Games You're Looking Forward to

**CountArach** · 01-26-2009, 07:43

HistWar: Les Grognards

FEAR 2: Project Origin

**KukriKhan** · 01-31-2009, 17:13

Originally Posted by CountArach

HistWar: Les Grognards

FEAR 2: Project Origin

Got the demo for F.E.A.R. 2 on Steam yesterday (took 5 hours to d/l & install).

The first one wouldn't run on my Alienware laptop. Wanna see if this one runs on my updated desktop.

Will report later today.

**KukriKhan** · 01-31-2009, 21:41

Originally Posted by KukriKhan

Got the demo for F.E.A.R. 2 on Steam yesterday (took 5 hours to d/l & install).

The first one wouldn't run on my Alienware laptop. Wanna see if this one runs on my updated desktop.

Will report later today.

The demo works OK on this machine*. On clicking "Play" the game apparently checks for system performance, and presumeably adjusts settings. I played through what I guess is about half of the demo.

I didn't realize that Warner Bros. produced this. It's quite cinematic. In the demo, you're introduced to Alma, and you find yourself the lone survivor of a chopper crash. A little ways in front of you is a fiery hole in the street. No way around it, you take a leap of faith and jump, landing you in an elementary school hallway, weaponless. You see an armed guy (dead), and pick up a subMG & ammo, and commence shooting at anything that moves (I hesitated at first, thinking those might be my buddies, but no). You get tooltips the first couple of minutes, and you're shooting at humans/quasi-humans. Then the wraiths start coming. Shooting them seems to make them leave you alone.

Checking every room, and picking up ammo & weapons, you finally get "outdoors", only to get crushed by a bus. Haha! I think there's more, and I'll play thru (on "Easy"). The graphics are good to excellent, the search corridors & hallways are distinctive enough that I didn't have to re-trace steps often, and I got just enough encouragement (static-y radio traffic from my buddies), to maintain interest in moving ahead.

*SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

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**Husar** · 02-01-2009, 02:13

The demo worked fine on my system (PS3

) and yes, there is more after the bus.
It seems quite neat although I'm not really convinced either.

**Paradox** · 02-01-2009, 04:05

Just saw the trailer for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, CG is overwhelming. It looks a lot like it's going to be one of those cinematic games, hell, I thought it was blizzard behind this visually dazzling trailer. The graphics look very convincing, lets hope it won't disappoint.