Demon_Polar_Bear
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"The Polito form is dead, insect. Are you afraid? What is it you fear? The end of your trivial existence? When the history of my glory is written, your species shall only be a footnote to my magnificence. ... I am SHODAN."
Reviews (0 - 10 of 17)
Cry of Fear is a good, fun game but is nowhere near extraordinary.
*SPOILERS BELOW*
The Good:
- CREATIVELY DESIGNED MONSTERS. I liked the lady/ies who make Simon want to shoot himself.
- INTERESTING BOSS FIGHTS. Different strategies, man.
- NICE VISUALS/AMBIANCE. The boat ride was memorable.
- FITTING MUSICAL SCORE.
- CHALLENGING GAMEPLAY.
- LEVEL/MAP DESIGN (or at least most weren't terrible)
The Bad:
- TOO MANY MONSTERS. At some parts that the game stopped being fun and just became a chore.
- THE INVENTORY SYSTEM. It did not add a sense of "being helpless" or "powerless". Instead, it made the whole game a hassle, particularly when it came to keys. I would drop my pistol because my inventory is filled with a whopping three items, pick up the key, run and unlock the door that's 5 minutes away, spend another 5 minutes running back to my pistol to pick it up, and another 5 running back to the door just so I could be properly equipped for the next area. This type of inventory doesn't add anything to the game except a new pain in the ***.
-THE STORY/PLOT. The story had so much going on that it all just felt cobbled together. It tried too hard to force emotion onto the player that it came out like a joke. For example, here's Simon going about his business, killing monsters, discovering truths,OHBYTHEWAY THERE'S THIS GIRL NAMED SOPHIE WHO HE USED TO LIKE BUT SHE KILLED HERESLF AWWWW ISN'T THAT SADDDDDD, forget about Sophie- onto more monster killing whoopwhoop. But then the story never even revisits that seemingly "important" part of the plot. It was just there to be there.
-THE CHARACTERS + SYMBOLISM. I didn't care one bit about Simon or what his "monsters" represented because his whole development was just so flat.
-THE GAME IS TOO LONG. It just dragged on and felt too long for its own good.
-TOO MUCH BACKTRACKING.
All in all, Cry of Fear was a solid, good game. There was a lot wrong with it and I probably won't be playing it again, but it was fun.
I really enjoyed this mod and it's obvious that quite a bit of work was put into it. Any of those horror movie/game cliches that there might have been were fit seamlessly into the gameplay and were actually done well so it didn't feel like another old game about random objects floating and ghosts turning around real slowly with a scary face...
I have played a lot of horror games and yet this mod still scares me shitless.
So just all in all, awesome mod.
