Should I get the FEAR collection?

eveningninja · 07-20-2012, 04:10 PM

According to metacritic, Fear 1 is by far the best of the three. Are the other two worth buying for now (while they're on sale) or should I just buy Fear 1 and play that and be done with it?

Thanks.

TheGuvernor · 07-20-2012, 04:18 PM

FEAR 1 is arguably one of the greatest shooters ever made, an absolute rip roaring classic. Looks a bit dated but still spectacular IMHO.

FEAR 2 & 3, I found immensely enjoyable, despite a less than favourable response from die hard FEAR fans.

If you enjoy balls to the walls shooters, brilliant AI, a creepy vibe & gratuitous violence in your video games you can't go wrong.

Buy it.

Zekiran · 07-20-2012, 04:26 PM

Definitely. What TheGuvernor says is absolutely true.

eveningninja · 07-20-2012, 06:31 PM

Thanks. So, just to clarify, would I be missing out to only buy FEAR 1 and not 2 and 3 as well? Is the experience something new or is it just rehashed gameplay with more advanced graphics? It's just that I have lots of games to play anyhow and if 2 and 3 don't offer nearly as much as 1, then I don't necessarily feel compelled to play all three unless it makes the gameplay a more complete experience.

Zekiran · 07-20-2012, 06:45 PM

They are all extremely fun games. That's why you should buy them.

Whether they have a coherent story (some say yes, some say no) is up to you to decide. It's certainly NOT 'rehashed game play' from 1 to 2 to 3. They're not necessarily a logical progression, each one offers different types of play in different venues. But basically for sheer fun, all three of them offer something slightly different in the setting of a single over-arching story.

Hertston · 07-20-2012, 07:47 PM

What they said. All three offer something different, and certainly with FEAR 2 most of the complaints were because it wasn't 'just rehashed gameplay with more advanced graphics'.

Don't overlook the superior multiplayer in FEAR 3. Co-op is exceptional, and if you can find anyone to play it the PvP is a good laugh as well. It's one of a run of games where the devs tried to introduce innovative, different and generally mucho fun MP that was pretty much ignored, others being the hugely under-rated Singularity, Bioshock 2 and Dead Space 2.

TheGuvernor · 07-20-2012, 08:17 PM

Hertston is absolutely right about FEAR3 coop, it was exceptional.

All 3 games were day 1 purchases for me & it was too bad FEAR 3 didn't take off - best coop since L4D.

MADDOGGE · 07-20-2012, 08:28 PM

You can't really go wrong for the price. You are getting basically 5 games and one DLC. I say 5 games because EP amd PM are full expansion packs and are at least as long as average modern day FPS full games are.

07-20-2012, 04:10 PM	#1
eveningninja Join Date: Apr 2010 Reputation: 8 Posts: 128	Should I get the FEAR collection? According to metacritic, Fear 1 is by far the best of the three. Are the other two worth buying for now (while they're on sale) or should I just buy Fear 1 and play that and be done with it? Thanks.

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MADDOGGE Join Date: Jan 2008 Reputation: 8126 Posts: 25,011	You can't really go wrong for the price. You are getting basically 5 games and one DLC. I say 5 games because EP amd PM are full expansion packs and are at least as long as average modern day FPS full games are. Last edited by MADDOGGE: 07-20-2012 at 08:34 PM.

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07-20-2012, 04:18 PM	#2
TheGuvernor Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 32 Posts: 75	FEAR 1 is arguably one of the greatest shooters ever made, an absolute rip roaring classic. Looks a bit dated but still spectacular IMHO. FEAR 2 & 3, I found immensely enjoyable, despite a less than favourable response from die hard FEAR fans. If you enjoy balls to the walls shooters, brilliant AI, a creepy vibe & gratuitous violence in your video games you can't go wrong. Buy it.

07-20-2012, 04:26 PM	#3
Zekiran Join Date: Jun 2008 Reputation: 3966 Posts: 20,595	Definitely. What TheGuvernor says is absolutely true.

07-20-2012, 06:31 PM	#4
eveningninja Join Date: Apr 2010 Reputation: 8 Posts: 128	Thanks. So, just to clarify, would I be missing out to only buy FEAR 1 and not 2 and 3 as well? Is the experience something new or is it just rehashed gameplay with more advanced graphics? It's just that I have lots of games to play anyhow and if 2 and 3 don't offer nearly as much as 1, then I don't necessarily feel compelled to play all three unless it makes the gameplay a more complete experience.

07-20-2012, 06:45 PM	#5
Zekiran Join Date: Jun 2008 Reputation: 3966 Posts: 20,595	They are all extremely fun games. That's why you should buy them. Whether they have a coherent story (some say yes, some say no) is up to you to decide. It's certainly NOT 'rehashed game play' from 1 to 2 to 3. They're not necessarily a logical progression, each one offers different types of play in different venues. But basically for sheer fun, all three of them offer something slightly different in the setting of a single over-arching story.

07-20-2012, 07:47 PM	#6
Hertston Join Date: May 2009 Reputation: 22 Posts: 268	What they said. All three offer something different, and certainly with FEAR 2 most of the complaints were because it wasn't 'just rehashed gameplay with more advanced graphics'. Don't overlook the superior multiplayer in FEAR 3. Co-op is exceptional, and if you can find anyone to play it the PvP is a good laugh as well. It's one of a run of games where the devs tried to introduce innovative, different and generally mucho fun MP that was pretty much ignored, others being the hugely under-rated Singularity, Bioshock 2 and Dead Space 2.

07-20-2012, 08:17 PM	#7
TheGuvernor Join Date: Oct 2011 Reputation: 32 Posts: 75	Hertston is absolutely right about FEAR3 coop, it was exceptional. All 3 games were day 1 purchases for me & it was too bad FEAR 3 didn't take off - best coop since L4D.