F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate

I love the world of FEAR.

I've replayed the original several times and almost made it to the end of Extraction Point before petering out (I'm sure I'll finish it eventually).

Is Perseus Mandate true to the feel of the original game?

I don't care so much about it being a "great" game. A decent romp through familiar territory would be enough for me.

Well, I'll throw in my 2 cents since I too am quite the FEAR fan.

Extraction Point was a great expansion, and even though it was developed by Timegate instead of Monolith, I still felt like it held true to the original game: same kind of eerie atmosphere, freakish enemies, and horrific moments. In fact, I'd argue that the scene with Point Man and Holiday in the warehouse is scarier than anything in the original FEAR. So while Extraction Point was short, it was still a great experience for me.

Perseus Mandate? Not so much. For one, this expansion introduces a new FEAR team and playable character, so it diverges completely from the first two games. Second, the level design and enemies begin to feel redundant after playing the first two titles. There's just not much new to PM -- no surprises, no shocking frights. And lastly, the animation/graphics didn't look nearly as strong as Extraction Point. It felt like the expansion had been dumbed down a little for console play, but that's just my opinion.

You know that the whole point of STALKER games is survival and equipment/supplies scavenging, so by cheating you are basically defeating the purpose of the game and turning it into a generic shooter.... Oh well, to it's each their own, I love both STALKER games, especially playing them on Master, it really is a grueling, unforgiving difficulty setting, but I keep coming back for more.

I bought FEAR, Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate pretty recently. I played FEAR pretty much non stop until I finished it (really wanted to know how it all turned out) and loved every minute of it. I'm now in the middle of Extraction Point and have been playing it on and off for about a month and I just can't get into it. It doesn't have the same feel as the original and I think the only motivation I had to play through it is to get any extra story before Project Origin comes out.

Now I find out that Project Origin is a straight sequel to FEAR by the original creators and acts like EP and PM never existed. Bah! Well, I guess they're always there for a rainy day... when I have no other games to play... and no internet connection.