View Full Version : PC Gamer First Review : F.E.A.R.
joule
13-09-2005, 09:08 PM
Just received my latest issue of PC Gamer in the mail today, with F.E.A.R. sporting the front cover and first review.
F.E.A.R., unsurprisingly, managed to snag an Editor's Choice Award with a final rating of 92%!
HIGHS: Kinetic destruction in combat; propulsive narrative; genuinely creepy; movie-quality audio
LOWS: A bit too derivative of some key influences; surprisingly conventional plot
BOTTOM LINE: A highly entertaining shooter that makes good on its high concept.
Discuss, as well as post any reviews.
edits: lol @ Space Pirates' 5%.
Icarusintel
13-09-2005, 09:40 PM
f*ckin a! can't wait to get this game, it certainly can't come soon enough... i kinda expected the derivative part, but the conventional plot? oh well
Murray
13-09-2005, 10:12 PM
:O
Sounds like a game worth getting after all.
xLostx
13-09-2005, 10:22 PM
space pirates for teh win
$kelet0r
13-09-2005, 11:44 PM
thats a very high score :O
AmishSlayer
13-09-2005, 11:45 PM
Sounds good to me :D
Still can't wait for this game.
$kelet0r
13-09-2005, 11:52 PM
what did they say about multiplayer or is there any???
Icarusintel
14-09-2005, 01:16 AM
what did they say about multiplayer or is there any???
there is, the beta was nothing to shout about... but this game is more focused oin the singleplayer, which is what i'm getting it for
<RJMC>
14-09-2005, 03:02 AM
woo space pirates owns it!
Sparta
14-09-2005, 03:09 AM
Sounds awesome.
Space Pirates i mean.
DigiQ8
14-09-2005, 03:43 AM
Pretty
Alan Freeman
14-09-2005, 06:15 AM
space pirates for teh win
IT'S SPELLED THE NOT TEH C'MON PEOPLE.
Sparta
14-09-2005, 06:35 AM
but its 1337.
I wont be getting Fear, I need to save money
ailevation
14-09-2005, 07:29 AM
I wont be getting Fear, I need to save money
What are you saving for baby!?
<RJMC>
14-09-2005, 07:54 AM
space pirates for teh win
is **** the way!
**** the way!!!
Alan Freeman
14-09-2005, 08:01 AM
but its 1337.
I hope people don't write it that way in real life.
Gorgon
14-09-2005, 01:14 PM
:O
Sounds like a game worth getting after all.
agreed, is FEAR's MP as cool as the sp ? I just want to know more info in this sector.
Sparta
14-09-2005, 01:48 PM
FEAR's MP beta was incredibly lame in comparison to the single-player demo
What are you saving for baby!?
dono xb360 or something :\ most of my friends have jobs so I need to save more
Solaris
14-09-2005, 02:42 PM
Ye looks cool, although it seems it might get a bit repetitive.
destrukt
14-09-2005, 03:06 PM
the mp betas were excellent.
i want to read it :(
Insano
14-09-2005, 03:19 PM
I hope people don't write it that way in real life.I got an A when I wrote it down on my English test!
Sulkdodds
14-09-2005, 04:12 PM
PC Gamer US? :(
Samon
14-09-2005, 06:28 PM
Meh, I won't be getting it.
Sulkdodds
14-09-2005, 06:33 PM
Well of course not. PC Gamer UK is far better.
CptStern
14-09-2005, 06:40 PM
really? cuz the north american version reads like a car brochure ...I dont know what it is with video game magazines, they're either annoyingly fanboyish or extremely kiss-ass-ish
bought the last issue of pc gamer ..I read through the magazine in one sitting (literally, I was sitting on the toilet ..doing a number 2)
isnt there like a thinking man's gaming/pc magazine?
I'll wait for the real reviews to come in
Sulkdodds
14-09-2005, 06:43 PM
isnt there like a thinking man's gaming/pc magazine?
PC Gamer UK, I believe. :p
Or Edge, if your definition of 'thinking man' is 'pretentious, snobbish and randomly strict'.
Kangy
14-09-2005, 06:55 PM
Pft, Edge isn't snobbish, it's the wine drinking artisan to the lager drinking pub bloke that is PC Gamer UK. Some of the reviews are strict, but I honestly like a differing opinion or review compared to the ass-kissing of PC Gamer and Zone.
Plus, it has some awesome features in it :D
Warbie
14-09-2005, 07:07 PM
If snobbish means well written articles/reviews/previews/interviews, then yeh, I prefer the 'snobbish' Edge magasine :)
PC gamer/gameplay/format etc tends to give anything with half decent gameplay and pretty gfx a whopping 90%+
Sulkdodds
14-09-2005, 07:33 PM
PC gamer/gameplay/format etc tends to give anything with half decent gameplay and pretty gfx a whopping 90%+
Are we reading the same PC Gamer? I agree with the other two...but not PCG. I have never, ever bought a game that they gave 90+ and not agreed with the score. I didn't read Edge and think 'christ, this is so much better than any other magazine I've read' - it is good, but so's PCG. Besides, whose ass can they kiss? It's a PC. Everything's third platform. o_O
Re-reading a copy of Edge. A newer issue that I don't remember ever buying. I retract my statements, but I still think some of their reviews are a little off. The two issues I have: Mace Griffin did not deserve seven out of ten. Vice City deserved rather more, and they criticised it not for it's problems, but for the things it hadn't done - things no other game had done either.
Anyway. Silly me, Edge is pretty good, but I will refuse to buy it because I only use two of the formats they cover. :upstare:
CptStern
14-09-2005, 07:39 PM
well the problem as I see is it that, being canadian I dont have access to PCgamer UK or the Edge ..so you guys arent exactly helping :E
...unless that is you'd like to forward copies of said magazines ....no sticky pages please :O
Vigilante
15-09-2005, 02:49 AM
PC Gamer UK, I believe. :p
Or Edge, if your definition of 'thinking man' is 'pretentious, snobbish and randomly strict'.
Edge is overly strict. Seems like nothing gets above an 8 by their ratings.
Kanehdian
15-09-2005, 03:00 AM
Awesome, a game to play after Day of Defeat: Source, Lost Coast, and HL2: Aftermath!
Narcolepsy
15-09-2005, 03:21 AM
Edge is overly strict. Seems like nothing gets above an 8 by their ratings.
I've never read Edge, but is that really a bad thing? A 9 or 10 should really mean something. If 10 is taken to mean one of the best games of all time (as it should), then there should only be at most a few 9s a year.
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