Fear 2 Demo Out

[CDdude55]

Keeps pausing, pissed me off. Finished the demo though. Best game of 2009.

Made me a bit frustrated to.banghead, should get fixed in final version tho.

 

[Marineborn]

ill be making some game play videos in about 20 minutes..ill post the links to them on xfire.

 

[Castiel]

I just ran through it a second time, and I noticed something different. While your walking through it, if you don't pay attention a girl follows your way through it the whole time. If you have shadows on, you can see her shadow right behind yours. And there is times where I have caught her the first time and the second time she wasn't there in the same spot. So, the game is pretty random with the ghost and other things, which makes it even better.

 

[EiSFX]

Man i'm running this with everything at max and AA and anti at x4 and its all running smooth looks really nice very impressed with the demo except for the constant pausing through out the demo

 

[Frizz]

First impressions,

Mad graphics, kind of looks like left for dead with film grain on but better textures overall. Its more indepth with the story than the first one.

Can't wait for the full version and how the multiplayer will turn out, hopefully it won't turn out too plain like the first one.+

EDIT: There is a bad stutter that happens though, its like a lag spike when you play online, the whole game just freezes for less than a second or more then just keeps going... hopefully they fix performance issues before the full game comes out

 

[RadeonProVega]

Somebody said it was smooth like butter LMFAO, yea right. Too much pausing, but once the pausing has stop, yea its smooth, but not like butter.

 

[Cold Storm]

I said it was smooth. when I played it for just a few mins. I just played it again, and the only time I had a pause of any sorts was when the pda had an update.

 

[Exeodus]

I have to say I'm not very impressed. Graphics look kinda dated, compared to games like Farcry 2 and Left4Dead. I was able to crank all the settings with my Phenom II rig with only a 8800gt, which is a good thing. I did notice some frame rate dips, nothing major.

Unless this game provides some kind of kick-ass multiplayer, I think I will pass.

 

[chaotic_uk]

1.8GB for a demo seems a waste of bandwidth tbh

 

[ShadowFold]

Just got done beating it. I had to grab an athlon x2 to play tho, the semperon couldn't take it. Plays great. Had it all maxed got good frames but it stuttered a lot. I thought it was ok. I probably will wait till it's 20$ tho.

 

[DonInKansas]

I'd like to see that =]

Additionally:
Fps with leaning - Heated action-movie shootouts! Clever use of cover in dire situations! Clotheslining men with buckshot!
Fps without leaning - ARG MY FACE WHY GOD IF I COULD ONLY SHOOT FROM A WELL PROTECTED POSITION INSTEAD OF RUNNING INTO MY ENEMY'S FIELD OF FIRE..!

What's funny is, it seemed like the enemies did have a lean button.

 

[OnBoard]

Either I'm getting old or something, but I thought it was scary as shit. I had to quit when I got to the ghosts, and that's like only two minutes in the game. Are they even killable?

Heh, probably I was too scared to play DOOM III and only played FEAR multiplayer demo. Seeing the little girl trailer was enough for me This will be too scary as well based on the comments, but want to try what it looks like and plays. Oh and Half-Life 2: Episode One parking garage was awful

Just poop speed from everywhere. 24Mbit net going to waste downloading just few hundreds of KB. TPU server at least tries to keep up, but goes from 300 to 500 KB/s. I want 1MB/s, hehe.

edit: 6th time charm, but looks like new lan drivers are bad, that download nearly stopped too..

edit2: yeah, bad lan driver. Installed old back and download keeps constant now. Good thing for fear 2 demo, would have been hard to spot otherwise.

 

[RadeonX2]

very nice you guys shed some light on me 9600GT
so it's playable even on 9600GT

 

[Marineborn]

Heh, probably I was too scared to play DOOM III and only played FEAR multiplayer demo. Seeing the little girl trailer was enough for me This will be too scary as well based on the comments, but want to try what it looks like and plays. Oh and Half-Life 2: Episode One parking garage was awful

Just poop speed from everywhere. 24MB net going to waste downloading just few hundreds of KB. TPU server at least tries to keep up, but goes from 300 to 500 KB/s. I want 1MB/s, hehe.

edit: 6th time charm, but looks like new lan drivers are bad, that download nearly stopped too..

edit2: yeah, bad lan driver. Installed old back and download keeps constant now. Good thing for fear 2 demo, would have been hard to stop otherwise.

i was getting 1.6mb down off there official website no problem

 

[jaxxxon]

Plays great for me except for stuttering every now and then. Not sure why it does that. Demo is VERY short though, took me about 10-15 minutes, but graphics are great IMO and the atmostphere is amazing, very scary. Wear headphones for maximum effect

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

I just ran through it a second time, and I noticed something different. While your walking through it, if you don't pay attention a girl follows your way through it the whole time. If you have shadows on, you can see her shadow right behind yours. And there is times where I have caught her the first time and the second time she wasn't there in the same spot. So, the game is pretty random with the ghost and other things, which makes it even better.

When I played through the first time I noticed that shadow following me.. I was scared the whole way through until I got the mech-suit.

 

[OnBoard]

i was getting 1.6mb down off there official website no problem

I went to the official site and on the demo button it said "coming soon" What's even better, got to 1.63GB downloaded and connection time out Last time I download anything without a download manager

 

[kysg]

The mech suit is awesomeness, except for the rockets, allthough it looks they totally stole the idea from quake 4


and hopefully references get made out to what really happens to the point man, Jin, spen, and holiday, because the expansions which I didn't bother aren't canon...

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I ran it maxxed out fine,but still it stutters every now and then,as mentioned above by jaxxon.

 

[mikek75]

Aye, those hitches really get in the way and spoil the overall Fear Factor. I don't think the full game will be any different TBH, its too close to release to fix them. And anyway, if they were easy to fix they would have done so before releasing the demo, doesn't create a good impression.

Mind you, the original FEAR had some hitches. Always in the same places too, and I've tried it on multiple systems so it wasn't my hardware....

Oh yeah, and after reading that bit of the README which said about not running it above 1024x768(4:3) or 1280x720(16:9) etc made absolutely no difference. It was smooth at 1920x1080 in the same way as 1280x720, but still those hitches!!

 

[Castiel]

When I played through the first time I noticed that shadow following me.. I was scared the whole way through until I got the mech-suit.

Lol, yeah when I got into the Mech Suit I was ok until it started to fade. And I was wondering what was going on and then it was the end of the demo and I got pissed, I wanted more!

 

[johnnyfiive]

I just ran through it a second time, and I noticed something different. While your walking through it, if you don't pay attention a girl follows your way through it the whole time. If you have shadows on, you can see her shadow right behind yours. And there is times where I have caught her the first time and the second time she wasn't there in the same spot. So, the game is pretty random with the ghost and other things, which makes it even better.

When I played through the first time I noticed that shadow following me.. I was scared the whole way through until I got the mech-suit.

I haven't even made it to the mech suit, game is creeping me out. I'm not sure why, but I have a hard time playing scarey games. FEAR, Bioshock, Dead Space, and now Fear 2. I want to finish all those, but its not happening, haaha

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Lol, yeah when I got into the Mech Suit I was ok until it started to fade. And I was wondering what was going on and then it was the end of the demo and I got pissed, I wanted more!

I wish we could use the suit longer... its pretty cool but it need more features like jumping. I wouldnt want it to be like the suit in Lost Planet. I loved that suit but it wouldnt fit here.

One thing that bothered me is that the game wont recognize the side buttons of me mouse and the default controls are retarded imo.

 

[Castiel]

I wish we could use the suit longer... its pretty cool but it need more features like jumping. I wouldnt want it to be like the suit in Lost Planet. I loved that suit but it wouldnt fit here.

One thing that bothered me is that the game wont recognize the side buttons of me mouse and the default controls are retarded imo.

Yeah I know, during the game I was pressing random buttons on my keyboard because I had no Idea what they were, especially to use the grenades and rockets inside the mech suit, I hate having to reach all the way over to hit the "G" key.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

I haven't even made it to the mech suit, game is creeping me out. I'm not sure why, but I have a hard time playing scarey games. FEAR, Bioshock, Dead Space, and now Fear 2. I want to finish all those, but its not happening, haaha

Of the games you listed only Bioshock gets less scary as you play on. Once you gain more powers you don't get scared.. you just $h1t kick anything that moves.

I refuse to play Dead Space alone..

Yeah I know, during the game I was pressing random buttons on my keyboard because I had no Idea what they were, especially to use the grenades and rockets inside the mech suit, I hate having to reach all the way over to hit the "G" key.

Yeah G is a PITA to hit on a regular keyboard ( I use a FANG and it's still annoying) what if you want to strafe right while throwing a grenade ?