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FEAR 2 demo is out

  • 22-01-2009 4:58pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭


    Download here, not bad speeds, I'm gettin 350kbps+
    Can't wait as I really liked the first one

    fixed link


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭T-b0n3


    Thanks getting it now. Really liked the 1st one.

    Going at 140kps, not the best but still okay :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭BuddhaJoe


    Eh that link goes to the Purseus Mandate (Fear expansion pack) demo.

    Edit: Fear 2 demo http://www.gamershell.com/download_38288.shtml


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭T-b0n3


    **** didn't even notice. Only getting 30kps from this one! and its 1.8gb going to take a while!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    BuddhaJoe wrote: »
    Eh that link goes to the Purseus Mandate (Fear expansion pack) demo.

    Edit: Fear 2 demo http://www.gamershell.com/download_38288.shtml

    shít, sorry, first link I got was slow so I googled for another, its fixed now


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭T-b0n3


    Found a rapidshare link so wont be long! :D Heading out now though so it will have to wait.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    T-b0n3 wrote: »
    Found a rapidshare link so wont be long! :D Heading out now though so it will have to wait.
    ditto :)

    5 parts left


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    hands down ****ing awesome and best game I've played in ages.

    everything fear had going for it and improved upon and added to.

    ny0m ny0m ny0m.

    a little jerky at max settings at certain points for me during the demo but thankfully not during any of the combat.

    only copped after I'd nailed a few guys at one part that you can flip over tables and stuff for cover and also open car doors for more cover.

    quality.

    quite jumpy too..more so than the original :)

    ftfw for 2 words -
    laser gun...mech suit


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,601 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    Demo is now live on Steam also - link.

    I cant wait to try it out!


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    cant wait to try it gonna download tomorrow :D.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 329 ✭✭BuddhaJoe


    Absolutely loved it. Its the little touches, like if you have a logitech G15 keyboard the LCD screen on it flickers in sync with the game. Amazing!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭ProjectColossus


    BuddhaJoe wrote: »
    Absolutely loved it. Its the little touches, like if you have a logitech G15 keyboard the LCD screen on it flickers in sync with the game. Amazing!

    That is damn cool! I'll be downloading the demo onto Steam, tomorrow. God bless having super fast internet in college :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    how big is the file. My connection is crap lol


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    seanybiker wrote: »
    how big is the file. My connection is crap lol

    :rolleyes: 1.7GB


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    :rolleyes: 1.7GB
    Jebus thats gonna take me ages. Ill drop xbox down to me mate. He downloads at 2mb a second compared to my 100kb per second


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    Do want!
    Oh man, I love Valve, Steam rocks.

    EDIT: I now want this game more than I have ever wanted a game before, GoW2 can get in line, this is it.
    They have fixed my main issue with FEAR, the obvious switch between horror & action, I nearly left a furrow in my jocks twice there, and I wasn't properly immersed either (My doing, lights on someone else in the room.).
    Do want!
    QFT good buddy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    OMG, just had a quick rip there before bed and its amazing.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,892 ✭✭✭bizmark


    felt a bit sick after playing it anyone else get that?


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,282 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    bizmark wrote: »
    felt a bit sick after playing it anyone else get that?
    Because of how awesome it is? Cause it really is awesome.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,892 ✭✭✭bizmark


    Well thats a given seeming that it has big mechs to control


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    bizmark wrote: »
    Well thats a given seeming that it has big mechs to control

    AH!
    Now I wanna play it again!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    650 kbps over steam for me

    edit: Stuck on "Download starting..." now oh well


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 23 .boards.ie


    This reminds me to finish the first one, and about 4 other games.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 764 ✭✭✭ProjectColossus


    This demo is made of win.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Used a rapidshare link, excellent :D

    So........basically within 5 mins it was the scariest game I had ever played, well...in recent memory :eek:

    There were 2 things of note for me :)

    1.
    When walking through that corridor i was reminding myself...'its just a game, stay calm...theres no reason to.....RUNN......jesus runnnn.....feck feck feck ..WTF !!!!!....okay...ok....lets just sit in this corner here and wait....your not being a scaredy cat...its tactics...yeah...that it...tac...OH JESUS HELP ME!!!'


    2.
    There should be warning for anyone with the slightest heart condition, its ridiculous !!!


    Excellent variety of weapons for a demo, though I was dissappointed they left out walking, and the leaning .
    Also the mech part does nothing for me, just confusing. Jumping from a tense-horror-shooter straight into a mech shoot everything game


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    there was this one bit where I was walking into the train station I think and the lights where flickering and I heard something falling over in the distance behind me, so I turn around AND THE NAKED ADULT ALMA IS STANDING RIGHT THERE. I literally jumped right away from the screen shouting "OH HOLY SH*T!!!!"

    Seriously, like Sean, I had to mentally keep reminding myself it was just a game.

    Graphically though its not that impressive, kinda wish it lived up to its 5.9 Vista rating. I can run it at 1920x1200 with everything maxed. But still I don't think this game is selling itself on its graphics, more on the pants soiling tension :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    i hope this runs well on my 4850:(, cant wait to try it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,067 ✭✭✭L31mr0d


    Spunge wrote: »
    i hope this runs well on my 4850:(, cant wait to try it.

    It runs pretty good, although it suffers from the autosave stuttering of the first one. I hope they enable an option to disable it, I prefer to use quicksave anyway.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 81,083 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    gonna download it now,saw some pics looks very gorey :D.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    After playing the demo, I'll be getting this when it comes out :D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 988 ✭✭✭Zeouterlimits


    I loved the first F.E.A.R.
    but I didn't think too highly of the demo. Just felt frustrated the entire time.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭DarkJager


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    Used a rapidshare link, excellent :D

    So........basically within 5 mins it was the scariest game I had ever played, well...in recent memory :eek:

    There were 2 things of note for me :)

    1.
    When walking through that corridor i was reminding myself...'its just a game, stay calm...theres no reason to.....RUNN......jesus runnnn.....feck feck feck ..WTF !!!!!....okay...ok....lets just sit in this corner here and wait....your not being a scaredy cat...its tactics...yeah...that it...tac...OH JESUS HELP ME!!!'


    2.
    There should be warning for anyone with the slightest heart condition, its ridiculous !!!


    Excellent variety of weapons for a demo, though I was dissappointed they left out walking, and the leaning .
    Also the mech part does nothing for me, just confusing. Jumping from a tense-horror-shooter straight into a mech shoot everything game

    I'm intrigued. What is so pant ****tingly scary about this corridor? :D


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,072 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    just after playin the demo, i never played the first FEAR game but this is incredible, will defo be buying this:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    Ye gotta play it seriously :)...and i suggest for anyone whos gonna play it..do it properly

    That is...not at 2pm with a cup of tea and the light glarin off your screen

    9pm-3am ....at night, All the lights off, headphones on ...along with a nappy :P


    But no DarkJager...youll know when ye play the demo..bout 5 mins in i think it is...i dunno WTF they are heheh. Its a combination of them, the lights, the sound and the tone the game sets...excellently done.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭Fizman


    Downloaded this last night and just fired it up there. Is anyone else having sound problems??

    The sound works for the initial screens (Warner Brothers etc) but when the game menu screnn and game itself loads up, I have no sound whatsoever!!!! Peeing me off right now, cos I've a few hours to burn! :mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    SeantheMan wrote: »
    9pm-3am ....at night, All the lights off, headphones on ...along with a nappy :P

    Headphones, MEH, even with the first F.E.A.R., 5.1 surround sound and a good soundcard are a MUST HAVE, You hear things crawling and moving behind You. The sounds are just amazing, scare the living shít outa You.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    PogMoThoin wrote: »
    Headphones, MEH, even with the first F.E.A.R., 5.1 surround sound and a good soundcard are a MUST HAVE, You hear things crawling and moving behind You. The sounds are just amazing, scare the living shít outa You.

    Maybe for those of us who live alone and have noone else in the house, Sure I can only play RockBand when everyone has gone out I make so much noise :P


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,601 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    I just found out today that FEAR 2 will use SteamWorks, if you buy the game via retail you will have to register it on Steam.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    DarkJager wrote: »
    I'm intrigued. What is so pant ****tingly scary about this corridor? :D
    It's the number of 'corridor-esque' moments is all :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,711 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Well FEAR 1 creeped / scared the crap out of me (the office levels had me the most, specifically a "cubicle" moment :D) & had some very good shooting and AI.

    Judging by this demo, both will remain the same; they continued the excellent high levels of tension & scares, and the FPS elements were very fluid with some top notch AI. So at the moment FEAR2 is a "likely purchase", bar anything 'orrible in the full game (though I did get sick and tired of the repetitive levels somewhat in the first game).

    Scary, scary game.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,282 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    pixelburp wrote: »
    specifically a "cubicle" moment :D)
    That was definitly the scariest moment in the game. Really freaky.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭thebigcheese22


    Argh still waiting for it to download via Xbox live marketplace,3 hours and only 60% through :(

    Needless to say i have 3 wireless internet... :mad:

    Hope its worth the wait...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,698 ✭✭✭✭BlitzKrieg


    played the xbox demo just there.

    Liked it but not wowed.

    Took me a few minutes to get into the old Fear stride and being the first one I've tried on a console it naturally feels a bit stiffer then the pc original.

    Though I remember the original allowing the player to do flying kicks wall flips and dives (though it could be a tricky memory) while this one doesnt, so the combat doesnt feel as much off the wall as the original.

    Though its still good with the AI and the meaty weapons and satisfying scenery destruction.

    The whole paranormal aspect is really overdone compared to the original, but my guess is the demo is like the one from the first game where its bits and pieces stuck from different levels.

    But there are some good elements. Its nice that the paranormal is no longer just a lightshow and there will now be aspects where you seem to have to fight poltergiest etc (better then those *shades* from the first game) seriously had me tiptoeing through that section of the demo and trying to shoot the high speed ghost coming at me ducking and weaving.

    My only serious complaint about the paranormal is that it doesnt have the same WTF? element when we know most of whats needed to know about Alma and everything is coming from her. I liked how in the original she was a rarity but seriously creepy and it was pattel who was haunting you and taunting you more throughout the game. I hope there is a similar element in this one, that there is a more creepy and powerful entity behind the one at you all the time.

    Anyone else get a a slight tingle of Shogo (earlier monolith game) when they got in the mech (or at least AVP2)?

    Overall I might pick it up for the pc more then anything else


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,912 ✭✭✭SeantheMan


    BlitzKrieg wrote: »
    .

    Though I remember the original allowing the player to do flying kicks wall flips and dives (though it could be a tricky memory)

    I think it is slightly tricky, unless my game old game didnt have a wall flip and dive option :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,742 ✭✭✭Branoic


    Yeah I don't remember wall flips or dives in the first game. Do remeber the jumping kick though, that was cool. One of the tips shown during the fear 2 demo about the melée controls did say combine it with running or jumping for special moves.

    All in all fantastic demo. Love the familiar Fear slowmo shooting and the scares are brilliant. I am very iffy about the mech though. Just doesn't seem to fit. Hope there aren't long periods of mech use in the game.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    L31mr0d wrote: »
    there was this one bit where I was walking into the train station I think and the lights where flickering and I heard something falling over in the distance behind me, so I turn around AND THE NAKED ADULT ALMA IS STANDING RIGHT THERE. I literally jumped right away from the screen shouting "OH HOLY SH*T!!!!"

    Seriously, like Sean, I had to mentally keep reminding myself it was just a game.

    Graphically though its not that impressive, kinda wish it lived up to its 5.9 Vista rating. I can run it at 1920x1200 with everything maxed. But still I don't think this game is selling itself on its graphics, more on the pants soiling tension :D
    spoiler tags


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,019 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Really impressive demo, on the fright side of things anyway. I was almost too terrified to look behind me at some points, and going around corners I slowed to a crawl. Amount of shotgun pellets I emptied into some of the more sudden 'ghosts' :eek:

    Great atmosphere, gunplay seems similar enough to the first (especially the shotgun, which thankfully retains some of its ridiculously powerful kick). Hope they don't dwell on the mech gameplay to much - might break the whole thing up a bit. And graphics feel a bit underwhelming - enemies in particular seemed way too shiny or something (on 360 anyway).

    Looking promising though, and if they maintain the scares may well be picking this up. Hopefully they will solve the repetition issues of the first - damn generic industrial offices.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,804 ✭✭✭Benzino


    Played it last night (in the dark) on the 360.

    I felt like the game was really trying to scare me, but totally failed. Which surprised me, cause horror games scare the crap outta me. I dunno, maybe it's just that all of this was done before in FEAR 1, so I was expecting it.

    Graphics wise, they were nice (on 360 btw), but nothing mind blowing. What did impress me was the special effects, they were freaking awesome. Even more so as I am doing a games development course, and it's just amazing how they do it.

    The weapons felt good (which some fps games actually fail to get right *ahem* Quake 4..), a nice selection of them too. The slow-mo was good as well, but at this stage it's nothing new or special.

    All in all, i thought it was good. Disappointed a little, was expecting more (didn't even finish the demo) based on the comments here. I'm sure i'll get it when it comes out, just not straight away.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,459 ✭✭✭T-b0n3


    Only played a small bit of it so far but its great, only thing thats bad is even though I've turned sensitivity down to the lowest its still EXTREMELY sensitive! And also can't bind anything to mouse 4 or 5! :( I'm sure the game will have these issued sorted!! ( I hope!)

    Adam

    edit// Just finished it...Loved it Loved it loved it... Cant wait for it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9 Dimgalad_PT


    Just finished the demo... going to clean the scared poo on the chair... :Dthat flash in the theatre did it for me... DAMN YOU ALMA... oh wait... she allready is...!!!:D

    All s***t aside its really great... can't wait for the full game... great playabillity, good (could be better) graphics, scary,scary visual and sound effects(the best i've listen to)... don't know about the mechs though... hope their not a big part of the game. or if they are hope they get better(slugish movement).

    all in all a MUST buy...

    FEAR ALMA AGAIN INDEED!!!:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,200 ✭✭✭muppetkiller


    Played it and thought it was pretty poor to be honest. Nothing it it that blew me away.
    The first FEAR was so much better and this looks like it's just rehash of the first one.


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