Fear Effect
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Fear Effect is by _far_ the worst game I have ever played.
There are 3 playable characters - you start off with Hana, then Glas, then Deek. Instead of a blood meter you have a fear meter, which is green when you're calm and goes to red when you're afraid.
You can be killed with one shot when it's at red, but it goes to red as soon as you're in a fight! Which is why you die every 30 seconds and then it takes forever to reload.
This game is unbelievably difficult. You die over and over again just trying to get up a ladder, or some other simple task which they make nearly impossible. And the puzzles are so complicated you have to use the cheat codes to solve them. For instance, in the "disarming the bomb puzzle" there are several different colored wires and you have to clip them in the right order in only a few seconds, or *boom* and load saved game. Which gets to be very, very annoying.
The zombies on the 2nd CD are a joke, they're bright green with cut off jeans and occasionally take naps on the boardwalk (fetal position) The only thing scary about this game was its awfulness.
The last CD takes place in hell (which isn't as fun as you'd think.) In the final fight you choose between 2 characters, with different endings. Both of which are a let down after all you've done to get there. And the fight is also lame, instead of getting more ammo for hurting the Boss, you get paper bullets which you have to burn in a nearby fire to get the ammo. Even though you had to do this in hell, it's silly when you have to do it while fighing the ultimate monster.
Finally, even though there are 4 CD's the game is really short. It's just the continuous dying and reloading that makes it seem long.
~I would give Fear Effect 0 out of 5 stars if it was possible.
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This game most definetly kept me out of trouble for a while. I picked up the game at random and to my surprise, I finally got a really decent and GOOD game to play. The puzzles were frequent and some quite challenging. The characters are most pleasing to look at and listen to, especially the girls.I have played all of Eidos' Tomb Raders and hoped that Eidos stuck to its form of a good game to enjoy.Would like to have information on others very similar to FEAR EFFECT so that I continue to choose good games and keep out of trouble.
The character's behaviors, looks,& movements are pleasing. The grafics relating to the scenes surrounding the characters are really terrific. FEAR EFFECT 2 is truly great to play. I'm hoping that Eidos continues the FEAR EFFECT series. This would make me a very happy person. It is hard to find a really, really good and decent game such as FEAR EFFECT.
I had a difficult time quiting the game to do something else or to get to bed. I would stay up half way through the night playing the game. Needless to say, the girls also were up because I had a hard time putting the girls to bed. Hana & Rain didn't look like they lost any sleep on my account.
I want more games like FEAR EFFECT. I didn't want the game to end and was lost once it was over.
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This not only the most unique blend of graphics I have ever seen, but the graphics are some of the best I have seen on the Playstation, period. Mixing anime characters that walk around in real-time environments is excellent. But these surroundings aren't just any real-time, they are actually CG quality running environments. So what you actually have is an anime designed character (with facial expressions), exploring in a CG environment. Now that the basics have been stated, let's talk about the special effects. What a Sci-Fi adventure title like this needs is some kick ass looking effects, luckily Kronos knows that as well. The job they did not only with the basic visuals but with the special effects is wonderful, explosions look great. In-fact if you ask me, things like fire, explosions, lighting and all of the other effects, seem as if they had a lot of time put into them just to make them look believable. If you are interested in knowing the process of how the backgrounds were generated here it is: Kronos started out with super detailed 2D sketches, then they render them into 3D and under low-resolution. Later final touches are made and then they are set to run under hi-res for the final version the game. Before I leave of to the gameplay, I want to mention a quick thing: For those who care, Fear Effect has over 600 backgrounds, and I'm guessing that that is the most any game has had.
Although the gameplay may feel like "been there, shot that", but Fear Effect's gameplay is really a breath of fresh air. The camera flow is a lot like Resident Evil's and Dino Crisis', the gameplay in general is as well. Though it may not be shooting zombies or skeletons, the navigation is pretty close to the RE series. You start out as Hana at the beginning of the game, you make your way through roofs and such, until some story twisting events occur, you are later forced to play as Glas, Hana's partner you now have to get Hana out of a few sticky situations. Along both of their journeys you face bosses and pretty mindless enemies. Which now leads me to another topic in the gameplay, the AI in FE is pretty stupid. You can shoot pass them and they won't suspect a thing. Compared to AI from Syphon Filter and Metal Gear Solid, FE's AI hasn't even graduated pre-school yet. Although when they spot you, they will fire at you with excellent accuracy. The plot in my mind is pretty inimitable, although you may have seen a plot like this before it is really the setting that makes me say this. I wouldn't want to ruin the story for anyone so I'm deciding not to describe it for you, but I will describe the setting. You are in Hong-Kong (the year, is pretty far from now) and the atmosphere of the game is Sci-Fi, hence all of the dramatic sequences (special effects) you will encounter in the game.
Like Capcom's RE series there are puzzles to be solved in this game as well. Some can be so challenging that you will be forced to use a cheat or guide. FE is a pretty squeamish game, tons and tons of blood is squirted all over the place. Besides all of that you have a variety of weapons to choose from, Uzi's, .40 Pistols, Machine Guns, Hand Guns and more. The game spans 4 CD's but most of the space is used for the graphics quality, and the gameplay is hurt by a short replay value.
All of a sudden we see so many games with voice acting spawning out everywhere. I won't mention many, but some of the few are Tomba 2, Alundra2, and Syphon Filter 2. It look as if this phase is being recognized by developers and is now being used in other games as well. FE sports some top-notch voice acting, there isn't a slight show of breakup and the voices manage to keep up and they don't stray, so late timing is not an issue. Sound effect that come from, say the gunshots are quite good, you can hear everything from the gunshot to the wasted bullet falling to the ground. The sounds of the environments are great too, looks like Kronos put some time into the sound effects as well.
The control is very similar to Resident Evil's. You have to hold the up button and move using the right and left buttons. Since games with this type of control scheme don't come too often, I had a hard time adjusting to the movement and layout of the control, but you RE freaks should get acquainted in no time. It took me a good half hour to get used to the controls fully, but once that task is done all is fine.
Fear Effect is Eidos' best creation so far, the only game that can compare visually is Final Fantasy 8. The gameplay like I said is a definite "breath of fresh air", a suspenseful, thrilling, unique game that will grab hold of you and never let go. Every second of Fear Effect must be savored, because the game doesn't last as long as current games do today. Give it a week or so and you'll be done. But still nothing should stop you from purchasing Fear Effect.
9.3 / 10
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I have had Fear Effect ever since it came out, and I still think it is one of the greatest games. Though it can be extremely challenging at times, it is also loads of great fun, expecially with it's cartoon-like graphics. The storyline is brilliant fallowed by a host of awsome characters. If your looking for a challenge, than I point to Fear Effect.
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A mix of Anime, Hong Kong John Woo style action, Resident Evil Survival Horror, and stealth action of Metal Gear Solid, this game is awesome.
It is so fun. Even though it is very hard, but the cheat code give you infinite life, makes it pretty easy.
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