Fear 2 Demo Out

[spixel]

It feels like a mix between dues-ex invisible war , cod4 + some scary game

 

[Castiel]

If you still want the demo but the servers are taking to long, just get it on Steam.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

We need a poll. What I didn't like most was the key binding layout.
The right mouse button for Melee instead of scope
The 2 side mouse buttons were undetectable
Keybinding grenade throwing and using rockets in the mech suite is out of reach (G key I think)
I had to re-assign the crouch key
I had to re-assing the melee key

In all it was a complete mess.

 

[JC316]

We need a poll. What I didn't like most was the key binding layout.
The right mouse button for Melee instead of scope
The 2 side mouse buttons were undetectable
Keybinding grenade throwing and using rockets in the mech suite is out of reach (G key I think)
I had to re-assign the crouch key
I had to re-assing the melee key

In all it was a complete mess.

Oh, I agree. I used the same sertup that I did with the original. I normally put USE on the mouse 4, but it was fine on E since the lean feature was gone.

Melee = Shift
RMB = Zoom
Grenade = MMB

 

[CDdude55]

I have the 360 demo also, i hear there is no pausing or lag in that version. I did kind of hate using shift to look down your gun(used to using right click, but in the first fear i never looked down the gun in the whole game)

 

[ShadowFold]

Yea I was raged when I couldn't use my side mouse buttons, the control scheme does suck balls, shift is sprint, right mouse is scope, grenade is side mouse button(RAGE) and Ctrl is crouch. Plus the robot suit thing killed the game.. Not like it was not fun or anything it just felt WAY out of place..

 

[stuartb04]

just played it.brilliant i think.
controls are weird at first.but i got used to it

same controls as the first game

 

[Supreme0verlord]

We need a poll.

I would add a poll but, well, i'm new here and I have no idea how to add one!

 

[~The_Dude~]

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

60+ FPS with my XFX 9600 gt.
BTW. This demo was AWESOME.

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Update !!!!

Rename the demo to FarCry2.exe to enable crossfire. Worked for me with no graphical issues. Here's my fraps log. Max settings but only 4xAF because I forgot to change it.

2009-01-23 17:13:58 - FarCry2
Frames: 82064 - Time: 620915ms - Avg: 132.166 - Min: 1 - Max: 215

2009-01-23 17:40:17 - FEAR2SPDemo
Frames: 17344 - Time: 252418ms - Avg: 68.711 - Min: 1 - Max: 170

 

[Nemesis881]

wow just played it and...

1. It runs amazingly well on my lower end system.
2. The graphics seem really polished and beautiful.
3. The intro was somewhat like Bioshock don't you think? I mean with the fire effects and all...
4. I think this one will be a lot more story oriented.
5. The sub machine gun reminded me of the p-90 from CS:S, and the shotgun from COD4...

overall still very creepy. They don't have it sold on me just yet though.... a B- from me.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Yea I was raged when I couldn't use my side mouse buttons, the control scheme does suck balls, shift is sprint, right mouse is scope, grenade is side mouse button(RAGE) and Ctrl is crouch. Plus the robot suit thing killed the game.. Not like it was not fun or anything it just felt WAY out of place..

grenade is side mouse button(RAGE) BINGO!!
What's the deal with this game??? I have no grenade button mapped the way I want...

 

[MaxAwesome]

wow just played it and...

1. It runs amazingly well on my lower end system.
2. The graphics seem really polished and beautiful.
3. The intro was somewhat like Bioshock don't you think? I mean with the fire effects and all...
4. I think this one will be a lot more story oriented.
5. The sub machine gun reminded me of the p-90 from CS:S, and the shotgun from COD4...

overall still very creepy. They don't have it sold on me just yet though.... a B- from me.

Man, according to you specs on the list, your computer may be old, yes, but not exactly "lower-end". FEAR 2 just comes to prove that a good PC game can look good and perform well on a varied range of hardware. I think this is a great example to other developers who are lazy and don't really care about making a decent PC counterpart of their game, so congrats to Monolith.

This is a great example that if a game is built for PC from scratch, they can be greatly optimimized.

But seriously man, don't worry about your computer, it still plenty enough for games Your PC is far from being low-end! I installed the demo on my cousin's P4 @ 2.6ghz and a 7600gt and it ran fine! now, that's a lower end PC, not yours. So rest easy man, enjoy your PC.

 

[Nemesis881]

Man, according to you specs on the list, your computer may be old, yes, but not exactly "lower-end". FEAR 2 just comes to prove that a good PC game can look good and perform good on a varied range of hardware. I think this is a great example to other developers who are lazy and don't really care about making a decent PC counterpart of their game, so congrats to Monolith.

This is a great example that if a game is built for PC from scratch, they can be greatly optimimized.

But seriously man, don't worry about your computer, it still plenty enough for games

I think Valve already proved this when Half-life 2 came out, but your right, its nice to see someone else optimizing games well.
Ehh, I consider my system low-end with all the beastly hardware out now. Although I did finally cross 6k in 3dmark06 today .

 

[MaxAwesome]

I think Valve already proved this when Half-life 2 came out, but your right, its nice to see someone else optimizing games well.
Ehh, I consider my system low-end with all the beastly hardware out now. Although I did finally cross 6k in 3dmark06 today .

ahaha nice! I can't even break the 5k mark on 3Dmark06! My 8600gt DDR2 is holding me back possibly? It's overclocked to hell and back, but still the memory speed won't go beyond 435mhz (870mhz effective). The GDDR3 version has 700mhz DDR3 (1400mhz effective). It makes a huge difference.

 

[mlee49]

Well I just finished the demo and it does make me want more. I'm very interested to see what comes of this.

I ran it Max everything at 1280x1024 and it is beautiful. Couple of glithchy sceens, but not enough to upset me. I did get scared a couple times. I admit it, I jumped twice pretty good.

Great Demo! Too bad it took longer to dl than actually playing it.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Some more pics.

 

[JC316]

Just some random thoughts on the game. I turned motion blur off and it got a WHOLE lot creepier since I could actually SEE what was making the music jump. Is this game DX10? If not, it's one of the best looking DX9 games that I have ever seen.

 

[Marineborn]

alright, fiannly finished the game without is crashing or bluescreening my system or not loading the next part of the map! love it...game is creepy made me jump three that bastid alma!!!!! gunz feels good, smooth plays, nice effects, good nice power feeling, robots feels fricking sweet i love blowing enemies to bits all in all game of the year if they keep on track with what the game has showed us so far in the demo!

 

[Castiel]

Update !!!!

Rename the demo to FarCry2.exe to enable crossfire. Worked for me with no graphical issues. Here's my fraps log. Max settings but only 4xAF because I forgot to change it.

2009-01-23 17:13:58 - FarCry2
Frames: 82064 - Time: 620915ms - Avg: 132.166 - Min: 1 - Max: 215

2009-01-23 17:40:17 - FEAR2SPDemo
Frames: 17344 - Time: 252418ms - Avg: 68.711 - Min: 1 - Max: 170

Thats it and it runs better? Thats odd.

 

[JC316]

Thats it and it runs better? Thats odd.

I think the original F.E.A.R was like that. It was meant for Nvidia and changing the exe made it faster.

 

[olithereal]

Man the demo was amazing! Makes me call for more! I'll definitively buy this when it comes out. The FPS gameplay is really good and it's quite scary! I jumped a few time, and I really got scared once in the demo. Looking forward to it!

 

[TRIPTEX_CAN]

Thats it and it runs better? Thats odd.

It fools Catalyst into enabling crossfire for the game. Now both GPUs are working and the game runs like it's on wheels. Reviewers rarely do this so it makes many multiGPU reviews invalid.

1. 
   ATI ftw

 

[kysg]

Man I need to play the original again...

 

[Castiel]

Man I need to play the original again...

I played like 15 min into it and didn't like it, I don't even know what goes on and what the 2nd one even means.