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F.E.A.R. 2: Replica Gone Rogue
Demo F.E.A.R. 2's New Single Player Campaign
FEAR 2's Slow-Mo Deathmatch Took A Montage
F.E.A.R. 2 Reborn With New Single Player DLC
F.E.A.R. 2 Getting New Maps, New Heads
F.E.A.R. 2 Toy Soldiers Map Pack Immortalized In Song
F.E.A.R. 2 Toy Soldiers DLC Is Gigantic And Free
F.E.A.R. 2 Gets Scary New Maps In April
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Review: Scary Made Simple

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ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
11/05/09

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Luke, Luke, Luke... I do believe you meant to say "most awesomely, Blood."

That's a helluva typo there. :P #v
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syafiqjabar of Mars
11/05/09

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Shogo is on GoG.com, if you must know.

[www.gog.com] #v
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spidermann
11/05/09

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For those that haven't seen it, V Pilot is free on iTunes in SD and HD.

The More You Know™ #v
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(Starman) Starman
11/05/09

@spidermann: I totally did not know that. #v
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-MasterDex-
11/05/09

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I didn't even know that Jace was behind V. This makes me want to watch it more. The first episode was certainly promising and I can see it being a great show. Hopefully however, the show doesn't get thrown on the cutting room floor in the near future.

On his quote, I think that it's great that he's trying to change peoples perception of those involved in the game industry but I'd much rather see the game industry having the clout to poach big name directors and producers (sure, we have Spielberg but not really) rather than have the film and tv industries poach our greatest talents.

Either way, I wish Jace the best of luck and I'll be tuning into V every week...unless it falls on it's arse. #v
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(Starman) Starman
11/05/09

@-MasterDex-: Hopefully it doesn't go the route of Heroes, but let's be honest here, it's a remake, which means they pretty much have their whole path already outlined for them. #v
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-MasterDex-
11/05/09

@(Starman) Alpha: True, the path is layed out, now they just have to make sure they don't walk to far off it. #v
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(Starman) Starman
11/05/09

@-MasterDex-: I'm not too sure that that's the case...

(reference to linked io9 article)
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deanbmmv
11/05/09

@-MasterDex-: You know what pissed me off about V?
Last week I finally got around to watching Firefly for the first time.
and :spoliers: just finished with Serenity on Tuesday night, then set V to download n watched it in the morning.
I go from watching Wash get harpooned by Reavers, to the morning later seeing Juliet stab him.
:'( #v
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-MasterDex-
11/05/09

@deanbmmv: lol, poor Wash. Firefly was a great show though, pity it ended so soon. #v
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deanbmmv
11/05/09

@-MasterDex-: I'd actually seen Serenity ages ago.
but watching it after seeing Firefly you realise there's at least two seasons between it and Serenity that's missing.
And you just know it will never get filled in. #v
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GunFlame
11/05/09

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Very, very good point.

It is always about people from tv and movies coming into gaming.
It always gets alot of hype as well.

Some of the most creative stuff is in video games. I'm not talking game mechanics, but storylines and the worlds and characters that are created.

I'm all for this. I would love to see what can be done. #v
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ZaxxonQ.com
09/09/09

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Sorry, that was just lame. :-\ The actual DLC looks pretty gravy, though! ^_^
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-MasterDex-
09/09/09

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REPLICA GONE ROGUE!

I love the ads Monolith has done for F.E.A.R 2.

Now, the big question: Are we (PC gamers) paying for this?
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Tiller
09/09/09

@-MasterDex-: It's more of a campaign expansion than free multiplayer maps. I think it's going for the equivalent of $10 on all platforms.

After that video I think the $10 is totally justified.
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-MasterDex-
09/09/09

@Tiller: Well if it's a decent length, I have no problem paying some money for it. I just hope it's not like Bring down the Sky length.
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Bergerac
09/09/09

@-MasterDex-: Nope, as much as it pains me to ward people off anything related to F.E.A.R., it lasts about an hour.
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-MasterDex-
09/09/09

@Bergerac: Ah FFS! Oh well. I'll probably give it a miss then. I'm not paying 10 quid for an hours worth of gameplay.
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Bergerac
09/09/09

@-MasterDex-: Truly. I was getting geared up for Sept 3rd, went and bought MS points for it, and then the day arrived. I was hoping for at least 4 hours. It went online, I saw that the d/l was 1GB in size, and I was like 'Uh, ok... ?'. I knew it would be short, but before I completed it I heard rumblings from the F2 forums, about how it lasted about an hour. Sure enough, it did.
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the-hypnotoad
08/27/09

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Wow, timely. I just bought a used copy of FEAR 2 for $6 from gamefly (using a bunch of saved up coupons). Seemed decently-enough reviewed to be worth the price of lunch...
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
08/13/09

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That was AWESOME!!
I'm using their SCIENCE to get me some slomo deathmatch in real life!
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Salen
08/13/09

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You can tell it's real because SCIENCE! is capitalized. SCIENCE! Making the world better one problem at a time!
Also, I can't wait to play some Slo-mo Deathmatch in FEAR 2. Woot!
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peterpanpiper2
08/13/09

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I don't think these people have yet realized that their mediocre game FEAR 2 was nothing like the first and should be working their asses off to make FEAR 3 better than the first game. They took all the horror out of the franchise and the AI got dumbed down. This game was patchetic compared to the first one they should be ashamed of themselves. It plays more like a mediocre FPS and that is very bad.
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iRaybot
09/09/09

@peterpanpiper2:

"It plays more like a mediocre FPS and that is very bad."

Aww I imagine you adopting a little child's voice for the end of that sentence...
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ShaggE wants to join the Egg Council.
08/13/09

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I wasn't entirely sold on the video until "SCIENCE!" popped up. Then, it transitioned from "amusing" to "awesome". Well done.
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(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD
08/13/09

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Bad 80's acting in commercials and a workout montage? This certainly breaks the image of what F.E.A.R 2 is supposed to represent.
That is until I see Alma appearing out of nowhere making me crap my pants T__T
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Strangelove
07/30/09

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Foxtrot? As in Jason, Roger, Peter, or Quincy?
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lionkitten
07/30/09

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I just finished FEAR 2 off Gamefly 10 days this month. I really thought it lacked in so many areas and for the life of me, I couldn't figure out why it got the reviews it did.

It's SOOOOO easy, even on the hardest setting, because you have the "win" button of slowing or your reflexes. You ALWAYS have the weapon and ammo you need, there's health and armor lying every five steps, the A.I. is pretty stupid, and the level design is SO "funnel you down a hallway". All story-based shooters are linear to an extent, but this one is ridiculous. You know how in COD 4 or Halo 3, you follow a set path through the level, but it FEELS wide open at times. There's at least the illusion of a true world at some points. I kept saying "Ah, I'm out of the hallway. great" And then I'd walk across the street and go right back inside another boring warehouse-y building.

No thanks.
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Strangelove
07/30/09

@lionkitten:

I agree with much of what you said except for the AI. F.E.A.R. is up there with STALKER, Crysis, and Halo as far as the best AI in FPSs.

I thought the best part of the game was the weird new graphical/ghost effects, it was pretty amazing at times.
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