The Best Video Game Gunfight Of All Time (F.E.A.R.)

This is, in my opinion, the best video game shootout of all time. The level design, smart AI and chaotic gameplay elevate this game(as well as the original F.E.A.R.) into a sheer masterpiece of combat.
It's incredible to think that after all of these years, nothing has surpassed it. Hell, gaming companies don't even try to anymore.
In this video you will also see a small comparison between the highly scripted and predictable AI of the Battlefield series, to the dynamic, autonomous and fierce AI of the first F.E.A.R. game and its expansions.
What's funny is that F.E.A.R. uses a simpler goal oriented system for its AI than Battlefield's node based, time consuming, and highly scripted system. Check out an explanation for F.E.A.R.'s AI here: alumni.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/g...
Not even the sequels were able to top the original.
Battlefield footage by hergsGames: • Next Gen Campaign A.I....

[@Alexander-il9yx]

For a game made in 2006. It plays better than any new game releasing.

[@michaelpieters1844]

That is because it was designed for pc from the ground up unlike today were everything has to be multi-platform to sway the console crowd in buying the game en masse.

[@ytanonymity3585]

It was 2005

[@metacitizend1095]

I don't know it has some feeling too like very liminal atmosphere and nostalgic too. Would love a remaster with unreal engine 5 something like unrecord.

[@DeleteMyas]

Check out Trepang2 time time. It echoes FEAR

[@timur5241]

This game needs AI battles So I can see their full potential without fighting "super overpowered" player

[@DespairNemesis]

Actually, none of the AI's are aware the others even exist. There are a few spots where you see firefights between ATC and Replica forces, and it basically comes down to who's shots happen to be aimed in exactly the right spot.

[@timur5241]

@@DespairNemesis bruh

[@steadyjumper3547]

@@timur5241 this too shook me to my core

[@Kagarin05]

there was a firefight in fear 2 at the end of the school level too I let play out, and replica lost 4 men to a 3 man atc squad lel

[@victorc8855]

the PS3 version of FEAR has a bonus mission called SFOD-D where you play as the first Delta Force recon team sent into Armacham HQ, you can find it on youtube

[@Sifioli]

I just started Extraction Point last night and I recognize this level. I was thinking the same thing when I got to the checkpoint: the gunfights are ridiculously fun in this game! Like you in this vid, I always forget to slow down time and punch/kick enemies.

[@MultiNacho8]

Playing this game with minimal slow-mo is definitely a fun challenge.

[@Kagarin05]

Just played through this corridor not long ago and remember reploading the save a couple times from both dying and just because of how much fun the gun fights were! FEARS a GOAT

[@reef6826]

I heard the youtuber worthabuy talk about this games Ai, apparently it has the best ai hes ever seen, game looks great.

[@MultiNacho8]

Yup. Do yourself a favor and get the game on GOG. You won't regret it.

[@PabloRuizMega]

let's go for a live action movie of f.e.a.r

[@daltronium_4781]

This game absolutely nailed what it was to slay, nothing else has ever felt like it

[@MultiNacho8]

Agreed.

[@Maximus20778]

Doom?

[@imaginarysolutionforimagin9869]

Stalker

[@Homerboy44]

There's a game coming from FEAR's wake called Trepang2. I would suggest trying that out some time.

[@enragedbear]

@@Maximus20778 mid

[@sixthhaddock8216]

I've played all the F.E.A.Rs recently this year and they are good except for fear 3 but the first will always be the best because of its ai. No video game can even compare the complexity F.E.A.R.'s ai showcases and they programmed it with a simple set of codes.

[@MultiNacho8]

Agreed. Managed to grab the entire collection on Steam for a couple of bucks.

[@FilthyHomeOwner]

My favorite is the first one. I’ve played it more than 5 times and it’s great

[@paskaalisaapaskaa5354]

The first one also has the best atmosphere that the sequels couldnt quite nail. I liked the second one alot too but the first one will be the top one in my books forever. Even the sequels for the first one werent quite as good.

[@uniquechannelnames]

Is there a name for playing this without slo-mo. I always thought the intensity was dope without the slo-mo

[@MultiNacho8]

Don't know if there's a name for it, but it's how I prefer to play FEAR. Extreme difficulty, no slow-mo.

[@Dejademolestar666]

I ser much fun withouth the slow mo

[@uniquechannelnames]

@@MultiNacho8 Phew idk if I could do extreme difficulty... but still.

[@MultiNacho8]

@@uniquechannelnames When you play enough you get a good feel for how to properly move around cover, check corners, proper positioning, etc. It's certainly doable.

[@CyberDodique]

In addition I also made cross hairs transparent and aimed with bullet tracers. Only used reflex mode in specific areas where you don't have enough cover.

[@WAcrobat19]

Fear 1 and Extraction Point are the true end and peak of the franchise

[@9ner]

eh perseus mandate was a stronger game until after your partners death. extraction point has this memorable combat sequence but wasn't a fan of its story and direction. both expansion packs really feel cheap in many ways. fear 1 was the peak and end.

[@PointReflex]

@@9ner Extraction Point wasn't cheap at all, remember the last thing you saw was teenage-alma jumping into the chopper, then you wake up in the city overrun by the destruction of the Romelmeyer Complex and from that point it feels like a horror show not knowing how the hell are you going to escape that mess. The only thing that went kinda cheap was the ending wich left no closure at all. Extraction Point won the "expansion of the year" award and paved the way to the sequel, while Perseus Mandate went downhill since Vivendi brute forced a crunch program on its development nothing could prepare us for the console-casual-ish degradation that would be FEAR 2. I think the fact that John Mulky (I belive that has his name) left Monolith during the development of FEAR 2 left the team without the voice of sanity that held together the development of the first game.

[@9ner]

@@PointReflex extraction point is overrated. Ruins the story and flow of the first, makes it gimmicky. Perseus at least tried to be its own thing.

[@McGeezle]

​@@9ner congrats on being the first person to ever say Perseus Mandate was better

[@9ner]

@@McGeezle nah, not the first. Sorry lil bud

[@predator0319]

I got back to this game every year and every year i just grow more and more of an appreciation for the AI and how they function, even almost 20 years to the day it was released. Im currently playing it again BTW

[@DeityGamingPower]

Awesome classic my friend! Nice work on this! Big like 😃✨

[@guillermoruiz346]

Absolutly agree... totalmente de acuerdo! Best of the best

[@mrwang420]

If you think about it. ALMA is technically an SCP, so this kind of the SCP games, father lol

[@predator2262]

The F.E.A.R Is a millitary unity who fight agains supernaturals threats,so yeah,it's basicaly the grand father of SCP fondation. But at least the fear have Pointman,he Is an entire army by himself,the SCP soliders are mostly jobbers. The SCP foundation need soldiers like Pointman

[@NebLleb]

F.E.A.R., Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin are honestly my favourite FPS/Horror games, not just due to their fusion of Jon Woo action with Ju-On style J-horror, but because the GOAP AI, coupled with the environments firefights take place in and the satisfying weapons (minus F.E.A.R. 2's pump action shotgun, its Auto Shotgun is more what you'd expect from a F.E.A.R. shottie), make for some of the most holiest of combat scenarios in any video game. Perseus Mandate and F.E.A.R. 3 on the other hand? Former has its moments despite weak writing and largely barren outdoor sections, but the latter wasn't made by Monolith or TimeGate, and it shows between the hyperfocus on co-op action over the action/J-horror fusion of its predecessors and its terrible story. I'd happily play Perseus Mandate over F.E.A.R. 3 any day of the week.

[@convolutedcarcass1523]

This skill plus the penetrator gun, would be absolutely amazing I would imagine.

[@zbargantinoproduction7387]

I want to see a fight btw this ai and the xenomorph in alien isolation

[@zakshei6967]

A gunfight in a funeral home is pretty poetic lol

[@DenerWitt]

c'mon man, thats devious

[@rubbish9231]

Indeed. I liked it.

[@alexamg6675]

This game is soo good highly underrated in my opinion

[@DarkLegacy1666]

Still the best till this day

[@vodoojones3630]

If I remember correctly, the devs specifically built this section to showcase the AI. I'm pretty sure the barricades/cover would be procedurally generated every load so the flow of the office would change.

[@MultiNacho8]

Nope. The design of the levels never changes.

[@simondaniel4028]

This fucking game.

[@nattanralph]

Can you get this on xbox? Looks so good

[@MultiNacho8]

Not sure if you can get it on Xbox backwards compatibility, but I recommend you get it on PC. Original F.E.A.R console ports were known to have bad performance.

[@eduardopinheiro644]

@@MultiNacho8 you can gets mods I'll find some

[@eduardopinheiro644]

@@MultiNacho8 yes you can get it on xbox

[@Endle185]

14 years a go and the ai was much better then today, can anyone else see there is some thing wrong with today’s world?

[@nattanralph]

All of the world?

[@dalegribble7939]

The AI itself wasn't more advanced it was more just that the AI was pretty much designed around a very specific philosophy all of the areas in which you fight to the enemies in fear are very closed off and very tightly put together this leads to their AI being able to do well since they were designed to fight in this

[@tancredelegalileen9777]

@@dalegribble7939 you totally nailed the explanation. The AI of F.E.A.R. is great but the map design is what allows it to shine.

[@diocre7446]

@@tancredelegalileen9777 No. AI in F.E.A.R. and STALKER is really more intelligent. Compared to most games right now. They are unpredictable. Play both of them and you realized there is no pattern in their behaviour. Like they are thinking.

[@gavins9846]

Yup. ALmost no brain dead pattern whatsoever - they're adapting as they go and this is just incredible. God I'm just desensitized to brain dead AI at this point thanks to all the games now

[@briancomiskey3792]

Ya I pulled up on ups f4 vend

[@ivanyiattila3547]

Best FPS game ever.

[@briancomiskey3792]

This shit modded? The kid one

[@harveyes]

hey i like your gameplay, mind if i use it?

[@MultiNacho8]

Go ahead.

[@harveyes]

@FoxtrotNiner thanks

[@killabacon56]

How did you make the sound echoey?

[@MultiNacho8]

It's the EAX environmental sound effects.

[@laurabranigan7761]

@@MultiNacho8 ok but how you managed to activate eax in modern hardware

[@MultiNacho8]

@@laurabranigan7761 This video should help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWKrgImjrLN7mc0

[@MadVideosYT]

Slo-mo in this game is unnatural and makes game too easy. I would not call myself a hardcore gamer. But I used it just once and then never again. Its more fun without slo-mo

[@bjarne431]

You can even disable it completely in settings if you prefer

[@mrbungle3310]

Fear ai till this day gives me a hard time... especially on the hardest difficulty...yes there are some things that are better today,but 99% of their thinking and gunfight is the best ever...games nowdays are braindead

[@Homerboy44]

I would suggest trying out Trepang2 some time, which is heavily inspired by FEAR.

[@dilan234]

Turn down gore 😂

[@eduardopinheiro644]

Replicas wear jungles like forest camp

[@youhavenoprivacyandownnoth8289]

Every FEAR AI video makes the enemies look harder and more intelligent than they actually are. They are no different from your stock video games enemies with slightly more aggresive AI.

[@Cleesp]

Sorta on topic, but the appearance that they're more intelligent than they are was actually a tactic by the developers using clear voice lines just to make it seem as though they're communicating. Gotta argue tho that they're still better than most stock video game enemies, as their pathing and action logic is much more polished than most competition. Not more complex, but definitely more polished.

[@IzayFrmMars100]

cap

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

you failed intentionally in fear so many times to force this to happen

[@MultiNacho8]

What do you mean?

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

you are playing wrongly on purpose to make it look more dramatic (therefor the real fight isnt that good) 0:46 u didnt kill him -1:11 1:15- everywhere, pretended to accidentally walk in to an enemy 1:45 you could have gone slow motion but that would have been lame 1:49 didnt check behind u and shot nothing 2:19 alerted enemies, didnt aim 2:22 ignored 2 enemies then ran in to them making sure both could shoot you 2:34 failed suppression then walked in to his range 2:45 closed door for no reason 2:57 didnt aim 3:03 looked away from only position enemy could be and allowed an advance then missed a grenade for the voice line 3:30 left him alive to walk in to him 3:46 walked backwards despite clearing previous area

[@MultiNacho8]

@@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559 Bruh, you're looking too deep into this. I'm playing on extreme difficulty, where one or two bursts of enemy fire is usually enough to kill you. So I'm prioritizing taking cover and moving around over simply being flashy and cool.

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

im saying you are trying to be flashy and cool by failing and making it look more intense than it is when the situation is calm and lacks danger and therefor isnt the best fight ever you dont need to be in cover if you are close to 1 enemy because they cannot hit you

[@MultiNacho8]

@@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559 And like I said, you're looking too deep into it. That was just the way I played when I recorded the vid.

[@deltabeta5527]

Dude, where's the Cross hair?