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Shame on the big V for wasting your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 52 / 65
Date: October 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Where to start, I was expecting much from the addon to the great game FEAR. Instead you get little. They reused much of the same textures, dark area's, and characters from the original.

No new characters to speak off,non exsistent story line even weaker than the first. You will have a hard time finding much new here.

The game is far too short, you can finish in about 3-5 hours, and its too easy, even on the hardest setting.Ohh and to top it off it adds nothing to multiplayer at all, no new levels, characters or weapons, not even a new mode.

If you never bought the original, you can have the multiplayer for free! Truly there is no reason to pick this up at all. The game is still fun in the way the first game was fun, but feels less like an expansion and more like the last few levels they left out of the game :(.

Not worth 30 dollars in anyway shape or form. Best to wait and buy in the bargin bin for 10 dollars or less. In other words don't support developers who put this kind of "stuff" out at almost full game price, its a rippoff at best.

We need to Show big companies Like EA, Activision, and Vivendi that its not alright to rip us off, the only thing they understand is not buying their products. I finished this the first night I bought it in 3.5 hours of none too exciting gameplay. Then you can uninstall and use as a coaster, an expensive coaster.

No where near the original

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: October 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Extreme disappointment is a good way to describe my view of Extraction Point. Now I'm a HUGE fan of the first game, one of the first truely creepy games since the System Shock series. Don't get me wrong I was not expecting vastly improved gameplay, all new enemies, or a new physics engine. What I expected is STORY, a good story can make a good game great! The story of Extraction Point has a chopped off feeling akin to watching the first segment of your favorate TV show and then your wife shuts off the TV. If the game would have been $19.99 and been named "F.E.A.R. Extraction Point: Episode One", that would have been ok. As is, this is like expecting a T-Bone steak for dinner and getting peanut butter sandwich. No I'm not hungry, but boy I'm not satisfied either. To give an real comparison of how short the gameplay is, it took me ~35 min to buy the game (long line at Fry's), 2.5 hours to get home (L.A. traffic), less than 30 min to load (had to reload F.E.A.R. first), and a little more than 3 hours to play. It took longer to get than to play.

Slightly over-priced but it does deliver more FEAR

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: October 31, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Compared to the FEAR itself, this expansion pack will be some what disappointing. Overall, I thought it is a worthy product. It should be about $25 or even $20...not $30.

PROS -
A few new weapons.
A few new bad guy characters to fight.
In some ways, scarier than the first.
Same FEAR style, feel and game play.
Nice amount of play time, 6-10 hours, depending on your style.

CONS -
The new weapons are a nice additions, yet they lack a certain PUNCH!!! The turrets were cool, but wimpy. They should have made the turrets really awesome and just provided fewer of them throughout the game to keep things balanced.

I thought this could have been scarier than the first FEAR, except many of the scary moments either happen to fast or you miss them because you are facing the wrong way. I had to keep quick saving so I could replay the game if I missed a scary moment.

SUMMARY -
In the end, I really liked this add-on to FEAR. It does have its rough edges and is lacking in some ways. The ALMA story continues, just not in the way you think...which is cool. It took me over 10 hours to finish. When I play FEAR, I go slow and enjoy every fiber of the game. Yes, you could blow through this in 4-6 hours, but you will miss out on the visceral experience the developers are trying to give you. Save the "RUN AND GUN" style for games like Unreal Tournament. FEAR should be thoroughly absorbed and digested...piece by piece. Considering the lack of good 1st person shooters out there currently and the lame attempt by VALVE called EPISODE ONE..a crappy, dull, feeble add-on for Half Life 2...you will be glad EXTRACTION POINT has become available!

I cannot believe how down people are on this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 24 / 43
Date: November 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I loved the first game..... Big time. I pre ordered this expansion pack and am not disappointed. I am totally amazed at how people are complaining about this. Sure, it could have been a $20 expansion, not a $30, but hey, I paid.

As far as game play goes, its more of the same that everyone loved. It is more in the vein of HL2 episode 1. It is truly an episode, and continuation. If folks want to continue to have great games for the PC, they should stop complaining about 1) the weapons, 2) the gameplay, 3) its too short, 4) all sorts of other benign things.

Its not a surprise that more and more development is going to consoles, as PC gamers are such massive whiners. This game is a perfect example. It is just as good as the first installment of FEAR. Its got lots of new things to learn, and the story continues. The firefights are great, the new weapons are fine. Heck, the weapons from the first game would have been fine. What do people want, nuclear missles?

The graphics are just as awesome, and the story leaves you hanging. The same people that complain that its too short, are the ones that seem to complain about it taking 4 years for a new episode of Half Life 2. And then they complain its too short.

This stuff takes time to build, hundreds of people work on these games. The FEAR team didn't make us wait 4 years, but barely 12 months, and a good 5 hour episode came out. I'll pay for that.

I'm just astonished at how whiny people are. Most are 14 year old kids who have no clue. But even experienced folks should know what this is about. Personally, this is a great installment on the FEAR franchise, and I hope there are many more to come.

Almost...but not quite.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: October 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

F.E.A.R. Extraction Point continues to provide about another 6 hours of good solid F.E.A.R.-style gameplay. However, I found the added weapons to be near useless and played most of the game through with my standard combo of shotgun, assault rifle and 1 special (usually plasma rifle or HV penetrator). Plasma rounds were particularly hard to come by. (That's ok, it's a really powerful gun) The chaingun was sort of fun but not as much as I had hoped, and the laser carbine was just sort of silly. Turrets weren't as much fun as I had hoped, but they do make the final fight cake.

The Alma story was continued but not really to the end that I thought. (or I just didn't get it, that's possible too) A large portion of the creep-sequences were not as well scripted as in the original. I missed the visuals on a good number of them b/c I was either not looking the right way, or far more often, b/c I had hit the trigger pt. but since I wasn't charging into rooms blindly, didn't get to see the visual. This was disappointing, since it was a good chunk of what made the original so good. Didn't think much of the ending.

Music was too loud (trying to be dramatic) when launching several 'staged' fights. Which is a pain when you're trying to hear which way the bad guys are going so you can do what you got the game for. You know, shoot them.

Overall: If you liked F.E.A.R., like the smart AI but wanted different weapons or some different buildings to play in this may be for you. Otherwise replay the original or go buy something else. I just replayed the original for the third time right before this came out and I enjoyed it quite a bit more than this expansion. I don't think TimeGate quite 'got' exactly the mix that made the original as good as it was.

Expansion Pack...not sequel!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The good news is I liked the game so much that I have played it through twice. The bad news is that I've had the game for a week. Left me wishing for more. I loved the first, I've played it through several times, and Extraction Point gives you a little more. Cool new weapons, a new enemy, and a twist on Alma's relationship with the hero. This game sets-up a true sequel, and adds more size and scope to the setting of the first. From the complaints, I guess people thought this would be a sequel. The graphics are basically the same as the first, and so is the game play. You realize that what you did in the first just made things worse, and that you have opened Pandora's Box. True, $30 is a bit much. $20 would have made the pill easier to swollow. You get a few new levels, the last of which will keep you jumping. Buy if you are a fan of the first, but remember that this is just an expansion pack.

What can I say? I love that friggin Nail Gun...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: January 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a huge fan of the original FEAR, Extraction Point didn't need too many bells & whistles to get my attention. I loved the atmosphere, the visuals, sound, AI, guns... All very satisfying. The story was decent for a video game, but I read a book or movie when I want a good story. Games don't usually deliver for me in that category.

Extraction Point, like most have said, is more of what you liked about the original. The developers weren't very daring. They really didn't add much to the story, and they left the gameplay formula alone. 2 or 3 new types of bad guys- cool. Some new locales... sweet. The 2 new guns were very nice, but as someone else said, the ammo is scarce, which is a shame. It would have been a lot of fun to go on a total rampage with both of those guns for a decent stretch of time. For instance... one of my favorite game-moments was near the end of Half-life 2, when you have nothing except the super-charged gravity gun, and you are just going absolutely berserk with it. FEAR needs moments like that.

This expansion was brief, which some have complained about. It took me like 5 or 6 hours on medium, and that fit the bill nicely. Admittedly, I may have a shorter attention span then some, but I was satisfied.

Another thing that some have complained about is the system requirements. FEAR looked gorgeous and played very smoothly on my puter. Here, they ramped up output, and I had a pretty tough time tweaking it. This actually frustrated me until I checked online, and discovered that it wasn't just me. It picked a level of settings for me, and it looked real nice, but when a little action hit the screen, the game stuttered horribly. I had to sacrifice quite a bit of eye candy, to be able to make this game play well. Expansions don't usually challenge your system that much more than the original game.

Anyway... I am a big fan of that nail gun, and I was pleased to wield it once more. This game should have probably been priced a little cheaper for what they give you, but at least you can resell it!

No where near the original big disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Extreme disappointment way to describe my view of Extraction Point.
first it was way to short to finish . have spent many hours playing and the original F.E.A.R .this version took me abount 2.5 to 3 hrs to finish and at the end when you helicopter gets blown up you think your going to another level and game ends. graphic are very good. just up to par with first one.do not wast your money on this it is not worth buying not enough level like first one. To spend 30.00 on this game not worth it.
look for it used if you have to have it . i am shore you will find alot of them selling on ebay and other sites. i just hpoe they come out with another expansion pack that is as good as first one

great expansion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 9
Date: November 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I truly loved the original FEAR: the intense action sequences I just couldnt get enough of, and to add to it, a game that gets into your head not just by "uh oh a bad guy jumped out at me from nowhere" but by supernatural events, yada yada yada you all know how it goes with FEAR.

I just finished playing the expansion, and I can say I am just as impressed as I was when I played the original. This is NOT a sequel and I believe by no means did they did try to make it one... its an expansion, expanding upon the original with plenty of new weapons, baddies, and six new intervals to play in.

The new bad guys, yea several of them just looked like re-hashes of old ones, but the invisible super-demons or whatever they are, are downright creepy (and devastating). and several of the walking-heavy armor bad guys with the rockets... those fights were sweet and pretty intense.

I loved several of the new weapons... who can't love the destruction of the minigun, i just wish we could have had it earlier in game =) or the Laser gun has become one of my fav's.

The game I dont think was too short, as an expansion. I think it was just right. The HL2 episode 1 I think was a little short, but not this one.

Sure, I guess if you just run through the entire levels skipping all exploration and just running from one fight sequence to another, then I guess you could run through it in a couple hours or so.

But, the name of the game is not only to have some very exciting fighting scenes but also the exploration portion of it in between where, i dont know about everybody else but I take it pretty slow, creeping around each corner, kicking in each door because I have no idea what might be lurking around or what kind of paranormal activities might be waiting. So, I dont remember the exact hours I spent playing it but I was certainly not disappointed in terms of the length.

I myself do think on the most part it might be a slight bit scarier than original just that I think some of the first game was a lot of the guy/girl walking across a door or window,etc.. when, this one... well, i wouldnt want to give anything away but they definitely seemed to throw a lot into it at times.

So yes, I enjoyed it just as much as original and definitely recommend it to any fan of FEAR. I wasnt disappointed.

Good Single Player Expansion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: December 12, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Not all of us have a high speed connection, so I will take all the new single player levels that I can get.

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