F.E.A.R And Loving In San Francisco Comments by Kristan Reed

17 March, 2005

We grab an exclusive one-to-one interview with Monolith's technology chief Kevin Stephens about the most exciting first-person shooter of the year.

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skalmanxl

17/03/05 @ 14:20

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The multiplayer beta is actually the coolest thing I've played in a loooong time. It's like Quake 1 on crack cocaine. The speed of Quake 1, bullets kill easier then in Counter-Strike and the guns are just amazing....hooo boooy

Blerk

17/03/05 @ 14:25

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Ha! Those last two screenies are fabulous! :-D

bionutz

17/03/05 @ 14:44

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bring back NOLF!

Blerk

17/03/05 @ 14:53

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bring back MILF!

Er...

/backs slowly out of thread

Fozzie_bear

17/03/05 @ 14:54

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It's games like this - and articles like this banging on about it - which are going to cost me a fortune. Finally going to have to upgrade the pc. Can't see this running on a Celeron 900 with geforce 3 card.

krudster [mod]

17/03/05 @ 15:06

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But think of all the other games you'll be finally able to run!

Razz

17/03/05 @ 16:12

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ok... now I'm Excited! i can't wait for this one, hopefully it'll be better than Doom3 :)

Aga

17/03/05 @ 16:32

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Blerk

17/03/05 @ 16:56

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The gamesTM preview says there's a particular object that you can carry around which allows you to do the 'bullet time' thing. Only the person who has it can do it, everyone else slows down when he uses it. Kill him and you can nick it.

Tiiti

17/03/05 @ 17:12

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everyone else slows down when he uses it

If that person is in a team, then that team will not slow down either apparently.

Fozzie_bear

17/03/05 @ 18:54

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Krudster - i know... stuff like half life 2, kotor (1 and 2) and rome total war have been pushing me towards the pc for games again rather than consoles. This looks like causing critical mass!

Last time i upgraded was to put the geforce 3 card in. 150 quid and all i bloody played on the pc was championship manager. Most pointless upgrade. Evah!

Been looking at the dell website - seem to be very reasonably priced. Anyone got experience of their stuff? Any good?

krudster [mod]

17/03/05 @ 19:11

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Not a bad option for price/performance. As ever, avoid the low end, focus on the graphics options (say no to onboard graphics!) and generally speaking the more you spend the better in the long run. For 700 odd quid (assuming no monitor/printer/even OS if you can help it) you should be fine.

drumbaby

17/03/05 @ 19:19

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I love the IGN trailer where you're dropped off by your squad, and they're under fire in the 'copter so they flee shouting 'You're on your own!'

So begins generic pretty FPS title # 657.

:)

HarryB

17/03/05 @ 19:22

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cynic

Fozzie_bear

17/03/05 @ 20:01

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Years ago a decent gaming machine seemed to be around a grand. I'm not bothered about top-end stuff so it looks like i should get something for around 500 - 700 which'll do me.

Shame about that offer MacM found - looks like the best buy i've seen by a long way. I'll have another poke about on their site and see what i can find. They seem to have never ending sales.

Cheers for the advice..

L0cky

17/03/05 @ 21:22

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And you didn't just post to say 'I didn't miss the gag'? :P

Game looks good in a visceral sort of way, still not sure about their method for mp bullet time though.

L0cky

17/03/05 @ 21:23

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'... bullets kill easier then in Counter-Strike...'

Hmm, that doesn't sound like fun. The bullets in Counter-Strike kill pretty damn easily.

btw, why is there a little square following the right side of this page when I scroll it in firefox?

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18/03/05 @ 03:32

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This game makes my PC spec cry. That upsets me, and I cry.

Blerk

18/03/05 @ 11:32

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Well.... he could have asked all those things, but then it would've been really bloody boring, wouldn't it?

This is a games site, not a tech site.

makaveli789

18/03/05 @ 21:52

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Good interview Kristan. I wonder if they will make alien vs predator 3 based on this technology? Should have asked them that :P

Martin

19/03/05 @ 09:07

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It seems as if I've read this interview before...

Hey there skalman! You still alive and around? :)

Martin

19/03/05 @ 09:10

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@MacM: Dell's crap. Get yourself an HP Compaq instead.

drumbaby

20/03/05 @ 11:59

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"I wonder if they will make alien vs predator 3 based on this technology?"

Ugh no, they ballsed up # 2 badly. It should be given to an fps team who know how to craft a decent suspenseful yarn free of stodgy scripting and gimmicks-based contrivances.

Genji

20/03/05 @ 12:16

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They should make a game like the Shalebridge Cradle level in T:DS. That shit was scary.

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