F.E.A.R. Heading to PS3 *UPDATE* - Confirmed [Archive]

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 07:36 AM

Computer & Videos Games (http://www.computerandvideogames.com) is reporting that F.E.A.R. is heading to the PS3 in addition to the Xbox 360!

You can read all about it here (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=144144).

F.E.A.R. took the PC by storm, is boldly slapping up the Xbox 360, offering further PC adventures with expansion pack Extraction Point and is now confirmed for Sony's next-gen console, the PS3, CVG can exclusively reveal today.

Following hot on the heels of the announcement of F.E.A.R. multiplayer for free, CVG's investigative reporters have learned that the mighty shooting franchise, which offers superb slow mo gun battles and pant-wetting Japanese-influenced horror, will be marching straight onto Sony's next-gen console.
Nice!

Editor's Note - Thanks also to Guy Mariano for the news submission!

Editor's Note - Thanks to RainOfTerror and Jack B for alerting me to the fact that this is now confirmed (http://tinyurl.com/qxq96) as a launch title for PS3.

Reanimated

08-09-2006, 07:40 AM

When we contacted Vivendi we were met with a firm "no comment" on F.E.A.R. PS3

Given CVG's track record, I'd wait for a press release.

Mdot23

08-09-2006, 07:43 AM

can't say i'm surprised.

Kamalot

08-09-2006, 07:48 AM

F.E.A.R. is also coming to the 360. People are already running demos.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/archives/cag-spots-fear-demo-360-on-friends-list.php

Kamalot

08-09-2006, 07:51 AM

I'm waiting for the Sony fans who claim they'll buy a PS3 because '360 only has FPS games' to come in here and drool over a FPS. :rolleyes:

Mike Jones

08-09-2006, 08:04 AM

Meh..this will be better

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8363/resist1lz5.jpg

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 08:15 AM

Meh..this will be better

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8363/resist1lz5.jpg
Damn you, Mike. This is good PS3 news, yet you try to turn it into something less than that by saying a Sony-developed title will be better. Have you played the game you're trying to sell us? And have you played FEAR?

Get a life (that doesn't belong to Sony)!

Mike Jones

08-09-2006, 08:26 AM

Damn you, Mike. This is good PS3 news, yet you try to turn it into something less than that by saying a Sony-developed title will be better. Have you played the game you're trying to sell us? And have you played FEAR?

Get a life (that doesn't belong to Sony)!

I own FEAR for my PC ;) . So this is Meh to me. Just like Oblivion PS3 would be since I own them both. If I wanted a bunch of PC ports I'd already own a 360.

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 08:29 AM

I own FEAR for my PC ;) . So this is Meh to me. Just like Oblivion PS3 would be since I own them both. If I wanted a bunch of PC ports I'd already own a 360.
You're simply not seeing the bigger picture, though! FEAR coming to the PS3 is interesting because it shows that not everything is doom-and-gloom on the format. Please try to look beyond your own interests for once and look instead at the whole.

Knite

08-09-2006, 08:30 AM

I own FEAR for my PC ;) . So this is Meh to me. Just like Oblivion PS3 would be since I own them both. If I wanted a bunch of PC ports I'd already own a 360.

Yeah, Chromehounds RULES on my PC, and I love the hi-rez zombie loving on my PC too

oh wait....

BigMike20VT

08-09-2006, 08:44 AM

great news for everyone - doesnt affect me as to be honest, if a fpser is available on the pc i will get it for that, but for those without a decent PC this is a must have game. (tho i prefer condemed which uses same engine, but thats a personal thing). FEAR should be considered in every fpsers game collection.

(that ps3 shot looks bloodly lovely tho as well!)

Kelegacy

08-09-2006, 08:47 AM

I'm waiting for the Sony fans who claim they'll buy a PS3 because '360 only has FPS games' to come in here and drool over a FPS. :rolleyes:
Kam, get a life outside your Sony hating. Do you have a script that tells you ever time a new Sony thread has popped up on EvAv so you can dive headfirst into it?

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 08:49 AM

Kam, get a life outside your Sony hating. Do you have a script that tells you ever time a new Sony thread has popped up on EvAv so you can dive headfirst into it?
To be fair, Kelegacy, he's not the biggest fanboy here! That dubious honor must go to Mike Jones.

Wonka

08-09-2006, 08:55 AM

No surprises here.

What we have here is even more cross platform development...

Which means even more evidence that companies cannot afford to make titles exclusive to either platform...

To me, this is ultimately even more evidence that the biggest difference between PS3 and 360 actually IS just a pricetag and a couple features. So do you want Blueray and a couple of JRPGs? Or do you want a mature online service and a smaller price?

Unless you actually live in Japan, the games will mostly be the same.

Mike Jones

08-09-2006, 09:02 AM

Unless you actually live in Japan, the games will mostly be the same.

No region coding on PS3 , so umm no.

Rirath

08-09-2006, 09:03 AM

I'm honestly not sure what the great news is... an already aging FPS that wasn't all that fun the first time around, is coming to the PS3. I want the PS3 to succeed, I need it's RPGs and genres... but this hardly seems like big news.

You want to sell me a PS3? Announce less ports, and more exclusive games. Then find a price tag that even borders on reasonable. I would have paid as much as a 360 core / premium for a PS3 core / premium, certainly not more.

Sl1pstream

08-09-2006, 09:18 AM

No region coding on PS3 , so umm no.

Yeah, now every single ps3 owner is going to go through the trouble of importing just to play games they don't understand because they don't know Japanese.

The 360 is region free, developers can still make their games region locked (see Dead Rising), which most of them will do on both systems.

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 09:19 AM

Yeah, now every single ps3 owner is going to go through the trouble of importing just to play games they don't understand because they don't know Japanese.

The 360 is region free, developers can still make their games region locked (see Dead Rising), which most of them will do on both systems.
I can verify this. Just look at Play-Asia for details.

Sl1pstream

08-09-2006, 09:22 AM

I can verify this. Just look at Play-Asia for details.

I know you can check Play-Asia (and a few other websites) to see which games are region locked. My point was that, just because the hardware is region free, it doesn't mean that every game on the system is.

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 09:25 AM

I know you can check Play-Asia (and a few other websites) to see which games are region locked. My point was that, just because the hardware is region free, it doesn't mean that every game on the system is.
Right. And I was agreeing. I think! :confused:

Soap

08-09-2006, 09:25 AM

As an owner of F.E.A.R. on PC, I sincerely hope that the PS3 version gets some sort of extra content (like adding in the fear expansion pack) to make it more people want to purchase it. Because honestly, for the price that you'll be paying for I'd really like to see us consumers get more bang for the buck.

Sl1pstream

08-09-2006, 09:27 AM

Right. And I was agreeing. I think! :confused:

I thought you meant that verifying the game before you buy it would be the solution. Never mind then. Me no speak engrish.

Kamalot

08-09-2006, 09:34 AM

Kam, get a life outside your Sony hating. Do you have a script that tells you ever time a new Sony thread has popped up on EvAv so you can dive headfirst into it?LMAO! So it was you that said you wanted a PS3 cause the 360 has nothing but FPS games? No wonder you are so uppity. :cool:

saran_js

08-09-2006, 09:34 AM

Just out of curiosity, how do you check for a region locked game when the hardware itself is not region locked ?

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 09:35 AM

I thought you meant that verifying the game before you buy it would be the solution. Never mind then. Me no speak engrish.
Me no speak, period! :)

Sl1pstream

08-09-2006, 09:38 AM

Just out of curiosity, how do you check for a region locked game when the hardware itself is not region locked ?

Like fitbabits said, check Play-Asia. They have a list (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-fc-49-en.html) of all region free Xbox 360 games. I assume they'll do the same for PS3 titles.

Frogleg Special

08-09-2006, 09:39 AM

Again, PC leads the way in front of the consoles in terms of games and ideas. Not bad for a pariah platform and can't wait when Microsoft gives its full support next year.

Sl1pstream

08-09-2006, 09:48 AM

Again, PC leads the way in front of the consoles in terms of games and ideas. Not bad for a pariah platform and can't wait when Microsoft gives its full support next year.

How is that? It's not like this is good news for PC owners as they're not gaining any new titles. They're actually losing another exclusive IP.

Besides, from what I've read in the recent F.E.A.R. threads, the game wasn't that good to begin with. Are you saying the PC is marketleader in mediocre fps games?

BigMike20VT

08-09-2006, 09:49 AM

console bashing.... dont you love it, i remember in the days of owning an amiga and knowing it was so much bette than the ST!!!........ but anyway back on topic, i dont see how this isnt good news, end of the day, if you dont want it for PS3 / X360 pick it up for the pc for pennies, much like if you want Halo2 but dont want to pay full wack or get vista just get it for the xbox.

The bottom line is FEAR is a superb game and i think its great that good games are multi platform, Sure platfrms need exclusives, but imo i like the idea of having a time limited exclusivity, whereby after 12 months everyone gets to play the game (to the best of that machines ability which clearly may mean slight alterations).

Not everyone can afford to have 3 consoles and a top spec PC

Kelegacy

08-09-2006, 09:49 AM

LMAO! So it was you that said you wanted a PS3 cause the 360 has nothing but FPS games? No wonder you are so uppity. :cool:
No, it wasn't me. But your attacks keep getting lamer.

saran_js

08-09-2006, 09:50 AM

Like fitbabits said, check Play-Asia. They have a list (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-fc-49-en.html) of all region free Xbox 360 games. I assume they'll do the same for PS3 titles.

I don't think you're getting what I mean. Let's put in another way... what's to stop me from purchasing the game from another country and importing it to mine and playing it on my PS3 ? The PS3 hardware is region free, so if the game is region locked, how can the system detect that the game I purchased cannot be played on my PS3.
I don't see any way here other than having to connect online every single time just for the game to detect my system serial number or some such before allowing any such game play.

Eran Hawke

08-09-2006, 09:53 AM

I played this on my Pc and thought is was a whole lotta 'Meh'. But I suppose getting another 'meh' PC port can be considered good news for the PS3.

Is the PS3 news really that bad so that an old medicore PC port is good news?

Maskatron

08-09-2006, 10:13 AM

F.E.A.R. had a lot of potential, but I agree that ultimately it was pretty meh. There wasn't too much variation throughout the game, although it did pick up a little at the end. Personally, I though Prey was more a lot more fun.

Spigot

08-09-2006, 10:15 AM

Yeah, Chromehounds RULES on my PC, and I love the hi-rez zombie loving on my PC too.
Where did you get your copy of Chromehounds and Dead Rising for the PC? I'm so there!

:rolleyes:

Hee hee. I'm not holding my breath for a port of Chromehounds but I'd love for a Dead Rising PC version to be unleashed.

Speaking of FEAR, I just finished it on the PC and even wrote up my impressions on that venerable site of sites, Toybane! Long story short, I liked the gunplay, thought the game had some of the best destructible environments in a FPS since Duke Nukem 3D and was rather disappointed by the limited scare factor. For a game that really sold itself by pushing the "Half-Life meets The Ring" element, there wasn't a lot of horror to it. The final act was great, but otherwise it got bogged down by a lot of boring level design during the whole office tower assault, which dragged on forever!

Cool that it's going to the PS3 and 360, but I'll just wait for FEAR 2 and the expansion pack to hit the PC instead. I just really don't care for FPS's on the console, not even Halo 1 or 2 really floats my boat.

Kamalot

08-09-2006, 10:16 AM

Mike Jones

08-09-2006, 10:18 AM

I loved Prey! Is that coming to the PS3?

Nope but the 360 is getting Killswitch with fancy graphics!!!

Spigot

08-09-2006, 10:21 AM

To be fair, Kelegacy, he's not the biggest fanboy here! That dubious honor must go to Mike Jones.
I'm starting to think that Mike Jones just hates games in general. I haven't read a positive post by him yet!

saran_js

08-09-2006, 10:23 AM

One sarcastic remark demands another. Watch out boys and girls, the fanboys are out to play.

Mike Jones

08-09-2006, 10:24 AM

I'm starting to think that Mike Jones just hates games in general. I haven't read a positive post by him yet!

Nah the only thing I hate is that Gamecube peripheral that Nintendo is coming out with.

fitbabits

08-09-2006, 10:36 AM

I'm starting to think that Mike Jones just hates games in general. I haven't read a positive post by him yet!
"He's either 13 year-old kid or a 40 yeard-old gamer who's so done with gaming."

Spigot

08-09-2006, 10:36 AM

Nah the only thing I hate is that Gamecube peripheral that Nintendo is coming out with.
But why!? Why do you hate it so? Do you hate fun? Do you hate puppies and unicorns and cotton candy too?

I'm actually kind of interested to know exactly what the reasons for your intense Wii hatred are. You definately seem down on the system, yet I haven't seen any articulation as to why you don't like it, aside from the snide 'Gamecube peripheral' comments.

Morangie

08-09-2006, 10:38 AM

Nah the only thing I hate is that Gamecube peripheral that Nintendo is coming out with.

Whats really sad is I think you actually believe you are not a fanboy.

Sl1pstream

08-09-2006, 10:45 AM

Siraris

08-09-2006, 11:12 AM

Given CVG's track record, I'd wait for a press release.

ROFL

And when CVG posted some obscure preview of Assassins Creed and put 360 on it, everyone sung their praises.

Kamalot

08-09-2006, 11:14 AM

ROFL

And when CVG posted some obscure preview of Assassins Creed and put 360 on it, everyone sung their praises.
Ohmygosh! You are right! Didn't YOU have a fair bit of skepticism for CVG? Fine. Then I won't believe this trash either. :rolleyes:

bapenguin

08-09-2006, 11:20 AM

I don't think you're getting what I mean. Let's put in another way... what's to stop me from purchasing the game from another country and importing it to mine and playing it on my PS3 ? The PS3 hardware is region free, so if the game is region locked, how can the system detect that the game I purchased cannot be played on my PS3.
I don't see any way here other than having to connect online every single time just for the game to detect my system serial number or some such before allowing any such game play.

It's the same way the 360 isn't region locked. You have two different output formats (actually more). If the game is designed for one of the formats, it's not going to work on the other(s) unless the developer opens that ability up.

Khash

08-09-2006, 12:26 PM

This game was great when I played it like a year ago on PC with mouse/keyboard.

Majster Wichajster

08-09-2006, 01:43 PM

The way that Mike Jones is bashing the Wii ALMOST reminds me of the politicians in our country that think that women should not be allowed to have an abortion even if it threatens their (women) lives because they (politicians) have this silly straight-from-the-asshole viewpoint about protecting unborn life (how can it live if it's not born? Semantics, semantics...).

ALMOST.

Wslove

08-09-2006, 02:06 PM

I think it should be obvious by now. Mike Jones is a Sony plant. His job is to shit on any platform but a Sony platform, meanwhile spreading lies and falsities, so that the lurkers who are sitting on the fence about which console to purchase fall into the Sony camp. Unlike Borys, who hates everything but the PC, or someone like Kel, who plays counterpoint to the 360 love because someone has to, Mike Jones has gone above and beyond the call into Crazy Ken and Sassy Kaz territory. He contributes nothing to his arguments save screenshots of FMVs (which he is implying is actual gameplay) and various tired knocks against Microsoft and Nintendo. He spits out the Sony marketing hype so much I'd be shocked if he doesn't have their bullet pointed marketing plan in front of him every time he posts.

That being said FEAR is a very very good FPS experiance, and now I can throw it up on my HDTV with surround sound makes it even better.

H.Bogard

08-09-2006, 02:13 PM

I have yet to see combat and AI in an FPS better done than in F.E.A.R. ... fuck the level design retards.

Spigot

08-09-2006, 02:26 PM

I have yet to see combat and AI in an FPS better done than in F.E.A.R. ... fuck the level design retards.
But that whole middle section is one of the most boringly designed meta-levels ever! It just stops all of the momentum that was building up at the beginning of the game and it doesn't really regain it at the end.

Bah. I will agree that the AI and combat was fantastic.

drakkarim

08-09-2006, 04:17 PM

milking for teh win!!!

Mike Jones

08-09-2006, 04:22 PM

But why!? Why do you hate it so? Do you hate fun? Do you hate puppies and unicorns and cotton candy too?

I'm actually kind of interested to know exactly what the reasons for your intense Wii hatred are. You definately seem down on the system, yet I haven't seen any articulation as to why you don't like it, aside from the snide 'Gamecube peripheral' comments.

1) Graphics = or marginally better than Gamecube, maxing out at about Xbox level

2) The controller should have been a Gamecube peripheral but they didn't do it because devs wouldn't have used it for all the games thus Wii was born.

Just for example lets say MS and Sony didn't upgrade the power of the console and just made the new console with with some type of eye toy that had to be used... that's pretty much what Nintendo did.

3) Crappy Game = crappy game bad graphics or not
Good game = even better game if it has great graphics . Why can't you have both????

4) The controller will be great for some games and horrible for others.That is obvious. They already did one poll and 0% of the devs said it is easy to "port" a game to work with the Wii controller. The majority of sports games will SUCK without a doubt. Have you see how you control Madden?

5) worste sound of all the consoles, doesn't even support dobly 5.1

6) Good possibility that you will physically get tired using the controller. Imagine Oblivion combat with Wii 50-100 hours of swinging the controller. How do you sit down with your friends on a couch and play 2 X 2 or 1 x 1 games without feeling restricted or having to stand up specifically in sports games?

Like this? No..really how?

http://wii.nintendo.com/games_wiisport.html :D

7) Wii is NOT a next gen console, it is other gen

There are many others.

Magnanimous Gnome

08-10-2006, 01:55 PM

Mike Jones may be annoying and an obvious fanboy, but he does have one saving grace over Kamalot - he posts A LOT less often.

Kamalot

08-10-2006, 02:06 PM

Mike Jones may be annoying and an obvious fanboy, but he does have one saving grace over Kamalot - he posts A LOT less often.
I'm prolific. :D

Magnanimous Gnome

08-10-2006, 03:04 PM

I'm prolific. :D

I guess. :p

I don't hate you or anything man - your posts that have nothing to do with Sony are usually good. The anti-Sony tirade though has gotten really old.

Kamalot

08-10-2006, 03:56 PM

I don't hate you or anything man - your posts that have nothing to do with Sony are usually good. The anti-Sony tirade though has gotten really old.
That's cool. I like you.

I'm sorry if you don't like my Sony-themed posts. I speak my mind and try not to insult anyone. I like to think that I am a good Evil Avatar player. Not everyone agrees with me though, and that's cool. If we all agreed, we wouldn't have anything to talk about. :D

Spigot

08-10-2006, 05:33 PM

I don't hate you or anything man - your posts that have nothing to do with Sony are usually good. The anti-Sony tirade though has gotten really old.
Heh. Kamalot is one of the few people to go from Troll to Non-Troll on my personal list. It really confused me for a while when I started seeing him post in the non-Sony related threads and he was quite eloquent and coherent. I didn't know what was going on... here was a troll who I actually agreed with and could have intelligent debate.

So good for you, Kamalot. You've shown that there's hope for everyone :)

At least you do try to back up your anti-Sony posts with something approaching facts, as opposed to just name calling.

fitbabits

08-10-2006, 05:44 PM

At least you do try to back up your anti-Sony posts with something approaching facts, as opposed to just name calling.
Or plagiarism.

*cough*

And I like Kamalot. He at least attempts to engage in proper debate where appropriate.

Magnanimous Gnome

08-10-2006, 06:07 PM

That's cool. I like you.

I'm sorry if you don't like my Sony-themed posts. I speak my mind and try not to insult anyone. I like to think that I am a good Evil Avatar player. Not everyone agrees with me though, and that's cool. If we all agreed, we wouldn't have anything to talk about. :D

You have a good point sir, you betcha! :D

Kamalot

08-10-2006, 07:01 PM

All this Kama-love brings a tear to my eye. Thanks everyone. Evil Avatar is already one of my favorite things and knowing there are good people here with whom I can exchange ideas make it even sweeter. :o

fitbabits

08-17-2006, 11:14 AM

Bumping thread as news is now official! Check out the news post on the first page.

Jack B

08-17-2006, 11:28 AM

Nope but the 360 is getting Killswitch with fancy graphics!!!

Time to go Mike Jones. Did you ever defend your blantant plagiarizing?

Original version:
Click here for the original post by Acert93 on Beyond3d.com (http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30962)

Mike Jones plagiarized version:

click here for stolen Mike Jones version of the Beyond3d.com post (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13202&page=1&pp=20&highlight=marketing)

Jack B

08-17-2006, 11:29 AM

fitbabits

08-17-2006, 11:37 AM

I think this is very good news for the PS3. F.E.A.R. is a rock solid shooter and I'm impressed they are targeting launch in November. If there are more surprises to come for the PS3 launch, it could really shore up the launch lineup!

Very good news indeed! :)
I agree, and it shows once more that there is third party support for the PS3. How long it continues is anyone's guess, but it is promising to see some big guns coming to the PS3.

Kamalot

08-17-2006, 11:39 AM

I agree, and it shows once more that there is third party support for the PS3. How long it continues is anyone's guess, but it is promising to see some big guns coming to the PS3.
Is a port of a PC game considered a 'big gun'?

Didn't the Saturn have a fair number of ports too? :rolleyes:

fitbabits

08-17-2006, 11:40 AM

Is a port of a PC game considered a 'big gun'?

Didn't the Saturn have a fair number of ports too? :rolleyes:
Heh! It's not a direct port, though. There is additional content planned for both PS3 and Xbox 360.

Kamalot

08-17-2006, 11:42 AM

Heh! It's not a direct port, though. There is additional content planned for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
Oh, like all those 'notaport' games for the PSP, right?

I gotcha
*wink*wink*nudge*nudge*

NOTAPORT!
;)

fitbabits

08-17-2006, 11:45 AM

Oh, like all those 'notaport' games for the PSP, right?

I gotcha
*wink*wink*nudge*nudge*

NOTAPORT!
;)
Now you're talking. Still, Resistance will probably be better than it. :)

Jack B

08-17-2006, 11:52 AM

I've never considered a PC version of a 360 game a negative, so I wouldn't consider this in any way negative for the PS3 either. Many do not own a PC powerful enough to run many games or simply want to play with a controller in front of a TV kicking back on a sofa/chair etc.

F.E.A.R. coming to the 360 was good news and the news is just as good on the PS3. I don't care, that a PC version is or has been out. I'll play the console versions, because that's my choice. This is a net positive for the PS3. :)

PS3 owners at launch should appreciate another quality software title in the launch lineup.