FEAR Platinum Pack for $20

[MJ12]

So at Best Buy they are selling FEAR for $20, Perseus Mandate for $20, and The Platinum Pack for $20 which comes with FEAR, Extraction Point, and Perseus Mandate.

Obviously, the smart choice is the one that comes with 3 games for the price of one
Originally I got one that wouldn't work, returned it, got a new one, which actually came with a little piece of paper saying there was trouble with some people installing it with vista, so they explained how to do it (I'm new with Vista) so now it's running just fine.

Anyways, I always get mixed reviews on FEAR, I've played a lot of random levels and enjoyed it. Was this bargain worth it?

 

[VirusType2]

lol

"was this bargain worth it?"

kinda answers it's own question

I paid $40 for the triple pack. I didn't really like the expansions, but you might have some fun for a while. It's basically free anyway, right?

I told you it was good !

 

[Cormeh]

Anyways, I always get mixed reviews on FEAR, I've played a lot of random levels and enjoyed it. Was this bargain worth it?

If you enjoy your FPS games then you can do a lot worse than F.E.A.R. It's nothing stellar, but the combat and atmosphere are fairly engaging even if the games themselves are a bit of a repeating grind.

 

[VirusType2]

random levels? Blasphemy. Start from the beginning or you ruin the game.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Yeah good deal. $20 is good just for the first and you've got the expansions. They're not great but they're decent.

 

[CyberPitz]

MMMMM FEAR. Though, I refuse to buy the 'expansion packs'.

 

[taviow]

Monolith has nothing to do with the expansion packs. I didn't like them, and they also ****ed the story.

But the original game is really great.

 

[Remus]

Just ignore the expansions, wait for Project Origin.

 

[PimpinPenguin]

FEAR is an excellent game, and is well worth playing from beginning to end. The expansions however are quite poor. The AI has been dumbed down, you get starved for ammo for the new weapons making them pointless and the story got ****ed up.

 

[Asuka]

FEAR is GREAT the expansions are MEH. Project Origin for the win.

 

[Lucid]

Wish I could play FEAR but it doesn't like my computer at all.
I get crackly sound and it restarts my computer every time I exit the game.

It's the only game I ever tried that ever did this.

 

[MJ12]

I've been playing it now, kinda lost at the moment, but I think they have some of the coolest looking soldiers of any game. I am also very entertained by the deaths of the soldiers, as they are often violently thrown back while screaming in that deep voice.

 

[ailevation]

oh okay i was going to go out to bestbuy and get this, but sounds like the expansions sucks and i've already played the original so i'll just spend that 20 elsewhere(or save).

So, zombie do ya really win or lose? lol

 

[stemot]

The expansions are fun, sometimes showing a little more imagination than the original game by Monolith did.
This whole "the expansions are not part of the real story" thing pisses me off, Monolith co-produced these expansions whether they developed them or not, which means they had some input into the story's told, then they turn around and say that these expansions don't count anymore because they realised people didn't like the way the story had unfolded.

They are lucky they are getting another chance to to tell the story they helped screw up while making it seem they had nothing to do with it in the first place.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

I don't think monolith had anything to do with the expansions actually.

 

[taviow]

They really had nothing to do with the expansions.

 

[stemot]

They really had nothing to do with the expansions.

Really? Check the credits, I'm sure I saw a whole list dedicated to the Monolith staff who were co-producing the game with Timegate, and rememberbeing suprised at the time as I thought Monolith had nothing to do with it.

Not 100% sure, but pretty sure nontheless.

EDIT:- Checking IMDB alone shows that Craig Hubbard, who works for Monolith, wrote the story for Extraction Point and the original, as well as being the originals lead designer and creative designer.