LGR - F.E.A.R. Retrospective

Matt Perry

Oh man I remember playing FEAR with my P3 and GeForce 4MX. It ran like crap and I had to use a patch I found online that enabled 50% resolution rendering - so, basically, the game was running at 320x240. It ran like butter but I couldn't see a damn thing.

Julien Goodwin

Almost sounds like Coach Z "his reflexes are off the cheorts"

Alyxx the Rat

Man you're making me wanna replay FEAR. Good job!

LGR

Definitely, it's one of the few horror games I bought on PC when it first launched

moosemaimer

I remember seeing Nocturne on your shelf in a bunch of early videos, any chance you'll take a look at that some day?

LGR

Same! All those physics and shaders wrought havoc on my GeForce 6200

Rob Smith

I remember endlessly tweaking this game trying to get the best possible visuals at a reasonable frame rate.

LGR

The sheer chaos at such high speed in those office environments is truly nuts

LGR

Classic Rooster Teeth in general was just a lot of fun back then

LGR

Agreed on that point. Though I haven't played the second one since launch. Hm maybe that says enough, heh.

LGR

Haven't yet but I'm sure it'd run quite nicely considering how it plows through Oblivion!

i still have this game in disc form and it's expansion. i'll do a comment on the creative vid for the card i had on an alienware laptop i use to have.

LGR

Gotta cover HL1 before that!

I hope you get a chance to try Fallout 3 on the system!

Doug Johnson

So does this mid-2000's kick mean you're gonna cover HL2?

Vlaphor

I replayed this one a bit a few months ago and it still totally holds up in terms of gameplay. I think it feels better than F.E.A.R 2 to be honest.

Ralph Lucas

Never played the game, but I loved P.A.N.I.C.S back in the day.

Kenny Ketner

I only ever played the multiplayer. I remember the office complex level being absolutely nuts. Good stuff.

Uncleawesome

I did play the game a bit, but wasn't that interested. By then I had started to only want to play cretin types of games. I used to be so much more open minded, and could enjoy different types of games.

LGR

Heh, yeah it's more than a bit silly in parts like that.

LGR

Agreed, the sequels never held up to the first. Especially F-THREE-AR. I do remember 2 being quite fun though.

Aggs

Ohhhh yes. This game was my life for a good few months in Highschool. It's still one of my favorites, and the second one even held a candle to the original. It's a shame that the third one was such a big letdown!

sufferd748

The thing that really took me out of the first game was the Nedry character. it even played silly background music everytime you saw him

Akselmo

I used to play the FEAR Combat free multiplayer thing, it was super fun.

Alyxx the Rat

Love this game. I played it a lot later than most people since I got it in a bundle around 2012-2013 but I still think it looks really good and plays great.

I absolutely lived in this game in 2010. The flashlight was awful though, like you were a walking lighthouse beacon

i remember this game being one of the goriest games

Zachary Outen

This video had an extra helping memes lol

Cyclone

I won't lie, I actually jumped when Nic Cage popped up.

Evan B

#TooScaryForMe

I'm very much in the minority, but I actually liked Perseus Mandate more than Extraction Point. Neither is as good as the original, of course. This was a staple of my benchmarking toolkit back when I was into overclocking.

Chris Rainger

Can't wait to watch when I get home. I love this game so much. The graphics, the gameplay, the AI, the atmosphere. One of the best horror games, kinda sad it's fallen to the wayside, but at the same time, I'm glad they stopped messing with the formula after the 3rd. This was THE game I showed my console gamer buddies and it floored them every time.