Title: Fear 2
Designer: Monolith Productions
Company: Microsoft
Number of players: 1 (1-16 online)
Platform: Xbox 360
ERSB Rating: M+17
Genre: Horror
Fear 2 Review
You are apart of a elite team of soldiers that are given the task of fighting the paranormal and enduring the supernatural. Alma is free and has released her rage upon the earth, so its up to you to uncover the conspiracy, and bring a end to the horror. You play as Micheal Becket who is apart of a elite team of soldiers that are tasked with fighting the supernatural. The opening mission picks up at the same time the ending of the first game is occurring. Your first mission is to apprehend Genevieve Aristide who is the head of the organization, that imprisoned Alma. Alma was a young eight year old girl that had psychic ability's that made her a outcast. When her abilities were discovered she was put through numerous test ending in her death. The events surrounding her death made it so that even though her physical form was gone, her psychic abilities allowed her to seek revenge. In Fear you constantly see hallucinations of her in the shadows, along with interactions as she sets revenge on her enemies. Thier will be moments where you will see alma killing enemy troops or stalking them. Their are numerous audio logs and text, that help give you a little back story to what happened. These audio logs are well implemented into the games and help make each level worth exploring. As you unravel what happened to Alma, the game becomes more and more engaging, but at the same time horrific. Many characters die to her hand, and these moments were truly emotional and horrific. While in Fear one Alma was a little girl, in this sequel she is a woman, which make your interactions with her are more personal and mature. Fear one followed a similar storyline, but the events and clues that were found throughout are constantly brought up in the sequel, so if you haven't played it the story is hard to follow. The games pacing and layout was well made and some of the more frightning experiences were memorable. Fear has been known for having some of the best AI in the business and that assumption holds firm in this sequel. The game is simplistic as far as gameplay, but has alot to master when fighitng alot of enemies. When you shoot at enemies they'll hide behind cover, or try to flank you, these reactions make the games characters more endearing. Each level i harder than the last and gives you a larger amount of enemies or harder ones that require most skill. Your character is given the ability to slowdown time which may sound like it makes things easy, but instead adds even mroe depth to the combat and is highly satisfying. You could lose hours with Fear, just with its single player campaign, but its multuplayer will keep you playing for months. The amount of work put into the atmosphere and characters help bring you into the world of Fear and actually make you care about each one of them. Thier are plenty of audio logs that add to the atmosphere, along with plenty different pathways and objectives that will leave Fear in your console for months.Your goals are well implemented into the game and help make it so that you dont have to go from menu to menu, in order to find out what you have to do. When you complete a objective your given another one or rewarded with a new weapon and awards. Thier are instances where you will not understand what is occuring, but these instances are few and dont effect the experience. Fear was a solid game as far as combat, but really the story didnt become as engaging as the first, until the end. The ending was annoying and the campaign felt short. The multiplayer was fun, but unbalanced compared to other games. I would still recommend Fear if you want a fresh take on the genre and solid gameplay
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Final Score
8 out of 10
Pros:
- Solid Combat
- Great characters
- Good scares
- Fun multiplayer
Cons:
- Ending isn't satisfactory
- Lacks the amount of Story in the Original.
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