F.E.A.R 2 art lead Dave Matthews (not from the band) has revealed his theory that former publishers Sierra and Vivendi helped to kill off some of the fans. He states that the IP had been mishandled with ports and expansions that nobody cared about. I heard publishers did that, actually.
Monolith, the original developer, is refusing to acknowledge the games created without their input as canon. Matthews states that Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate are now set in an alternate universe. "F.E.A.R. 2 is about Alma, and we wanted to continue the story the way we originally intended," he charmingly retcons.
PS3 fans need not worry that Project Origin will be as badly butchered as the PS3 version of the original F.E.A.R, with Monolith working on all console versions simultaneously.
Vivendi is the reason the Metal Arms series was allowed to die. They refused to make a sequel, but also refused to sell the rights to the game's original creator. Vivendi must have made a habit of screwing over original game developers before Activision acquired and then destroyed it. Karma's a bitch, I guess.
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There was a massive nuclear explosion or something that looked impressive for a last generation game.
Condemned 3, get on it already, Monolith.
it was too easy and the pacing was: fight a few people in an area,go to a another area with some weird cameo of something, go to next area and fight some enemies, forget about the bullet time too many times, go to next area with a weird cameo of something, next area fight enemies.
far too much of the same and i got really bored with. and it had horrible graphics.
worth the rent though, becasue i didn't pay for it. lol.
i did hear the online was good but i didn't have the triple hooked up to the net yet.
But it seems that gamers were just to uncomfortable playing as a woman so the series got canned. It's a real shame.
:/
AvP3, SHOGO M.A.D., & N.O.L.F.3 won't make themselves.
After F.E.A.R. 2, give your new IPs a rest and give the older ones some lovin'.
Hell, another Blood too, if you feel like it.
P.S. Monolith sure love them some acronyms.
"Hey we have a couple of really smart, sassy, witty, shooters here in NOLF... can we have something like Doom? You know: For Kids!"