Trepang2 Review - Does it bring FEAR back?

[@daffoplays6616]

I'm desperately hoping they release content updates in the future of more self contained stories and spooky stuff. I'd love to have more.

[@gooseinatuxedo]

guess what

[@savary5050]

@@gooseinatuxedochicken butt

[@tio_john]

They Will If you, in The discription of The deluxe Editions it's Said that there Will be New story content in 2024

[@stolenname94]

Their bringing a sword based dlc if I'm correct

[@ump45_gfl]

What I don't see people talk about a lot is the music having a very unique trait to it (not the rock, but the other more tense ones), they have this unique sort of "dark" guitar thats very identifiable

[@DrHammerr]

I've seen people refer to this style of game as "Tactical Horror", and I think it might be my new favorite subgenre! I love the juxaposition of capable, well-equiped paramilitary types with otherworldly and paranormal entities. I think it's an interesting evolution of survival horror, and I hope we get more games like this in the future.

[@king_mega1670]

I too love when modern military groups engage paranormal creatures in fights like bigfoot, siren head, slenderman and etc

[@czarnakoza9697]

so literally f.e.a.r

[@infinitsai]

Id say it's more action horror than tactical horror, tactical horror is something I would connect more to games like ready or not

[@slxxpyhollow]

I absolutely love this game, at this point Trepang2 is my game of the year. A lot of people seem to dislike the story but I think it was a fantastic wrap-around to tie together really well developed, thought out levels. The intel logs are a really cool immersive-sim-esque take on world-building. Also thought their horror takes were really cool and different. I really hope they continue development and release more content, the only thing I dislike about Trepang2 is that there isn't more to play!

[@BasementMinions]

How in the hell did a team of 4 people make something this impressive o.O

[@KIRKCOLLECTS]

Lots of time and lots of passion.

[@nonenothing4412]

They put soul into it, unlike AAA companies

[@igorthelight]

Also, BattleBit Remastered: 3 people that made game better than Battlefield ;-)

[@VultureXV]

Cave Story was made by a single dude...

[@MartinB_Art_Design]

@@KIRKCOLLECTS Endless passion, their youtube channel is fun to watch them just goof off for fun.

[@TheMC1102]

I just hope that someday, somehow, Nightdive can acquire the license for F.E.A.R. and remaster it.

[@KIRKCOLLECTS]

Same, or at least some effort to remaster and re-release it.

[@randymagnum8178]

Please anyone but not the work from home amateur hour shithouse that is NDS. Unless you want 10yrs of missleading communication followed by ghosting that ends in an product which the interns at CDPR would have completed in a month for 8euros per hour.

[@Moji55a]

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[@contrabandresearch8409]

The horror stuff in Trepang 2 reminds me more of the horror elements in FEAR 3 more than FEAR 1. Using the Mothman as their own Nemesis was brilliant.

[@Th3BadThing]

Something I have to commend with this game, is the voice acting. Its somewhat rare to find games where voice actors will put their full force into screams and yells, but damn they did a fantastic job with this game.

[@VultureXV]

I must be one of those weirdos that actually _likes_ how jarring and independent each mission is. This feels like a throw-back to old video games where stages were designed to be as unique and different from each other as physically possible and you were given maybe 20~30 minutes at most per level. Just like ol Metal Slug where one day you're in the bayou shootin giant prawns and the next you're in Egypt walking around as a mummy then the next you've been turned into a zombie to fight aliens (not even kidding). This sort of thing just feels soulful to me. I like this game a lot because of it's gameplay compartmentalization with high replay value. Something that I don't see a lot of nowadays. Everything is either a days-long epic into the unknown or an interactive movie you pay $60 for. Things try so hard to tell a story or teach a lesson that they forget to be games and this game is like taking a breath of clean mountain air after living in San Francisco all your life. The entire game is _just_ the gameplay, like Broforce or Contra or old Mario Games. You want to replay because every time you play, things are different and every time you play a mission it's it's own little mini-episode that is complete from start to finish. I honestly don't understand a lot of complaints about this game, only that a PvP system is impossible with the game mechanics (even though I desperately, desperately want a return to forms of arena shooters rather than this nonsensical ADS-ridden TAC-shooter tenderfoot bullcrap). I'm tired of games feeling slow, sluggish, and unresponsive and developers just calling it "hard difficulty". Give me AI that thinks, lighting responses, a series of player tools, and rapid gameplay please.

[@definitelypeacock]

With the music: What I noticed is that the music doesn't really fit as well with early game gameplay. Once you get more hours and figure out how the movement works, the music tends to fit perfectly in my opinion.

[@tio_john]

Dude that's exactly what i think abbout The music. It sucks when you play It as FEAR but It SLAPS HARD when you play It as DOOM

[@BigMoneyChink]

Thank god im not the only one who came to that conclusion. Once you learn you can jump kick off armored enemies and then grab them in mid air and AIRTHROW them the music really starts encouraging more aggressive stylish gameplay

[@muttipi]

12:10 i think this is the first game ive ever noticed where an enemy actually flinches and tries to cover their face when you hit them, cool detail.

[@armandoguerra7658]

FEAR 1…?

[@guillermoalatorre8265]

I've been waiting for your review!

[@Hyacsho]

Excellent video as always Kirk! I'm still trying to finish this one myself

[@En7my]

Great video as always Kirk

[@KIRKCOLLECTS]

Thank you! I appreciate the comment.

[@En7my]

@@KIRKCOLLECTS freaking in love with your videos bud. Keep up the great work.

[@Exarian]

so apparently trepang 1 is an extremely different project that is only related to this game because of the dev... weird naming decision but I guess that means I'm not missing anything going straight into Trepang 2. Here's hoping their vacvation is restful while this thing continues to sell well!

[@TheGreatCharlie123]

This is a great review

[@elevationeddie1981]

After beating it I decided to play through fear again and trepang2 doesn’t even hold a candle to fear. It’s still pretty fun. Just definitely not as great as fear.

[@gooseinatuxedo]

i dont think you quite got the idea that TREPANG2 IS NOT TRYING TO BE A HORROR GAME! even though its based off of fear IT ISNT FEAR

[@MOG0311]

They actually brought back the FEAR enemies in combat simulator when you get to the higher waves. Best fps since Doom Eternal.

[@TheInfamousCloaker]

Seems like you missed out on two reasons as to WHY the Safehouse location is important and couldn't be a menu. After every mission things in the safehouse changes ever so slightly (Mainly the first room you see behind the window near the quartermaster) Secondly, the Infiltrator High value target having their surprise attack spawning there having a chance to spawn after finishing any mission on Extreme difficulty

[@PlayBoxWii60]

Can't wait for this to come out for PS5 to play it Hope there's a physical copy 🙏

[@KIRKCOLLECTS]

This would be the perfect game for Limited Run to partner with.

[@karls4937]

So far, limit ur expecations, the controller support had input lag for me, sliding was laggy, no toggle for sprint and terrible auto aim, this game is primarly designed for MK first.

[@VinylMorpheus]

Will you be doing Prodeus 1.0 sometime? Feel like that one passed everyone by.

[@vaaaasa]

great game but i have rx 580 and after 2 levels the game on low ran on like 30 fps :/

[@Ezekiel_Burton]

I hope they upgrade the combat simulator to give you unique amazing brutal weapons. Just like doom eternals slayer gates. Allow us to collect tok3ns and redeem them for whacky guns, nades etc! They've set the foundation up with great mechanics, they can really take an scp route and add dlc levels for different anomalies and mutants. Id gladly pay for packs of those!

[@muveemanone2067]

No aiming down sights?

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

my man, these games dont need aiming down rhe sights. trust me you wanna see those slow-mo bullet trails, you cant really see them in ADS the classic FEAR 1 has no ADS, no sprint and that game still fkin slaps

[@WeaponsRemorse]

I’d say so and improves upon it BUT HOLY FUCK THIS GAME IS LOUD AS FUCK the VOL sliders seem to do nothing PLS devs DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT

[@franzpattison]

Your speakers also have an external volume control

[@WeaponsRemorse]

@@franzpattison That’s no excuse

[@franzpattison]

@@WeaponsRemorse Microsoft Windows also has an internal volume control

[@devongribbin9620]

Great vid! I find the story more interesting the more I played the game and really listened to the dialogue. For example, I think that the CEO, Dr Emmerson and the Patriarch are all defectors of the Syndicate. (Which explains them all having the coins). The Syndicate seems to steal 106 from Horizon and uses him against them before trying to betray him. It's clear that Horizon created 106 by the CEO saying, "You were never meant to be a weapon". If you collect all the memory drones you get to see that 106 is still alive and it seems that the CEO is too (TBC) which could mean that his consciousness transfer may have worked in the end and Horizon pulled a double wammy against the Syndicate in order to get you close and inside their clone base to destroy it. Call me crazy 😅

[@audriusskebas3099]

I am pretty sure it's actually that 106 was created by the syndicate, Same with the guy who shoots the monitor and uses the katana, (Cycle 105) The patriarch is fully aware that the syndicate made him, (Cycle 91) Same goes for the CEO. (Cycle 78) They are all Cycles, with you being cycle 106.

[@Lallushe]

4:23 that's smart way to display patreons

[@danramirez8553]

I was more on the fence of.... where the fuck is selaco

[@M16A1gaming]

as I'm watching this video... the blade kisser DLC is out :}

[@matthewjones39]

Can someone ACTUALLY explain to me how Trepang2’s gameplay is anything like FEAR’s?

[@PaganPilot]

Love this game buuut yah really wish they kept the ability hold and swap between varies grenade types, you could in the demo

[@bioshock6935]

Runs better than most triple A games plays' better and run smoothly with no stuttering with amazing gunplay so why can't triple A developer's make games like this most of the games plays' like crap and so boring with so much issues with them and so unoptimized. This game was made by only a team of 4 people that is just astounding and done a better job to most big game developer's

[@MartinB_Art_Design]

Odd about the boss battle, I've killed the enforcer in about... hmm 20, maybe 30 seconds? Helicopter brain was a bit annoying though.

[@ArkngthandArchive]

Music, subjective, yadda yadda, but what would you have preferred music-wise for the combat sections? Zipping around turning soldiers into porridge with a SPAS-12: "CA-LI-FORNIA GIRLS, WE'RE UNDENIABLE" ♫ This OST is what the DOOM Eternal DLCs deserved, as opposed to what they got. The production is clean, punishing, percussion is meaty and the electronic stuff is all really tastefully implemented.

[@arcaneSae]

Ill be honest. it suddenly and randomly blaring california girls as you massacre an enemy squad would be fucking hilarious

[@stolenname94]

The combat was absolutely beautiful, the graphics looked great on insane settings. But thats where the good stuff ends, i really disliked the story for the most part.

[@snow-wz8kz]

I really was not a fan of the monster fights, felt like they overreached and if they had kept it to just human squads it would have been a much better experience. I find myself replaying levels only to about halfway because my enjoyment drops of drastically after I'm done fighting human enemies and have to fight zombies or bullet sponge monster fights :/ It's sad because I can see just how close this game is to comes to perfection but just misses the mark ever so slightly.

[@franzpattison]

I think I'll just go play fear again

[@karls4937]

Really? Ur missing out on this banger, the combat is fear on steroids, yeah sure, it lacks the unique fear atmosphere and lore, but it makes up with its pure slick fluid insane combat system.

[@franzpattison]

@@karls4937 ok I'll try it

[@gooseinatuxedo]

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[@franzpattison]

@@gooseinatuxedo hey well I tried it and it was fine but not amazing and not better than fear

[@gooseinatuxedo]

@@franzpattison oh... kay?

[@igorthelight]

FEAR: release date - October 18, 2005 Just sayin' ;-)

[@KIRKCOLLECTS]

Dang you’re right! I swapped that with the X360 release date 🤦‍♂️

[@MasterSoto]

Hate to be the only negative comment here, but it's just way to similar to F.E.A.R. Literally like elements of the 1st game and 3rd game crossed. Don't get me wrong, the combat is incredible (especially the dual weilding), but I find that's where it ends for me. And the slide mechanic, love that.

[@chaotixspark7934]

Spark: honestly? Hearing that its not too scary is really good for this one! It hesitated about buying trepang squared when it looked like fear. But if the horror is more like doom, then it can enjoy it a lot more without getting nightmares.

[@BSoDproducciones]

1:45 look, nothing can beat the disappointment of Fear 3, so no worries

[@oldreaddy3341]

The only thing about Trepang2 that I don't like is the ost... just unremarkable metal that you hear in ever hyper violent fps these days.

[@BillB808]

It's nowhere near as good as Fear or Project Origin honestly...the 'boss fights' are particularly bad.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

It's more Fear 3 than Fear 1, and people hated Fear 3. So why the devs of Trepang2 decided to make their game like Fear 3, I don't know.

[@user-DrKritz115]

People are retarded

[@czarnakoza9697]

because they know no matter what they would do with the game the boomer shooter zoomers would praise it like the second coming of jesus christ.

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

this is more like a movement shooter right? i just recently played the FEAR1 for the first time and HOLYSh^T that game slaps, the level design is godtier, atmosphere immaculate, the Ai competent and the lightning phenomenal. an absolute classic, i cant fkin believe i waited this long before trying this absolute classic fml. FEAR1 deserves every bit of praise and reputation that it gets. and yeah, after playing fear1 , trepang^2 really doesnt look like OG fear1, this is more like a movement fps but in fear reSkin

[@czarnakoza9697]

@@btchiaintkidding7837 it was a more fast paced fear but it slowly turned more and more souless with each update