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9.0 hrs on record
Did you like the original FEAR? You'll probably like this. Not perfect, but by the standards of 2021 - fantastic.

The story stays consistent with familiar callbacks to the first game, expands on concepts both old and new, connects gaps between story points fluidly, and generally has good pacing. Also, I hate Genevieve Aristide. However her name is spelled. +points to FEAR 2 for continuing her legacy of being a pompous scheming ♥♥♥♥.

A minor pet peeve of mine is that they replaced the voicemail and laptop voiceovers with text-based objects to help flesh out the world. I preferred to hear the things explained to me in the first game, without having to pause a read. Not a big deal though.

I could not get attached to any of the characters in FEAR 2 except Jankowski Jr., and even then, it was kind of skimp. The fates of these characters felt kind of meaningless to me because Becket (The player character) has no real clear relationship with any of them. However, this isn't all that important either, because if you've played FEAR 1 - you know that companions of the player character tend not to have very long lifespans. I was really starting to like Holiday from FEAR 1 only to see him brutally murdered in the expansion. When you see that kind of thing in FEAR 2...it just doesn't mean as much.

They re-used some of the sounds from FEAR 1. That's always great.

BLOOD. BLOOD EVERYWHERE. GORE. THE GAME IS SATURATED IN RED. Just like the original. Fantastic.

The real strong point of this game, just like FEAR 1, is the fluid combat, varied weapons, and awesome incorporation and function of the slow-mo ability. The combat in FEAR 2 is just as good, if not slightly better.

Certain weapons feel better, some feel worse. The shotgun in FEAR 2, which was my best friend in FEAR 1, is still my best friend. However, it doesn't sound or feel nearly as potent as the first game. Still, it turns people into mist sometimes, so that's cool.

On the flip side, the penetrator feels a lot chunkier and beefier, just like a full auto military grade nail driver should.

They removed dual wielded pistols. I like this for realism. I dislike this because the AT-14s were fun. Eh.

The AI is still pretty smart, though their dialogue isn't as prominent. Listening in on their commands to one another isn't as useful as it used to be. The level design, I found, has them flanking a lot less than in the first game. HOWEVER, they have this ability that I both love and hate, where it's often not clear when you've wiped out the whole squad and you're safe to explore and loot the previous fight-zone. There's always one more bastard hiding behind a trash can in FEAR 2. Look out.

The level design was pretty good. Hospitals are always freaky. So are schools. My only gripe is one of the last areas where if you died, you had to wait for these slow moving lifts to come down before you could get back to where you where.

Which leads me to my biggest gripe about FEAR 2.

WHY THE HELL DID YOU GET RID OF MANUAL AND QUICKSAVING?

Yea yea save scumming, but when you play on Hard, you care less. Some things I don't want to repeat 20 times. I also liked having control of when and where I saved. Maybe some people like knowing that the nanny game will take care of saving for them. Not me. The GAME DOESN'T KNOW WHEN I WANT TO SAVE. ONLY I DO. JEEZSH.

Oh, yeah, and they got rid of leaning around corners, because Becket's spine is welded.

I don't want to talk about the ending to this game. What the hell.

Anyway, in summary, you'll enjoy most of the game, and... you'll definitely have some thoughts about the ending. Go get 'em.
Posted 22 January, 2021.
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278.3 hrs on record (93.5 hrs at review time)
only buy this game if you're good at it so it's fun then
Posted 10 July, 2019.
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1 person found this review funny
143.0 hrs on record (63.6 hrs at review time)
*be in frozen ice basin*
*need to cross*
*bear ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around near the center of it for some reason*
*okay ill go around* *THIN ICE ♥♥♥♥♥♥, TURN AROUND*
*shimmy shimmy closer to the bear trying to find steady ice*
*bear notices i havent paid to use his skating rink from 200m away*
*charges me*
*SKIPPITY DOO DAH GOES THE BEAR RIGHT OVER THE SAME THIN ICE I WAS JUST ON NO ♥♥♥♥♥♥ BIG DEAL*
*mauls me*
*im wearing a big coat so its okay though*
*major bruising, pfft whatever*
*-1 coat*
*bear leaves me alone now*
*cross sturdy ice in center*

10/very good canda
Posted 7 January, 2018.
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