A retrospective on F.E.A.R.: Monolith's on-and-off FPS Series

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F.E.A.R. is 2005's classic shooty-spooky extravaganza made by prolific developer Monolith. It's about a not-MTF going to not-seattle to deal with a not-SCP containment breach.You play as the unnamed Point Man, a member of F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon). F.E.A.R. is a special division of Delta Force made for dealing with the supernatural, which in this case is a rogue psychic named Paxton Fettel and his army of replica soldiers. Along the way you'll be haunted by Alma, a mysterious little girl who seems to be linked to all of this.
F.E.A.R. has an off history since it jumped back and fourth between developers between games thanks to a buyout and the intellectual property being broken up for a bit. The quality of the games and expansions can very greatly between releases thanks to this and there are two entirely different timelines thanks to this. Viviendi tried their best but F.E.A.R. is Monolith's creation.
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Chapters:
00:00 intro
02:37 F.E.A.R
10:40 F.E.A.R.'s Story exlpained (spoilers)
13:48 F.E.A.R.'s Expansions - Extraction Point (spoilers are done now)
17:43 F.E.A.R: Perseus Mandate Expansion
19:26 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
24:47 Anti-Sponsor - Thank you to the patrons
26:35 F.E.A.R. 3, "Fuh-Three_Arr"
33:49 Closing, cat video

Пікірлер: 318

@CharlatanWonder 4 жыл бұрын

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@adamofblastworks1517 4 жыл бұрын

0:39 "... it* has been..." Sorry

@TheAlmightyLoli 4 жыл бұрын

>Perseus Mandate is better than Extraction Point Mandalore would have a stroke if he heard that.

@CollinandBri 3 жыл бұрын

Whitelight will remember that

@TooMuchSascha 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck Perseus Mandate

@landlockedcroat1554 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@simonaspalovis1204 3 жыл бұрын

I actually had to pause the video and rewind it a bit just to make sure I heard it right.

@JCDentonCZ 4 жыл бұрын

It's a shame that all these years later FPS games haven't evolved beyond F.E.A.R.,even many technical aspects such as lighting, AI, voice callouts and environmental effects. Back in 2005 one would've expected 2020 games to be practically alien technology yet we're still stuck with the old, just with nicer coats of paint, higher resolution textures and better shaders.

@ashdoglsu 4 жыл бұрын

The AI was next level in FEAR.

@saisameer8771 4 жыл бұрын

Stalker shadow of Chernobyl has pretty good AI, though maybe not as good as fear. It's still pretty close.

@hannibalcase1100 4 жыл бұрын

I'll never stop being salty that the engine was never licensed out to make a Thief title with it.

@trevordavis6830 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, many technically have, but the issue is that part of what made FEAR's ai great was the level and audio design. While Fear's levels are a bit bland and empty looking, it helped make sure that anything that could mess up the ai's pathfinding was either nonexistent or very unlikely to cause problems. The same can not be said for a lot of modern games today.

@xxfalconarasxx5659 4 жыл бұрын

What about the AI in the STALKER series? I feel that it most closely resembles FEAR.

@GeorgGreat_GameReviews 4 жыл бұрын

The biggest problem of the Fear series is that it's a series

@shotwell25 4 жыл бұрын

Agrees sadly. It should've just ended at the first game and it's two expansions. Easily my favorite game of all time. The sequels just couldn't live up .

@Hriskataaa 4 жыл бұрын

I really liked FEAR 2, but definitely for different reasons than FEAR 1... Maybe if they just labeled it as something else ? Also it's DLC (REBORN) was great

@jonettheonly 4 жыл бұрын

@@Hriskataaa It WAS originally going to be named just Project Origins because the original developers lost the rights to the FEAR name. But then they got the name back, and the name 'Project Origins' was voted on by fans, so they decided to keep it as a subtitle. There's a great video about the history of FEAR by, I think, the Gamers/Gaming History (? Something like that) channel. Maybe it would've been better if it remained just Project Origins.

@Hriskataaa 4 жыл бұрын

@@jonettheonly I think the channel you're looking for is GVMERS, they make great historical reviews!

@samedwards8562 2 жыл бұрын

What about Fear one’s cliffhanger ending then?

@ChrisCohen 4 жыл бұрын

"Lamest flamethrower". So, a lamethrower? 😂

@meggomyeggo431 4 жыл бұрын

Why doesn’t this have a thousand likes yet 😂

@CharlatanWonder 4 жыл бұрын

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHh!!!

@anarchyandempires5452 3 жыл бұрын

Contradicting Canon, sketchy ass timelines, and a nose divine in quality for every iteration...... Hey you're right this is totally a SCP article.

@kilmerval 4 жыл бұрын

Reminder that John Carpenter, writer and director of the original Halloween, the Thing Remake, They Live, and Escape from New York to name a few, worked on F3AR and definitely didn't know what the series was about and helped fuck it up.

@TheAlmostDeadman 4 жыл бұрын

Charlatan Wonder is the best cat video channel on KZfaq because no other cat video channel puts half-hour long in-depth video game reviews before the feline content. Truly a remarkable gimmick that keeps me coming back to see just what games he will cover before getting to the main focus.

@contrabandresearch8409 4 жыл бұрын

FEAR is the one game I wished had influenced most FPS games that followed it.

@OllieMendes 4 жыл бұрын

I was not expecting that opening rant but it was pretty based.

@Nolant. 4 жыл бұрын

George Bush doesn’t care about black people

@CharlatanWonder 4 жыл бұрын

Katrina is forever going to be a grim reminder of our desperation to find the enemy making us forget to protect our own. Even if that levee was un-savable, the evacuation effort could have saved thousands of lives if it was taken seriously. Heckuva job, Brownie.

@chillhour6155 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nolant. politician don't care about people period, they say what they want you to hear to gain power and the try to stay in power by choosing to side with whatever is the popular opinion at the time

@johnroyal4054 4 жыл бұрын

@@Nolant. *government*

@lpj2216 3 жыл бұрын

Based on what??

@ClaireAgincourt 4 жыл бұрын

I never get tired of hearing people pronounce the number insert into titles like F3AR. so good xD

@user-lm7ux9zg8r 4 жыл бұрын

They don't make them like they used to. F.E.A.R. 1 is a masterpiece.

@shotwell25 4 жыл бұрын

Amen. Favorite game of all time

@marbl3d45 3 жыл бұрын

Doubt

@LegioXXI Жыл бұрын

@@marbl3d45 doubt? Name any game that has gunplay and AI of even remote close quality - even its own sequels can’t compete.

@Papa_Straight Жыл бұрын

@@LegioXXI bro just look at the pfp

@RusHeretic 4 жыл бұрын

He ate their flesh to get their knowledge and information, if i recall correct. Like African cannibal thing when you eat your enemy flesh and get their power.

@landlockedcroat1554 3 жыл бұрын

wot

@cannibalisticrequiem 3 жыл бұрын

Ooooooooh! So *that* explains the line Josh Brolin's character says from the Grindhouse movie! (I believe that double feature movie also came out in 2005 as well.)

@WillieManga 2 жыл бұрын

The only problem is that... I don't remember that African ritual being mentioned in the FEAR series before the bad ending of Fuh-Three-Arr.

@somedoofus333 4 жыл бұрын

"longer than a Ford Fiesta" Damn

@saisameer8771 4 жыл бұрын

Fear's a great way to pass time until the apocalypse ends and we finally enter the post apocalypse stage. Then we will be playing fallout in real life, so no need for video games anymore.

@Mike-zd8wq 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you're fattening up like I am.

@shotwell25 4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit a video about my favorite game of all time Thank you Char. I love you. The game has such a sad, complicated history, and it's a shame we'll never get another. Maybe for the best though, Because nothing will live up to the absolutely flawless masterpiece that was F.E.A.R 1.

@shotwell25 4 жыл бұрын

The franchise has such a sad, complicated history is what I meant to say. Point still stands.. Best game of all time.

@marbl3d45 3 жыл бұрын

Hyperbolic is annoying

@HellVops 4 жыл бұрын

Dead Space and F.E.A.R. I sooo want them to come back.

@Phantron 3 жыл бұрын

Dead Space died with EA's rise of greed.

@Romrojal 4 жыл бұрын

Funny enough a lot of people (including myself) think Extraction Point is the better Expansion Pack than Perseus Mandate. I'll be the first to say that Extraction Point wasn't perfect, but to me it felt a bit more polished than Perseus Mandate on at least a few areas. Although the introduction of a 4th Faction into the mix the Nightcrawlers was kinda interesting, specially in how eerily calm they are when all the supernatural bullshit happens when compared to Delta Force, the ATC Security team and even The Replicas themselves are freaking out and dying to it the Nightcrawlers never really raise their voice to anything bigger than just calm radio chatter. and I did have some fun with the lightning gun and the new assault rifle, parts of Perseus Mandate felt like they went on for too long, especially the mine section. but when all is said and done if you prefere Perseus Mandate that's fine, I'm not gonna say like "you have no taste" or stuff like that since I also had my fun with it so I can see where you are coming from. although there are somethings I want to clarify. F.E.A.R. isn't part of Delta Force it is it's own division in the US Army with Delta acting as backup for them, the Team in the 2nd Game, callsign Dark Signal if I remember correctly, are a part of Delta Force not F.E.A.R.

@alexeistukov433 4 жыл бұрын

He is free to have his preferences BUT as soon as he starts just talking out of his ass he kinda stops having having that credibility as a reviewer(on the topic of F.E.A.R expansions)and devolves into 12-year-old ranting. I agree with you on Perseus Mandate completely but to say that Extraction Point is "a bit more polished" than Perseus Mandate has to be one of the greatest understatements of all time.

@lostsanityreturned 4 жыл бұрын

"Don't speak down to people like children" - Charl 2020, speaking down to people like children :D God I love the feat shotgun, shame you undersold its awesomeness in this video ;p

@LunaCorart 3 жыл бұрын

Feet shotgun

@chungusamongus3141 3 жыл бұрын

actually just replayed fear 1 on the hardest difficulty, and my go to loadout was dual pistols (main weapon) shotty and the assault rifle since it covers just about any situation, also one thing ive always wanted to know is why F.E.A.R. exists to begin with, what event caused them to be formed? what threats have they dealt with before? etc.

@jax5683 4 жыл бұрын

Just finished MandaloreGaming's FEAR review lol I'm up for a second one tho

@ryanw531 4 жыл бұрын

I found it funny how Mandy liked EP and hated PM, while he liked PM and hated EP.

@QuickQuips 4 жыл бұрын

Dxfan619 is another good Fear reviewer. And I think Noah Caldwell did a retrospective.

@thefoxamongwolves9843 4 жыл бұрын

Got all of them in a $5 bundle. First game is amazing, played some of the first expansion. Similar feel but lacks that something from the base game. But a buddy and I burned through Fear 3 in 3 hours. The whole game on the hardest difficulty. Was actually pretty fun, but as a generic shooter where we messed about the whole time and not as a Fear game. And was really short.

@masterzoroark6664 4 жыл бұрын

I assume Paxton is getting people's memories by eating them, Prototype style (tho F.E.A.R was first)

@toakovika 4 жыл бұрын

Masterzoroark666 he says one or two things to imply that, and his ending in F.3.A.R implies he’s getting everyone’s strengths by eating their flesh.

@hannibalcase1100 4 жыл бұрын

FEAR 1 and its expansions get at least one playthrough a year from me. I mostly agree about the shotgun; it turns my dick into a rhinocerous horn when it fires, but I hate the sense of anticlimax when it gibs an enemy. I'd rather have bitchin' ragdolls every time. On another note, I've developed a minor headcanon that Point Man's "reflexes" are actually a manifestation of a very short-range precognitive ability. Makes more sense to me than just "Oh your mom was Satan so I guess you can think fast real good"

@Soma_Shotgun 4 жыл бұрын

Exctraction Point was actually pretty good. Don't really agree with you there. Perseus Mandate felt rushed and soulles tho.

@toakovika 4 жыл бұрын

Soma ditto. Perseus Mandate being better then Extraction Point? And he says Extraction Point isn’t good? It had some of the best variety in the game.

@AAhmou 2 жыл бұрын

Extraction point's story may have been literal insanity... But it so damn fun.

@HQ_Default Жыл бұрын

I'm really glad this retrospective doesn't completely write off FEAR 2 for not being as scary as the original or having ADS n' stuff. It's still a really solid shooter and I think it deserves more respect.

@tpspeed 3 жыл бұрын

Been binging your videos because you popped up on my subs and I gotta say. I like this approach to talking about games. Its rare to find people that strip back wacky edits and let the footage speak for itself. Its nice

@alexeistukov433 4 жыл бұрын

I disagree with you when it comes to F.E.A.R Extraction Point. As for level design it is more varied than the main game, it makes significant improvements to AI(more on that later),ramps up the horror and opressive atmosphere and it does not fuck with the story(presenting a smaller and more hopeless escape story).As for Perseus mandate: it was fun because it still had F.E.A.R gameplay, it was ugly as fuck,tried to tell an ambitious but poorly executed story and is overall fine. AI: you kind of neglected what really makes the AI special when compared to anything else on the market. Fear: the AI's goal is to eliminate the threat and not just the player. This means that when the individual is threatened by a grenade or gunfire his primary objective becomes survival(Extraction point improves this). I also see it as wierd that you rant about vivendi "not getting it" when monolith completely abandoned everything that made F.E.A.R good when it came to F.E.A.R 2. The enemies were retarded,ALL the guns were weak, the lighting was no longer anything special and the horror was basically gone. Conclusion: As it stands I consider F.E.A.R Extraction Point the pinnacle(gameplay wise) of first person shooters. Change my mind.

@aceambling7685 4 жыл бұрын

This 100%

@SuperBoyboys 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, especially disagree on the weapons, the laser was fun to slice people apart with- and he doesn't even mention how bad the weapons in Perseus Mandate are(there are weapons in PM that aren't in EP)

@alexeistukov433 4 жыл бұрын

@@SuperBoyboys The Laser carbine is quite unique:as it doesn't just fire "laser bolts" but actually works sort of like a real laser. And the minigun is just incredible. It is the king of miniguns.

@DrMatrix1231 3 жыл бұрын

I thought so as well, I'm with Sseth on his viewpoints with these expansions.

@alexeistukov433 3 жыл бұрын

@@DrMatrix1231 Wait. Sseth has a video on F.E.A.R?

@tacoenvy 4 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite games of all time, absolutely love it. I also really love the story as well, Alma was a great character I generally felt sorry for her after all the stuff she had to go through.

@fearthepointman3134 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@nono-zc1dj 3 жыл бұрын

@@fearthepointman3134 huh you out of all people like F.E.A.R., weird

@fearthepointman3134 3 жыл бұрын

@@nono-zc1dj this was regarding alma smartass.

@nono-zc1dj 3 жыл бұрын

@@fearthepointman3134 why so hostile?

@fearthepointman3134 3 жыл бұрын

@@nono-zc1dj u hurt cause i called u a smartass? Then think before you reply. Good day.

@aceambling7685 4 жыл бұрын

I have this wierd nostalgia goggles view of FEAR 3 and unfortunately Mandalore hasnt reviewed it so lets see what you got.

@HighFunctioningMedium 4 жыл бұрын

Check out Gmanlives review of it if you're jonesing

@grimkaizer8417 4 жыл бұрын

Damn saying Perceus Mandate is better than Extraction Point? Wew

@SawedOffClown 4 жыл бұрын

You forgot in 2005 Battlefront II was released so it wasn’t all bad

@toakovika 4 жыл бұрын

SawedOffClown and Revenge of the Sith.

@BadDogProductions101 4 жыл бұрын

I cant believe we're talking about the best shotguns of all time an the Halo CE shotgun was left out!

@billyboleson2830 4 ай бұрын

I love how the ending to fear 1 has yet to actually be followed up on. The phone call reveals that the entire game was just a setup tutorial test run to see how effective Pointman is yet we never see who these people that set him up actually are

@clydemarshall8095 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. I loved Extraction Point myself.

@NotHarpoGroucho 4 жыл бұрын

Ah man. I gotta say, I really love your videos. Even when I disagree with your opinions on games I still love hearing your input on them. Just something about you is so likable.

@mikedrop4421 4 жыл бұрын

Loving these breakdowns and the wealth of uploads lately

@thegrayyernaut 3 жыл бұрын

I can't recall playing any games that have this haze/smoke-cloud effect from dry walls being shot into like F.E.A.R. Such an atmospheric element that isn't more popular among shooters.

@AdrianArmbruster 4 жыл бұрын

I never felt that the (first) game was outwardly scary enough for something literally called "FEAR" -- oh, sure, there's the spooky Sadako-lite segments, but the office buildings and clone army seem kinda dry. Imagine if Dead Space was marketed as horror, but instead of Necromorphs on the Ishimura you spend 90% of the game fighting The Covenant on the station from Prey 2017. Oh, I'm sure the game is fun -- I just remember this being a little off-putting.

@Sheldezare 4 жыл бұрын

IT relied on a lot of "look this way to get scared" situations which don't really work in an organic plathru. I don't deny it's a good shooter but otherwise it felt really dull.

@Goofygooberston 3 жыл бұрын

Eh, to me the dimly lit office spaces and those f'ing stealth bastards were effective. Also helps that whenever you see a shadow of something, that something is actually there, even in the scripted parts.

@toumie2 4 жыл бұрын

Closing cat video was the best part

@javonyounger5107 4 жыл бұрын

So I was thinking that you reminded me of the guy whose PlanetSide videos I used to watch, then I looked up the things a platoon leader should do and realized you were the same guy.

@Kotka1986 4 жыл бұрын

no mention of the first-person melee combat system that allows you to shoot somebody into a bloody mist up - close with the shotgun and then immediately jump and scissor-kick his buddy in the face ? pffft.

@MILDMONSTER1234 4 жыл бұрын

This

@rain6353 3 жыл бұрын

The assault rifle was one of the best ARs in gaming too. That thing tore up players and NPCs alike at all ranges. Even in close quarters in multiplayer the TTK was so great it still melted SMG and shotgun players that were not quite as accurate as they hoped to be. Loved FEAR, first one was simply fantastic.

@Phantron 3 жыл бұрын

the Vivendi timeline is FEAR - EP - PM ; and Monolith timeline is just all the other ones even if they didnt develope them all.

@Hellnagel82 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered if someone at Monolith is a fan of Lost because they named a NPC Jin Sun Kwon like the couple Jin and Sun Kwon in the tv show.

@the_punkchef1677 4 жыл бұрын

Love this game and also I'm new to your channel and love your videos

@sumpmiffot 4 жыл бұрын

Charlatan: *Takes sweater* Frisk: "You'll pay for that."

@Irondrone4 4 жыл бұрын

It's interesting you don't like Extraction Point as much as Perseus Mandate. Most FEAR reviews I've come across say the opposite, and having played them I feel the same. To me, once you revisit FEAR or move onto it's expansions, the horror loses it's edge and the game becomes a John Woo film simulation (which is a good thing). I always felt the levels of Extraction Point felt more like the core game's in terms of layout, which helps keep the combat high-octane, while in Mandate you're fighting in a lot more open areas where the AI ironically has less room to shine and just gets really tanky to compensate.

@paulomiguel6484 4 жыл бұрын

Lighting and particle effects are inspired here, i can replay the whole thing just for that.

@MILDMONSTER1234 4 жыл бұрын

The FEAR sequels should have been completely unconnected to the first aside from the FEAR team. It would have been so interesting if each sequel you fought against a different paranormal entitiy....it would be the best SCP game ever

@jimijimo3289 3 жыл бұрын

If I remember and I don't know where I heard this but that was the original plan..and goddamn it would've been amazing

@gldntchr7122 3 жыл бұрын

Love the first F.E.A.R. Dual wielding pistols were so good. Then the sequel came out and really let me down. I might need to give it another chance but don't know yet.

@spacespz5947 4 жыл бұрын

This channel needs more food videos

@Kc40k 4 жыл бұрын

Well, you mentioned MTF. You are now required to review SCP games.

@ashdoglsu 4 жыл бұрын

What's MTF and SCP ?

@alexeistukov433 4 жыл бұрын

@@ashdoglsu MTF: Mobile Task Force(designed to contain SCP's). SCP Foundation: an organization dedicated to containing anomalous entities. SCP's: said anomalous entities.

@MicrosoftNestleTea 4 жыл бұрын

I just remembered I only played the Expansions and not the main game. (F.E.A.R. Files was a seperate release on Xbox) BRB.

@guyinthecorner0 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I found this when it dropped because I literally took my time off from work to play games and FEAR was one of the first things I played!

@MortalWombatI 4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was having a stroke for a minute, I thought the anti-sponsor was in addition to the Patreon thanks, not replaced by it. I kept rewinding and thinking I just wasn’t hearing the shady ad proposition being read off to me.

@CharlatanWonder 4 жыл бұрын

I probably should have made that a bit more clear.

@MortalWombatI 4 жыл бұрын

Charlatan Wonder Still a very good video regardless.

@Mobysimo 4 жыл бұрын

I personally I always found Subway Levels way worse than Sewer Levels. Sewer Levels can have some semi intersting things, like Water Purification areas, some swimming and poison water areas you have to avoid. Subways are just tunnels. With an occasional station with a bathroom. That's it. If your lucky you'll have electrified rails

@andmcd1996 3 жыл бұрын

Fear was amazing! Extraction point was really good! Fear 2 was also really good! Perseus mandate was a bit eh. Fear 3 doesn't exist.

@kestrel1917 3 жыл бұрын

best summary of the franchise.

@QuantumTelephone 2 жыл бұрын

Best gunplay of all time.

@BinaryDood 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite part of Perseus Mandate is the arena mode

@Mafon2 3 жыл бұрын

20:50 - like a free pizza on a prom night.

@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, remember expansion packs? What a throwback

@criminalsen2441 4 жыл бұрын

"A.I. buddies who awkwardly scoot around" lol I love the way this guy talks

@tequilawhiskey 4 жыл бұрын

I loved this game as much as Halo:ComEvo, Devil May Cry, and Kotor2. So fuckin good

@MILDMONSTER1234 4 жыл бұрын

The 2000s were so fucking good

@Grandmaster-Kush 3 жыл бұрын

DMC 1, DMC 3, FEAR, Morrowind & Oblivion, RE4, HALO CE, SWAT 4, Heroes OMM 3, Silent Hill 1-4 and on and on man games had SOUL in the beginning of 2000

@roberthipolito1351 3 жыл бұрын

"XK Class end of the world scenario" Ah, I see you're a Foundation member as well.

@toakovika 4 жыл бұрын

“And enjoy this cat video.” Immediately gets an ad.

@WillieManga 2 жыл бұрын

In some of my favorite FPS games, a shotgun would act more like a medium-range rifle than they would a force cannon. Certain shotguns can be the latter, but I don't like when some games say they HAVE to be short range only, hence why I am proud of the Doom shotguns and the Combat Evolved shotgun. And that's what I love about the shotgun in the first FEAR; even if you're a few yards away, you can still decimate the Replica Soldiers into gore. They can call it a VK-12, but it's really a SPAS 12 in all but name. And maybe the SPAS 12 isn't this awesomely cruel.

@alexisrodriguez6526 3 жыл бұрын

"Can I have my sweater back" "Khajit has wares if you have scritches"

@andyxbox123 3 жыл бұрын

So crazy they went on to make Gotham City Impostors (lol) and then possibly the greatest 3rd person action game of all time: Shadow of Mordor

@apalladium5k Жыл бұрын

I paid full price for this game when it came out. I just paid $9 for the whole series. I'll have to come back to this when I finish it.

@chillhour6155 4 жыл бұрын

Talking about penetration, have you considered a analysis/review of Painkiller and it's expansion ?

@neromastic4512 4 жыл бұрын

Ahh yes the FEAR Franchise. Played all of em,shat my pants when playing for the first time. and then it is kinda dusting away in my Library. Overall this Review was Awesome.

@lyadh0451 4 жыл бұрын

I always wonder how you release these well written and edited I try to make videos myself but I have never got even one done well

@CharlatanWonder 4 жыл бұрын

Don't beat yourself up over it, I've been at this for nearly 8 years now and my early videos were inexcusably bad.

@lyadh0451 4 жыл бұрын

@@CharlatanWonder I have gotten better but strong start is nothing as I lose my way partly through

@hannibalcase1100 4 жыл бұрын

You're not the only one on that boat, friend. I know that feel.

@TooMuchSascha 3 жыл бұрын

My biggest mistake playing the first F.E.A.R. was trying to play it like a horror game with cover-shooter sensibilities; it is at its best if you play it on max difficulty so the Replicas' aggression and tactics force you to be creative with your gunplay, whether it's shooting your own grenades to make sure they don't dodge-roll, slide-tackling dudes so you stay under cover while doing damage, or constantly remaining on the move so they don't flank you because they *will.* Play it like a fast-paced shooter, but smart.

@cannibalisticrequiem 4 жыл бұрын

I might be the one person who cackled at your RENT dig, but I want you to know that I appreciated it. 👌🏻

@ScReamOut93 4 жыл бұрын

Fear 3 is a shame. The costco and the appartments had me clued to the screen, clinching my butt in fear. But as you said, those parts are 10% of the game and the rest is boring/frustrating because many parts are simply not made for a single player and downright unfair. But those 2 great levels showed that they had the skill/potential to make a proper fear game.

@swalfire1 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@viziroth 2 жыл бұрын

FEAR is one of the few games where the light having no battery life makes sense. my real life rifle light only gets like 15 minutes of full power per charge heh. bit longer on low power.

@TheSpazzDragon Жыл бұрын

I know Fear 3 kinda sucked, but I still had an absolute blast having a goofy playthrough with my BF. using the slow mo at the right time when they were in a pinch just to give them the slow motion even though I wasn't really in a good spot to make use of it. The co-op was surprisingly effective at generating a ton of fun for me. And many inside jokes were made that day. Good times.

@badgerden7080 3 жыл бұрын

It only took me about 30 minutes into the game to find out that Alma is not good for the health of those replica super soldiers. Notice that whenever she appears, there isn't a replica in sight.

@CraftMaster777 3 жыл бұрын

11:36 when ur kidnapper wakes u up :)

@jpollhein3236 4 жыл бұрын

Man you really liked Yahtzee's F3-AR joke.

@HaveSomeHalloweenSpirit 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe that he didn't give no one lives forever a mention.

@dedstring 3 жыл бұрын

Can anyone please tell me why whenever i play this game the framerate will suddenly lock to 32fps mid game? Like middle of a mission. Havent been able to figure out why it does this.

@Isaacfess 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I never thought I would find another person who likes *Perseus Mandate* better than Extraction point. I think it's just a better expansion!

@solidv2 Жыл бұрын

Extraction point was actually pretty good. The scary bits were scarier, the shoty bits were shootier. Main problem was the lack of story development. IMO FEAR doesn't really get bad till FEAR 2

@Yomom12388 3 жыл бұрын

Monolith was damn good with a shotgun. Blood’s shotgun is orgasmically good.

@illuminose6494 4 жыл бұрын

I still miss the series to this day smh needs a reboot

@Codoxnz 4 жыл бұрын

The multiplayer in this game was really, really good.

@Goofygooberston 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a massive wuss when it comes to horror games but I loved the first fear game so much. Wasn't even the scripted "oooh spoopy ghost woman" pieces that scared me, it were the stealthy boys that made me spooked

@Jakster840 4 жыл бұрын

Paxton looks like an evil Nick Cage.

@RinaSC1 4 жыл бұрын

So basically just Nick Cage himself

@kiddingjust6946 2 жыл бұрын

i disagree with extraction point being bad, perseus mandate was worse imo. though perseus still holds up pretty well, but is definetly a bit rocky.

@edwinfrerichs8674 3 жыл бұрын

That minimum wage part, hurt me more than anything else said in the intro.

@hunn20004 Жыл бұрын

0:30 oof, point two is at least solved, now they see everyone that don't agree as evil

@thedarkestfateful 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video. I loved the first and second games, it's really unfortunate that production and development of this series was rocky and turbulent, particularly because this series kept getting passed on to different creative teams so it hurt the overall product. Day 1's F3AR was the final nail in its coffin, and it's been dead ever since. I keep hoping, even after all these years, that they'll give FEAR 1 the Resident Evil 2 treatment, with an amazing remaster, but that is just a total fantasy. RIP FEAR franchise, except for F3AR (there are just no excuses).

@idkm8952 4 жыл бұрын

Extraction point was terrifying and built on everything good about the original??? I don't understand his criticism of it

@alexeistukov433 4 жыл бұрын

Yea... He probably just couldn't get it working right and got butthurt. Or he got put off by the fact that it is rough around the edges.

@AdMral5BrAnDOn 4 жыл бұрын

ArmaCAN or ArmaCHAN? The world may never know.

@BipolarBe 4 жыл бұрын

What's that background ambient audio you have? We're it sounds like it's winding up then back down?

@andreworders7305 3 жыл бұрын

How did they make an expansion for a console game before DLC was a thing? Or was this a PC exclusive.

@thegrayyernaut 3 жыл бұрын

Shotguns irl are effective at, like, 25 meters. Meanwhile, they can't hit something more than 5-meter away in video games (for balancing reasons, of course, but it's bizarre, still)