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Nice "little" addition for the moment

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After playing FEAR a couple times (long game), I tried its expansion pack. Now, maybe I'm just getting the wrong games, but expansion packs are smaller than the original game. It's like the extended version of a movie. The extended (deleted scenes) version isn't going to be as long as the film itself without it.
The expansion packs I played, Doom 3 (Resurrection of Evil), FEAR (Extration Point), Descent 3 (Mercenary), Call of Duty (United Offensive), were all shorter (except maybe Call of Duty).
They are just shorter. The price can feel like a rip off, but then again, we didn't pay 50-60 dollars for brand new games before. Yes, we are now because prices are going up, but so are all other games too.
And yes, a lot of items, etc, are basically recycled, but again, I don't recall a lot of other expansion packs having a ton of new things. All games do have their new stuff here and there, but not completely.
So it's Recycled? You think in sequels (movies and game/tv shows), they have all new settings and new people, etc? No.

Enough ranting on that, the game,

The game in my opinion, was a bit nicer, for awhile. I was always wanting the girl to help me out, for the player you're controller never has an intention to kill her, but help out.
So it was nice for her to help some in this one, even though it wasn't needed. It helped the story some. The ending (SPOILER), well, the ending was a bit too quick and shallow. You have your "recycled" and "short game" issues. I have my "too quick and shallow endings".
I really was expecting to see her, help her, save her, something, or to kill off Fettel, again. All that happened was the helicopter exploded, sending me back, and we get this very very very slow moving scene up along the railing, looking at buidings.
But what expansion pack had great endings? Doom 3 didn't. Descent 3 didn't, Fear didn't, Call of Duty was okay, but nothing too spectacular.

If you love FEAR, but the game. It may be short, buy has some new enemies, and layouts, differnt decor and buildings, guns, etc.

If you liked FEAR, more of the same

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The action sequences in this game are largely similar to the original -- sneak through different complexes shooting clone squads as you go. Tactically there are some pretty good sequences that are a lot of fun to play, such as a couple of large areas where you have to take on a dozen or more clone soldiers. There's also a couple of larger mechs, some gatling-gun and rocket-launching heavies, and a new semi-invisible demon that is the demon equivalent of the human assassins (who also make a re-appearance, although it's totally unclear why).

That last point indicates the main problem -- the plot is basically treading water through this expansion and is borderline nonsensical. If you bought this expansion hoping, as I did, for further clues on the story, you are going to be disappointed -- the game tells you virtually nothing of interest, except that young Alma's feelings toward you appear to have changed (without any explanation, even at the end). Dead characters re-appear as if nothing happened to them. And the very end just sets up the sequel. Even so, I'd recommend it to fans of the first, but the next one had better do something with the story, or I'll skip it for something else.

FEAR!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You should FEAR not having this game! This is the best FPS I've played in YEARS. This expansion was kind of short IMO but well worth the buy. Can't wait for more. FAR les bad language in this expansion. The main game went overboard and I'm not easily offended by language.

Worth the buy if you loved the first.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Fear: Extraction Point doesn't add much story to the Fear experience, but it certainly does add hours of great gameplay. It took me about 8 hours to beat - thats an approximation, including menu time. If you loved Fear, you should certainly get Fear: Extraction Point.

Satisfactory

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Played pretty well, as a mindless shoot'em up. There wasn't much development of the original plot. It took me 7-8 hours to finish, but I like to investigate every nook and cranny.

Mapes again??

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great game. Love the effects and the lighting. The red eyed monsters are a challenge. What is Mapes doing here? I thought he died outside the vault from being shot<< that's the only odd quirk.
Buy this game!

FEAR less

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As good as FEAR if shorter. Same great graphics and physics with a few new challenges and the hint of an expanding story; worth playing once anyway.

Great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What can I say, it is more of a good thing. If you liked the original then buying this game is a no brainer. Great action and weapons(a couple of new ones) and some new enemies. You need a good computer to play it.

More fear please

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The only problem with this expansion pack is that it is too short.
Really a fun game, I hope they will be making another one ASAP

More of the same - and thats a good thing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The purpose of an expansion is to build on the strengths of the original and give the fans more of what they want. FEAR: Extraction Point (XP) does, but could have been so much more.

The gameplay starts immediately after the original game ends, when the rescue chopper crashes and you are once again trying to find a way out. Game mechanics are exactly the same, no tweaks of any kind are noticable. I have heard that the enemy AI has been improved but I didn't notice, perhaps that is a testament to how good it is, that the enemies seem ok.

Expansion packs typically add new weapons and enemies but XP is curiously weak in this regard. There is a new auto-cannon which really helps when in a big area with lots of enemies coming at you. There is a laser-beam rifle but I only found two ammo packs for it in the whole game so it was essentially useless. There is a new gigantic machinegun, and thats about it. On the enemies side, there are some new invisible guys, only I couldn't tell if they were the same as the inexplicable invisible guys from the first game or different. There is a new machinegun heavy-weapons guy that is hard to beat, but nothing really memorable. In fact it seemed considerably easier than the original game. I went through a large portion of the game before even using one of the frequent med-packs scattered around, the game does get more difficult later on though.

Expansion packs also add new worlds to explore and discover. XP takes you away from the generic offices and wharehouses of the first game to subways, hospitals and generic offices. The new landscapes are a nice change and feature a good mixture of cramped twisting corridors and large areas filled with enemies.

Expansion packs are expected to further develop or continue the storyline of the original, here I think that XP really fails to shine. The original had a difficult-to-follow plot about the mom, little girl, you and the bloody guy. The expansion starts out promising with some genuinely interesting stuff going on but quickly degenerates into nothing but cutscenes of guys crawling on walls and blood, lots of blood. The amount of blood thrown on the screen is truely staggering especially in the hospital as everything seems painted red. Unfortunately the cut scenes lose their drama as nothing happens as a result of them! The cut scenes and wierd twisted stuff just goes away and you continue on shooting faceless enemies. I think the developers lost a real chance to add tension. The plot itself was unintelligable to me - and I mean that literally, the guy talking to you speaks in a low mumble and by the time I could reach over and turn up my speakers he was finished so I did not hear most of it, not that it mattered, this is a pure and simple shooter...if it moves shoot it.

With all that said, was it fun? For me the answer is yes, I liked the original a lot and this was simply another chapter. Was it worth the money? it depends on how much you liked the original.

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