F.E.A.R. : MMod will follow my MMod series approach : new effects, weapon replacements, lots of tweaks, gameplay tweaks, graphics enhancements, updated gore
This mod is excelent!, i really love the sounds that were added in the game, plus the gore!. F.E.A.R has been one of my favorite FPS games of all time and with this mod it's even more awesome!
One of the few mods to expand on the game without taking away from its charm.
Glad to see someone still supports this game so many years after its release and despite later entries in the series losing connection with what made the game enjoyable.
While I fully understand this mod is intended to be a light enhancement to FEAR, it doesn't quite feel like anything too special, and in my opinion makes a few negative changes that affect the overall game a bit too much.
First the positives:
+ New sound design is outstanding and a joy to listen to on my surround sound headphones.
+ New shaders are great and make the game's aged models and textures feel much less "plasticy" than they were before. (However there are a few flickering lights that are bugged out and now overbright.)
+ The new laser gun is quite nice and oddly, not overly unbalanced. Powerful, but not super overpowered. Only wish it wasn't limited to one drop throughout the whole game.
+ Many of the new effects are gorgeous.
+ More decals sticking around, plus being able to gib enemies easier, is welcome.
Now the negatives.
- The only AI difference I've noticed is that the Replica Soldiers seem a lot more aggressive, even on normal. This puts you feeling like you're on the backfoot a lot more than in vanilla, which I'm not sure is a good thing.
- Replica Soldiers are also MUCH more accurate, which... I'm not a fan of. They feel too aimbot-like now and this is accentuated by their increased aggression.
- New effects are gorgeous, but a bit too much at times to where it creeps into interfering with visual clarity in a battle. The new gibbing inparticular creates a really gorgeous cloud of blood that slowly falls and settles onto the ground, but this tends to leave you with difficulty seeing the enemies behind their now deceased comrade, while they continue shooting you with perfect accuracy.
- Blood decals have been changed to a much darker, kind of ugly shade of red. I don't like that, FEAR Vanilla's blood was gorgeously red and popped. :(
Overall, the mod is fine, but nothing special. If anything however it made me really appreciate the progress Gunship has made with HL2: MMod, a mod so good paired with HL2 Update that I really don't think there's a reason to play HL2 vanilla anymore. So, Gunship, you've improved a lot since this mod, keep it up! I look forward to seeing what you do with HL2 MMod down the road. :)
The guns in the original were already top tier in gaming. Now they transcend gaming
this made the game even more gory nice job m8
The definitive version of original F.E.A.R
Amazing mod for an amazing game.
One of the best FEAR mods out there
I recently replayed vanilla FEAR 5 times on extreme difficulty, replayed FearMMod 4 times on extreme difficulty. Today i did another replay of FearMMod without using slowmo not even once on extreme difficulty. Yeah i absolutely adore the base game. This mod just gave a reason to love it even more.
Literally makes the game look and play so much better than before.
New sounds for guns, better visuals,everything.
Serisouly, i highly recommend anyone playing F.E.A.R. for the first time download and install this mod first.
10/10