and Reborn DLC

I was a huge fan of fear 1, and while I liked the stylized look of 2, and I thought the story tied in nicely, I felt that the gunplay was toned down. Unable to tilt, and the hand to hand combat seemed weakened. On top of that the weapons balance seemed really off. FEAR had great multiplayer but I thought 2's multi was a bit of a joke. All in all though I really enjoyed the single player campaign.

I enjoyed it too, but mostly for it's slow-mo shootouts. The whole scariness seemed kinda tacked-on this time around, like a tribute to the first one.

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Personally I find the sort of "curious ghost" Alma of FEAR much scarier than the "crazy stalker fangirl" Alma of FEAR 2. Alma just wasn't as scary in her FEAR 2 grown-up zombie incarnation. The first FEAR still freaks me out with all the subtle "Alma's head poking out of a window and you just realize it then shes gone" scares, the second one it's like "you walk through a door and she jumps at you" and that's pretty much it.

The FEAR 2 demo had this really cool bit where you walked through a corridor, and if you turn around she's right behind you which made me jump bad. Same section in the full game didn't have anything as cool as that (except for the early hospital bits, those were pretty damn effective, I'll admit).

To be honest, I think they relied to much on tech and pretty effects for the "scares" in FEAR 2. They should go back to the simpler, more effective approach for FEAR 3.

All valid points, but I think it's definitely worth it at that price.

Mediocrity is attracted to mediocrity, I see.