Alma scares the crap out of me.

[Boneycat]

Yea, I guess if I'm gonna get toasted by a girl, she might as be 8 to add insult to injury.

[vrao81]

I wonder if the game devs would get busted for child pr0n if that really was a bush ?
This reminds me...anyone remember that thread about Deux Ex 2 and that naked chick that was left in the game? Thats probably the only valid reason to play the game

[Timman_24]

I wonder if the game devs would get busted for child pr0n if that really was a bush ?
This reminds me...anyone remember that thread about Deux Ex 2 and that naked chick that was left in the game? Thats probably the only valid reason to play the game

That's exactly what I was thinking. I saw a Law and Order SVU where they busted a porn webmaster for making girls look younger and advertising it as child porn. I wouldn't be suprised at all if this turned into some kind of law suit.

[GetCarter]

Wha? Pubes?

[Wurm]

System Shock 2 >*

[Kamakazie]

System Shock 2 >*

Did you notice the demo for that appeared on the Fileplanet front page 3 days ago? The caption reads: "Take this opportunity to play the demo for everyone's favorite game of all time: System Shock 2. This game is guaranteed to scare you senseless."

Reading that made me so happy that I reinstalled the game and started to play through again. I'm currently ~6 hours into the main campaign and 2 hours into the Ponterbee Station mod (excellent mod so far)

Feel like giving it the ol' reinstall and hitting up some Ponterbee co-op with Crion's Impossible Multiplayer?

[asmox]

System Shock 2 >*

qft

[Boneycat]

System shock 2 is everyone's favorite game? I've never heard of it myself :shrugs:

[Spaceman Spiff]

While DOOM 3 is scary in the sense that you KNOW something is going to jump out at you and ends up overusing that idea, FEAR does the opposite. It creates this creepy atmosphere and riddles it with the occasional "boo" moment, but after you realize that nothing is happening and she's not going to attack you and its just a "vision" more or less, it loses its scare factor. Yeah, turning a corner and seeing Alma can make you tense up, but after about the 4th time that happens and the ONLY threat you ever really face is the soldiers, I lost that creepy feeling.
A BIG part of being scared in a game, IMO, is feeling that your character can be killed/attacked by something you don't expect. And while FEAR has a plethora of "elite soldier clone guys", they just aren't scary. And the "creey/paranormal" atmosphere is ruined by pretty much knowing that only these clone guys are going to attack you.

Granted, I have not finished the game yet, but I'm on Interval 09, and after hearing Interval 08 was supposed to be really scary, I'm quite disappointed. I hope the game has saved up some real scares for the last two intervals, because so far, walking down narrow corridors and having clones pop up and shoot at me has NOT been scary.

Still a great game though. Gonna go play some more now...

[Timman_24]

While DOOM 3 is scary in the sense that you KNOW something is going to jump out at you and ends up overusing that idea, FEAR does the opposite. It creates this creepy atmosphere and riddles it with the occasional "boo" moment, but after you realize that nothing is happening and she's not going to attack you and its just a "vision" more or less, it loses its scare factor. Yeah, turning a corner and seeing Alma can make you tense up, but after about the 4th time that happens and the ONLY threat you ever really face is the soldiers, I lost that creepy feeling.
A BIG part of being scared in a game, IMO, is feeling that your character can be killed/attacked by something you don't expect. And while FEAR has a plethora of "elite soldier clone guys", they just aren't scary. And the "creey/paranormal" atmosphere is ruined by pretty much knowing that only these clone guys are going to attack you.

Granted, I have not finished the game yet, but I'm on Interval 09, and after hearing Interval 08 was supposed to be really scary, I'm quite disappointed. I hope the game has saved up some real scares for the last two intervals, because so far, walking down narrow corridors and having clones pop up and shoot at me has NOT been scary.

Still a great game though. Gonna go play some more now...

SPOILER SPOILER















She hurts you alright....

[Spaceman Spiff]

SPOILER SPOILER She hurts you alright....

Ok, Just finished the game, and still stick by what I said.

I don't mean just the final 2 minutes, I'm talking about 99% of the game, I never felt afraid of her at all, since after about the first 2 hours I was fairly confident there was no direct threat to my character.

[Timman_24]

Ok, Just finished the game, and still stick by what I said.

I don't mean just the final 2 minutes, I'm talking about 99% of the game, I never felt afraid of her at all, since after about the first 2 hours I was fairly confident there was no direct threat to my character.

I do agree with you. After the first few times I saw her, it stopped being scary and just turned into being cool seeing the little girl. They should of made more places where she hurts you. When you see her they could of reinforced the fear by making something come out of no where that you had to dodge. You would be expecting a trap everytime you see her, so it would keep its scary factor.

[taggart6]

System shock 2 is everyone's favorite game? I've never heard of it myself :shrugs:

I've heard good things about it...just trying to find a copy of it.

However, its no BG&E...

[Kamakazie]

System shock 2 is everyone's favorite game? I've never heard of it myself :shrugs:

Its certainly my favorite game of all time

According to ttlg.com, you can still buy copies from http://www.gameswarehouse.com.au/lon...sp?gameid=2950 for cheap, but its an australian site so I dont know how bad shipping would be. Otherwise, just eBay it.

[GetCarter]

Isn't it Abandonware now?