Trepang2

It's been a while I had that much fun playing one of these.

While it's true that Trepang2 is much more fast-paced than F.E.A.R 1, it retains the tactical aspect by replacing the intricate level design of F.E.A.R 1 with the refined stealth system that , thanks to the invisibility cloack skill, allows you not only to catch your enemies by surprise before the fight starts, but also to hid efficienty during the fight... and you're gonna need that skill since enounters are much more populated than most arenas you've seen in the F.E.A.R. games. There's tons of cheat codes and fun in-game modifiers to unlock and also many bonus misisons that will do the simple task of throwing troops of bad guys at you. Unfortunately the narrative is not as gripping as the gameplay however it doesn't affect the overall fun factor.

pretty good but short (5 - 6 hours)

I just bought this game and I have played several missions. In each mission, I start out on easy to get a feel for the game. Even in easy, it is hard. I think the easy mode is more between normal and hard because I die more often than I can survive. The AI overpowers the game and no game is fun if it is too hard in the easy mode. I hope if others agree, enough negative reviews will get the developers to change the easy mode to what is should be, easy.

GOTY 2023 for me The game features a sort of hub area, a series of loosely-tied missions and some maps for waves-based games What it does better than FEAR - Due to the design of a series of maps, they can explore more horror concepts than FEAR's single concept. Some shit felt pulled out of a SCP entry, other stuff felt like an 80ies horror film... it's much better than in FEAR where if you're not interested by little psychics girls, then yeah there's no other horror in there for you. - The combat is as intense as the first FEAR but with much more speed. - The AI is very good, they will try to flank, they react to you taking hostages, if you used a hostage an shot someone they will not hold their fire at the next hostage, when you go invisible they will shoot at where they predict you will go (and that part is really convincing imo). I had a lot of tense moments on extreme difficulty, like a standoff against a juggernaut as I have a hostage and the ennemies were screaming "oh shit I'm not trained for this" and the juggernaut said "allright boys I'm going for it" and he just slowly walked up to me and cornered me, I had no health to afford to let the hostage go and even if I cloaked they would predict I either went left or right and they'd just shoot everyhwere. it was stressful as hell and great. (I tried to throw the hostage and got shotgunned in the face) - The voice acting is simply perfect, everyone sounds appropriately stressed out of their mind, or badass, that aspect was AAA-quality, I mean true AAA. I genuinely felt bad for the panicked soldiers trying to help a man they believed was doing the right thing in one level. - The soundtrack is a perfect fit for the amount of violence and speed. That being said there's a lot where it can improve, among others: - the final boss was a bit lame - Special ennemies that spawn only on specific criteria were cool but underused - some level layouts made little sense The potential for an incredible thing is there