F.E.A.R. 2 demo coming this week

By Ellie Gibson Published 19 January, 2009

For PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

Warner Bros. has announced a demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin will be available from Thursday 22nd January.

The PC version will be available for download from WhatIsFear.com, and the demo will also be available via Xbox Live and PlayStation 3.

F.E.A.R. 2 is begins just before the first game ended, and sees you taking on spooky little madam Alma once again in the city of Auburn. The game is out on 13th February, and in the meantime the gamepage is full of previews, screenshots, videos and the like.

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Since joining Eurogamer in the mid 2000s, Ellie has written about subjects as diverse as the fall of Gizmondo, the rise of Hollyoaks actresses in Red Alert games and the noise a bear makes under NSFW circumstances.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • gribb #1 3 years ago

    High hopes for this one.

  • mcbi4kh2 #2 3 years ago

    me too, should plug the gap until kz.

  • Cadence #3 3 years ago

    Shame my PC doesn't stand a chance of playing this :(

  • siro #4 3 years ago

    I'm currently playing the first one among other games... Or better did until I started Lost Odyssey. Was OK so far but not more. Screenshots for this one look very promising though.

  • muscleblade #5 3 years ago

    With SFIV and RE5 coming out shortly after this the demo better be good.

  • skillian #6 3 years ago

    I loved F.E.A.R., and I'm still not sure I've played anything since with combat that felt so real and dynamic.

    Can't wait for the demo...

  • teabagger #7 3 years ago

    Do people think it's necessary to play the first one through? One of those ones I meant to pick up but never quite got round to.

  • deadmonkeyuk #8 3 years ago

    Feb is looking like a great month for releases, FEAR 2 could be a surprise hit.

  • skillian #9 3 years ago

    Do people think it's necessary to play the first one through?

    Others might disagree, but I think the story in FEAR is pretty weak so I don't think you'd really miss out by not having played the first.

    I can't even really really remember what happened, apart from one reveal at the end which I won't spoil but will probably be mentioned at the beginning of this new game.

  • muscleblade #10 3 years ago

    "Do people think it's necessary to play the first one through? "

    Probably not.

  • FooAtari #11 3 years ago

    "Do people think it's necessary to play the first one through? One of those ones I meant to pick up but never quite got round to."

    From the single review I have read (was in PC Zone) FEAR 2 is apparently not as good as the first, so you might want to pick it up.

  • muscleblade #12 3 years ago

    Q1 will be an amazing gaming month. Too good for my liking actually because i wont have time for all the games i want to play. Beats Q4 2008 imo.

  • muscleblade #13 3 years ago

    "From the single review I have read (was in PC Zone) FEAR 2 is apparently not as good as the first"

    This was the case with Condemned 2 so im not surprised. What score did FEAR 2 get?

  • Retroid #14 3 years ago

    Well, the demo (via Qore) is quite good, I really liked it. Went from "I'm aware it exists" to "I'll probably get this!"

    But then, I loved the demo for the first game and found the full thing to be a massive disappointment :/

  • Darren #15 3 years ago

    Looking forward to trying this demo on my new PC as that is the format I intend buying it for. I'll check out the 360 and PS3 versions too but I'm pretty sure they won't be anywhere near as good and, besides, they'll definitely be more expensive.

  • UncleLou #16 3 years ago

    ""From the single review I have read (was in PC Zone) FEAR 2 is apparently not as good as the first"

    Hm, do you know why? Couldn't care less about story, scare factor and environments, as long as the AI is still as good. If they sacrificed that for something else, I am going to kill, er, Retroid. ;)

  • teabagger #17 3 years ago

    Cheers for the comments, will prob just pick up this one if it gets a decent review. Still trying to get through the November glut...

  • FooAtari #18 3 years ago

    @ muscleblade/UnleLou

    It scored 80/100

    + Fantastic action
    + Coherent plot
    - Cover system doesnt always work
    - Environments samey
    - Far to easy

  • UncleLou #19 3 years ago

    Cheers, FooAtari. Don't care about the samey environments, as long as the level design is as stellar as in the first one (before anyone complains, level design is not the same as pretty environments), but "far too easy" sounds very strange - the first one was proper hard on, er, hard. :-/

  • RedSparrows #20 3 years ago

    Hmm difficulty is odd. Need some challenge ;(

    Environments were pretty dull in first game, but it was great to play through all the same.

  • FooAtari #21 3 years ago

    Maybe they are referring to "Normal" difficulty.

    Overall they say the environments are pretty good, not as samey as the first game, but still a bit repetitive. The combat seems to be just as good from what I remember of the review. (I was reading it in bed, and was half asleep, should probably read it again)