Perseus Mandate starts out with a whimper as you and the second F.E.A.R. team are called in to investigate happenings in another office building/warehouse/sewer complex. Instead of continuing the story of Alma and the first F.E.A.R. team developer TimeGate chose to run the story parallel to the original. While the story is, in fact, parallel, the gameplay is almost exactly the same. And while the firefights can still offer up some pretty decent thrills, the aging engine and scare tactics left us frustrated and bored. We’ve played this game, twice.
While there is a story, it barely matters. The compelling bits of fiction in the original F.E.A.R. were the stories of Paxton Fettel and Alma. Both of these characters are only shown in snippets with only a bare thread of connection that doesn’t particularly make any sense. What we’re left with is a bunch of new FEAR agents and we haven’t been given any kind of compelling reason to care about them. In a game like this where bad things are bound to happen, you really have to give at least care a little bit when they do or the whole idea falls apart at the roots.
F.E.A.R. was pretty creepy and occasionally scary and Perseus Mandate tries to keep up with the original by using the same basic tricks. There are guys walking away and dissolving into ash, guys appearing right behind you, ghostly enemies attacking from the darkness, and occasional creepy sounds and environmental cues like lights falling off of the ceiling. These techniques have lost their effectiveness because a) these instances aren’t presented in as slick a fashion as we’ve seen in the past and b) we’ve already seen this in the original and the expansion. There are a couple of creepy moments with enemies that try to grab you and pull you into the ground, but the other “tense” moments are confusing and more laughable than frightening.
Perseus Mandate isn’t completely devoid of worth, however. If you still enjoy the firefights of the F.E.A.R. franchise, you’ll enjoy these as well. The arenas where the battles take place will likely look pretty familiar. There’s not a lot of imagination being used here in design. Nearly every firefight takes place across a courtyard, in a section of a warehouse with two stories and pipes, or across an office building’s hallways and reception areas. Still, it doesn’t make the firefights any less fun since the AI still reacts well to your moves, seeks cover, and uses grenades regularly and effectively.
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