What is happening to the F.E.A.R. Games .....

In 05 when F.E.A.R. it was the best game out there, no one could've said no (with a 9.1 score) , Amazing Graphics, Great AI , Real Sorround Sound ,strong graphics thatneeded top of the line to max , but two yrs later , with 2 expansions I can see that the quaility of the game is getting lower . In 06 the 1st Expansion was released F.E.A.R. Extraction Point 7.8 score , some said it was a total letdown due to the Developer\publisher being apart , thus the game fot new developers that wanted to make their own Game ( Fear 2 or Project Origin ), so the publisher were left to finish the story, on their own , ( idkwhat happende here , they were forced to get rid of the characters ofF.E.A.R. by killing them 1 by 1 so that they can continue without any lawsuits or stuff like that?!?! can someone please explain ) , %26 this yr 07 they released the new expansion F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandatewhich appears to be a total letdown . Whatis happening ??? What is happening to the F.E.A.R. Games .....
I didn't even like the first FEAR. Time is just catching up with the engine.What is happening to the F.E.A.R. Games .....
I enjoyed F.E.A.R. quite a bit when it was released.The original devs (Monolith) of F.E.A.R. have nothing to do with the F.E.A.R. expansions (Timegate Studios) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.E.A.R._Perseus_Mandate I'm reluctant to completely disrespect Timegate as developers though, they might be doing exactly what they're being paid to do, and on an aging engine. Again, it's Monolith's developed engine, so Timegate might not be doing any tweaking at all (not like Valve has done with Source for example keeping it modern).Project Origin is Monolith's game though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Origin in the F.E.A.R. universe (they don't own the rights to the F.E.A.R. name however). Hopefully we see some improvement in the series with this title :D
Fear 2 (or Project Origin) will continue the story from the original F.E.A.R and Extraction Point. *SPOILERS (Extraction Point)* If you remember correctly, Extraction Point ends with the helicopter blowing up on the rooftop of the hospital. And Project Origin starts in the same hospital. Project Origin will breath some fresh air into the series. It uses a modified engine of the original but the action is upped quite a bit and horror cutscenes will be even better.
[QUOTE=''DGFreak'']I didn't even like the first FEAR. Time is just catching up with the engine.[/QUOTE] ya same here, the freakiness of the game is fake
One problem with the 2 expansions is that, although they are made by another developer, there is no point to it. From what I have read there is little or no story, it's just an excuse to prolong the franchise.
I honestly don't know what happened with Perseus Mandate. What the hell was Timegate thinking? I mean, they did a pretty good job with Extraction Point. Yes, it was more of the same for the most part, but the quality was pretty much just as good as in FEAR. But Perseus Mandate, my God, just what the hell did they do? Graphics were toned down, production quality was crap (poor level design, awful new voice-acting, etc.), gameplay was tweaked in a lot of bad ways, such as making you take damage much more quickly (bad idea, I know a lot of people complain that FEAR is too easy because of slow-mo, but they could have just added higher difficulties for those who wanted more of a challenge).FEAR's engine isn't aging (not to the degree that people keep trying to say), Perseus Mandate just did a crap job of level design on top of having downgraded graphics (play FEAR or Extraction Point, then quit and immediately play Perseus Mandate, you'll notice the difference). I really just don't get what went on there with Timegate, creating a quality game with EP, then a game barely worthy of being called a budget title with PM. Maybe they had mass layoffs and had to replace them with newer, incredibly incompetent workers.
[QUOTE=''Deliza432'']One problem with the 2 expansions is that, although they are made by another developer, there is no point to it. From what I have read there is little or no story, it's just an excuse to prolong the franchise. [/QUOTE] I completely agree. This is where I feel the publisher was simply trying to milk the name, much like the console versions of Far Cry after Crytek sold off the rights to that.