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    F.E.A.R. To Be Free

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by positivebalance, Aug 8, 2006.

  1. positivebalance

    positivebalance Notebook Enthusiast

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    I figured that a bunch of people on these forums would be interested in this announcement. Sorry if it was posted already!

    08-08-2006 - Sierra Entertainment today announced that the multiplayer component from the award winning PC title F.E.A.R.™ (First Encounter Assault Recon), has been renamed F.E.A.R. Combat, and will be made available to the public as a free download on Thursday August 17th, 2006.

    F.E.A.R. Combat is the complete multiplayer component of F.E.A.R. and includes all the updates, additional official maps and additional official game modes all in one downloadable file. F.E.A.R. Combat users will be able to play against the owners of the retail version of F.E.A.R. as well as the other F.E.A.R. Combat users.

    F.E.A.R. Combat features:
    - 10 Multiplayer Game modes.
    - 19 Multiplayer Maps.
    - 12 different weapons.
    - Punkbuster support for anti cheat support.
    - The capability to download user generated content.

    To play F.E.A.R. Combat, consumers simply go to www.joinfear.com and register to obtain their free, Combat keycode. When the file is made available for download on Aug 17th 2006, consumers can install, enter their keycode, and get ready to join F.E.A.R. Combat!

    F.E.A.R. Combat will be available for download on August 17th 2006.

    http://www.joinfear.com
     
    positivebalance, Aug 8, 2006
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  2. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    I haven't seen it posted, so thanks for the update.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 8, 2006
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  3. boogiedood

    boogiedood Notebook Guru

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    nooooooooooooooo~! i just bought it...I really hope the single player is worth it consideringthat the multiplayer version will be free :(
     
    boogiedood, Aug 8, 2006
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  4. chris2pher71

    chris2pher71 Notebook Evangelist

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    from the demo i played, the single player is the best part of fear
     
    chris2pher71, Aug 8, 2006
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  5. pdxlou

    pdxlou Notebook Geek

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    I LOVE the single player version of FEAR. Its worth payin for, even if they are giving the Multiplayer away for free... I would imagin anything that is FREE will have its price. I wonder it the free version of FEAR multiplayer will have somthing missing that you wont get with the retail version.

    PdxLou
     
    pdxlou, Aug 8, 2006
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  6. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Awesome!!!
     
    usapatriot, Aug 9, 2006
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  7. K3nt

    K3nt Notebook Guru

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    woohoo! thats wicked
     
    K3nt, Aug 10, 2006
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  8. HchorionicGT

    HchorionicGT Notebook Consultant

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    where do you register? joinfear.com does not have a register button. the closest thing i found was the sign up and i signed up but didn't get a key... ?
     
    HchorionicGT, Aug 10, 2006
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  9. Savri

    Savri Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hah! That figures...I also just bought the game. Not too dissapointed though, as the Single Player is pretty sick. In either case, this is great news for people who already have the game as it just means there will be more people playing (competition) and more servers to choose from!(new mods, maps, and clans)
     
    Savri, Aug 10, 2006
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  10. Jeff Coleman

    Jeff Coleman Notebook Evangelist

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    The storyline in fear was horrible, you go level to level killing the same enemies with the same guns, it's the same exact thing from level 1 to the end, so repeticious.
     
    Jeff Coleman, Aug 10, 2006
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  11. HavoK

    HavoK Registered User

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    Cool! I've been looking for a new multi player game after getting bored with Battlefield 2, a free one couldn't have come at a better time!

    Have never played multi-player FEAR, but I didn't like the SP aspect - that said though, the sections with pure blasting away bad guys were seriously sweet, especially if you're running the game on a good video card - all that plaster, dust and mortar flying everywhere!
     
    HavoK, Aug 12, 2006
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