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    F.E.A.R. shipped today!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by JackBauer, Oct 17, 2005.

  1. JackBauer

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    My order shipped out from EBGames, this morning. I should have it by Wednesday. I hope it's as good as advertised.
     
    JackBauer, Oct 17, 2005
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    It got pretty good reviews from IGN and Gamespot. Have you tried the demo?
     
    jordansport, Oct 17, 2005
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  3. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I played the Demo - thought it was decent, but not spectacular. Definitley worth getting though, I might have to pick up a copy soon.

    That game is really tough on the hardware though. I don't have any problems running it, but I can't imagine trying to run it on a minimum-spec machine.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 17, 2005
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    The demo, from a whole bunch of user reports, was merely average and not "wow, that was good!" but all the reviews so far say otherwise for the final product.
     
    Eliwood, Oct 18, 2005
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    hehe, my friend got the game a week in advance because Circuit city screwed up and placed the game up in the shelves in advance. The game I must say is fantastic..I love the bombs......hmmm off topic question....can the W3V play FEAR?
     
    Squinty, Oct 18, 2005
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  6. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Ah, that will be tough. 64MB of memory kills your options - I tried to run it on a 64MB card, and I couldn't go any higher than 640x480 without runnning out of video memory, even on low settings. However, it didn't look terrible....just...not nearly as good as it could.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 18, 2005
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  7. JackBauer

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    F.E.A.R. double DVD set received today!

    I probably won't get to play it until the weekend. I'll post some screenshots and comments when I get it installed.
     
    JackBauer, Oct 19, 2005
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    my roomate just got it for me! what i nice guy man i didn't even really mention it and he just saw it and picked it up for me. I can run it fairly well on my N6210, i just got another gb of RAM so i will test out the difference today, i had 512mb before which just isn't enough.
     
    circa86, Oct 21, 2005
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