I had a great time with this one! More horde-style defensive feeling arenas which gives it a fresh feel, and more environmental variety too (I love the Church and Subways). The new weapons are great and feel suited for the level design (especially that laser beam holy fuck it's satisfying). Also the horror elements here are actually a lot more well integrated than in the base game imo, the imagery and pacing of it felt a lot more impactful for me. I'll play the other expansion and F.E.A.R. 2 sometime but I think I need a break now lol.

It's more F.E.A.R., so that already elevates this above the average game, but if you cut the padding, the game would last like an hour at most. It constantly abuses the "The door is locked" or "Go turn the power back on" tropes to fill the gaps between the important story segments.

The thing is that the story doesn't develop into anything; it retcons one of the events from the original game by unironically doing a Somehow, Palpatine returned. It's the only relevant event from this DLC, and it's revealed at the beginning of the game. Everything after that point is redundant, as the characters are in the exact same position before and after the game.

As much as the story is lacking, this DLC greatly justifies its existence by improving some aspects from the original game. For example, there's far more level variety, like subways, city streets, sewers, parking lots, among others. Also, the invisible enemies have a bit more presence than in the first game, where they were very underutilized.

As I said, it's more F.E.A.R., and just with that, you should know if it's worth playing this. However, I feel that even with the improvements made to the base game, the original has more of an impact overall.

Another masterpiece DLC for the F.E.A.R. series.

F.E.A.R. is an exceptionally good game in every possible way. It got a great story line, horror elements, a perfect AI, intense action and beautiful graphics and sound, even to this day. The same goes for this DLC: Extraction Point.

Back in 2008, when I first bought the first game, I did not know what to expect. I thought it would be a horror game in which you need to run constantly from some girl. I was half right. When I first played it, I immediately got a sense of dread and discomfort and when the first horror elements came to play, I pooped my pants. I could not play this game without someone sitting next to me. It was just to damn scary, and for that it will always have my deepest respect.

The story is powerful and interesting, I am not going to spoil it, this is something you need to experience for yourself. It has kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole game and made an impression on me that lasts forever. The story of F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point goes further where the original F.E.A.R. game left off and it fits perfectly. In my opinion, I think this sequel is even better.

The graphics in F.E.A.R.: Extraction point are the same as the original game and still beautiful. The same goes for the sound, and like I said in my F.E.A.R. review, it is still perfect.

F.E.A.R. has some of the best AI I have ever seen in a video game, even to this day. The AI is simply perfect. Enemies communicate with each other; they react to your every move and adapt their strategy on it. Also, when you encounter a squad of four enemies and obliterate three of their buddies, the fourth one panics and his accuracy and will to fight drops instantly. Comments like “We can’t stop him” gives you a feeling of power, you are in control of this fight. Enemies can lose sight of you in a battle, giving you back your edge. They are definitely are not the bullet sponges in games today.

The slow-motion feature in F.E.A.R. was also unique for its time and really helps you in your fights. If you are flanked by the smart AI Replica soldiers you use your slow motion to take back control of the situation. The only downside of this, is that the game is quite easy because of it. If you are having trouble with a certain part, just use your slow motion and everything will be fine. Especially when you upgraded its bar to the max. The same principle goes for this expansion.

Extraction point added some new weapons and enemies that enhanced the experience even more.

F.E.A.R.: Extraction point is even scarier and more f*cked up than the original game. In the whole F.E.A.R. series today, I still think this one is the most brutal and nightmarish installments. The fear factor for this one is out of control.

Extraction point also has a special place in my black heart and will always be one of the games that I can play anytime, anywhere. The replay value is high for me. In my opinion, it is a masterpiece.

I recommend F.E.A.R. and this expansion in every way. You must have played it at least once before you grow old and senile.

An expansion to F.E.A.R.! Nothing much noteworthy but adds some cool new weapons and has some fun arenas. In particular there was an office near the start which just flows together incredibly in a way that makes it feel very replayable, probably the best area to show off F.E.A.R.'s combat sandbox. I liked some sections showing off the new equipment as well. The fight after you get deployable turrets fully leans into them and it makes the game feel more like a chaotic battlefield than anything else in the previous game I can think of. You're also handed a string of enemies after you get the minigun which makes that weapon feel like god.

Feels weird complimenting such direct stuff like sections of level design but most other stuff like the aesthetic is carried over from the base game as you'd expect. The church at the start is cool! The horror section near the end felt surreal in a fun way with the classy wooden doors in this jungle of really tall concrete walls! Idk it's F.E.A.R. Extraction Point yk

Lost me a little in sections like the construction site which put an emphasis on open, outdoor areas that don't suit the game's combat or aesthetic but other than that, good!

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It's more F.E.A.R. and in that sense, it's a good expansion. It had some really neat level designs that kept it feeling fresh from the original with the subway being a particular stand out for me.

Unfortunately, I experienced more bugs here than in the base game. There were a few times throughout several intervals I had a graphical error or the game would crash upon loading. Thankfully there was an easy fix with setting the graphics to low and changing them back after finishing a particular section of an interval, but it sucks that this happens in the first place. Additionally, there was a spot in the L level where a bug related to jumping onto a platform from water made it near impossible to progress and I had to use various tricks found on an old forum post to progress. It genuinely took me about 15 minutes of trying different methods to do something that should have taken 3 seconds.

Issues playing on modern hardware aside, it's still a good DLC and worth playing if you enjoyed the base game.

Initially I didn't realize F.E.A.R. had expansion packs, so after finishing F.E.A.R. 2 I circled back and began clearing these out. I was hopeful - F.E.A.R. 2 sucked, so surely these would at least be passable.

Unfortunately, F.E.A.R. Extraction Point is a time-waster and nothing more.

The initial half-hour is actually pretty fun. But the expansion falls apart when it comes to level design. One of the highlights of F.E.A.R., to me, was the environments. Most of them were office buildings or apartments. Repetitive, but immaculately designed for fun combat encounters. You'd have multiple ways to flank and be flanked. Enemies had plenty of cover but so did you. It was a balancing act that worked wonderfully.

F.E.A.R. Extraction Point puts you in winding, endless hallways and tunnels. You normally have one way to progress, and you just alternate between tight corridors and giant battle-rooms for the entire two hour experience. It's not engaging, especially when (it feels like anyway) enemies do significantly more damage than before. And nothing new is really added to make up for this. There's some gimmicky weapons, three new enemy classes (two that hardly show up and one that's just not a threat), and overall I was just disappointed.

The story isn't much better. No spoilers, but it's a story where you practically end up exactly where you started. It doesn't feel important to F.E.A.R.'s narrative, beyond introducing a few concepts and updating you on how everyone's doing.

Also...I'm sorry, but the horror is awful. If you're the kind of person who gets scared by GMOD horror maps, or finds hallways with bloodstains and random ghosts floating around to be scary, then sure maybe it'll do something for you. But more often than not, I was laughing at the scares. Not a single one landed, and this couldn't even manage to get a creepy atmosphere going.

I'm glad I didn't skip this expansion in my series playthrough, but it wasn't really worth the time. I'm happy I can say that I beat it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.

I'll keep this review short since everything I felt about F.E.A.R. applies to this as well. I'll say it felt like a diet version of the base game, being half the length, half the set pieces, but still managing to cram in all the same beats as the main game.

I enjoyed the new heavy artillery enemy types, along with the machine guns you could pick up from them, not as much the new mechs since they were just tankier versions of the regular mechs. I also got a lot of use out of the laser beam rifle.

It also felt like because the game was so compact, the scares were a lot more prevalent. Partially because the story had escalated to the point where they could be used more, but also because Alma is a constant presence throughout, sometimes frightening you and sometimes saving you. However I didn't feel like this expansion really progressed the story any further, if anything is sort of regressed some of what happened in base game. It mostly feels like this existed to just reiterate some elements that were open to interpretation, sort of like the KH3: ReMind DLC.

Pretty good, but I might hold off on playing F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate for a bit so I don't get completely burnt out before 2.

So here I am writing this review and honestly I don't quite know exactly how to feel about this DLC. I thought it started strong and had some interesting stuff near the end but overall it was just more of the same with a couple benefits and downsides here and there. It does actually improve on some stuff like the balancing by making the some of the spongier enemies less spongy and putting them in groups of regular enemies vs just groups comprised of themselves like in the base game. On top of that it actually has some horror sections which were cool in the way they were presented, but still not actually scary. But the sheer amount of technical problems and some poor design choices with these annoying but also just uninteresting monsters that show up for the DLC just really brought down my experience. Also the Finale is just the most nothing wave of enemies ever comparing all encounters from both base game and the DLC itself, it's just so boring and anti climatic. Essentially my final feelings on it are that I think there was some good moments here and there and I think the team did a decent job for making a DLC for a game they didn't even initially do development for, but by the end of Extraction Point I was thinking less about all that that I just mentioned and I was more so just thinking about the fact I was glad I was done with it.

Практически ничем не отличающееся от основной игры крупное сюжетное дополнение, которое даже можно считать за сиквел. Новшеством являются только одно оружие и несколько видов врагов, если не ошибаюсь. Было скучновато в нее играть, не смог заставить себя пройти ее за один-два присеста. Однако во второй половине игры стало интереснее. Оттуда запомнился момент, когда героя закидывает в пространство, напоминающее хаб из первого The Evil Within. И музыка в этот момент была шикарная. Хотелось бы больше видеть такого в игре, а не серые стены заводов и офисов.
Если собираетесь проходить серию целиком, то это длс нельзя упускать, так как является важным сюжетным элементом в ней. Ну и пострелять будет приятно.

Extraction Point has both more combat and more scares than FEAR did which is pretty impressive considering it's about half the length. Fights are quite a bit bigger with more enemies and that's great because the gunplay is one of FEAR's strongest suits. The mechs that were pretty annoying in the base game seem more bearable now, either because they're squishier or just because strong weapons seem a bit more readily available. This is a great follow-up to FEAR but can also stand on its own even if you haven't followed the story.

This was my third time playing this expansion and it only really hit me this replay how much it doesn't compare to the previous entry. It starts and ends well enough, but everything in the middle goes from alright to kinda-stinky in a cycle until the hospital segment.

Gameplay wise it's still FEAR, which is pretty much hard-carrying the entire middle portion, though I did notice in some instances the AI couldn't quite navigate around certain areas in an effective manner, either refusing to follow me into a previous room and entering a neutral state or running in circles around the room I was in. The new enemies themselves aren't interesting either, the minigun Replicas are just walking bullet pinatas and the other two may as well be reskins of enemies that already existed.

I honestly find the additions to the player's arsenal nothing to write home about. The minigun is alright, if not suited for the amount of long-range combat there is before the hospital. The laser rifle seemed fine but since only 3 or 4 enemies in the entire expansion carry it and it runs out of ammo extremely fast, it never seemed worth really using much. The little turret didn't really do much damage-wise and only seems worthwhile as a comically useful distraction.

For the most part the horror and narrative is extremely weak. The horror boiling down to mostly weird jumpscares, a lot of reused visions and voice clips from the original game, and aaaaaaaargh not the flesh men that stare at me and do nothing!!! The narrative is essentially just "We gotta get the fuck out!!"

It's not exactly the most interesting shit out there but it's the best possible thing you can play if you REALLY need more FEAR.