Posted on: January 20, 2025

IncarnateAlpha

Games: 55 Reviews: 21

A typical 2009 shooter

The QTEs are stupid and movement is awful, but it doesn't have regenerating health or excessive cutscenes. However, the electricity grenades don't work in water and proximity grenades also rarely work, so the extra tools are worthless. There's only one major flaw: it's ridiculously easy (on medium at least) because the AI was downgraded. Their only gimmick is spamming grenades at you or ambushes from teleporting enemies, which they do for last quarter of this game. There's not even any point wasting your time going into bullet-time most of this game. In 90% of encounters, enemies park behind cover, or bunch up running toward you in a line in cramped linear levels, creating convenient chokepoints. A reminder why the original FEAR remains the gold standard of FPS games.

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Posted on: March 5, 2025

stemot

Verified owner

Games: 418 Reviews: 11

Better than the first....In parts

There's no denying the combat in the original game was fantastic, from the environmental effects to the enemy AI but in other areas it severely lacked. The scares were ineffective once you realized Alma couldn't hurt you and the level design was often confusing and poorly signposted with little in environment variety. The sequel for some reason decided the combat should be less frenetic and the enemies should be a whole lot dumber BUT it also adds much needed variety in locations, NPC's and enemy types. Not only do you get the Replicants from the original, now we have an assortment of mutants to fight too, set against destroyed streets, hospitals, schools, science labs etc. The game also has chances to pilot a mech that just feels great and the scares now are just better with a better sense of dread. I feel that while the original is great for the combat and will always be remembered the fondest, however the sequel is the one that I enjoy playing the most.

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Posted on: July 14, 2025

Spesslord

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Games: 20 Reviews: 1

Painfully genaric and average.

This one is worse than bad, it's through and through mediocre, there's nothing to praise it for and there's nothing so bad it makes me laugh. First and foremost are the game's animations, everything from jumping to shooting has no sense of weight or impact, weapons don't feel powerful or anything. There's no atmosphere or style either, no unique mechanics and all of the standout special weapons are awful and handle horribly. The enemy variety is about the same as the first game; mostly just dudes with guns. Basically, this game is a boring slog, spare yourself the "experience".

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Posted on: October 16, 2025

unlimited130

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 2

What is this ?

The only thing left is the name ... this is how you ruin a good title.

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Posted on: June 5, 2022

oingo_boingo87

Games: Reviews: 3

Bad sequel

I bought the game expecting something similar to Fear1 and asked for a refund a few hours laters. It is bad, honestly. I can't believe Monolith developed this game. All the things that made the first game fun and interesting are gone: - The IA is not bad but enemies are dumber than before, they don't act like a team anymore. They just keep spawning endlessly and then going after you. - Level design is horrible. Neither the enemies nor the player can make any interesing move or strategy, it is boring af. - While the game graphics are better than the first game, this sequel is actually uglier: the illumination is worse, and the post process efects are terrible. The first game has a very simple graphic design but the lights were impressive, even today are pretty good and make the original a nice looking experience. - The story is the same than Fear1 but dumber: Alma is horny and you have a problem. That's all, really. - Gameplay is completely different: this is Call of Duty with scarejumps, nothing similar to Fear1. If you have played the first game, yoo should know how impressive the combat can be: the environments getting destroyed, the dust floating into the air, the weapons' sounds... everything is gone in Fear2. Fear1 was not perfect but gameplay-wise was impressive (at least as and action game; if you expect a horror game it was a little hit-or-miss); Fear2 on the other side is one of the most underwhelming games I have played and one of the worst sequels I have seen.

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