Trepang2 - spiritual successor to F.E.A.R., "sequel we never got"

[DalekFlay]

Got sick of trying to enjoy Control, so I installed FEAR and have been playing it the last couple days. Man does it remind you of the decline we've had with shooters. So, so fucking good. And now at 1440p and 140fps? My god.

 

[GewuerzKahn]

This is the most fun I had with a shooter since the Sniper Elite 1 Demo or Vanquish.

 

[Boleskine]

 

[DJOGamer PT]

 

[Boleskine]

 

[geno]

Place your bets, final release or early access?

 

[forumvisitor#451]

They should teach their AI more tricks and make them more human. Otherwise they are on the right track.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Particles are fine

 

[Blutwurstritter]

How is the difficulty ? Slow-Mo typically trivializes any challenge in shooters.

 

[PulsatingBrain]

FEAR had slow mo and was plenty difficult

 

[geno]

I assume it's an updated demo, right?

 

[forumvisitor#451]

How is the difficulty ? Slow-Mo typically trivializes any challenge in shooters.

In what good games does this happen? I remember Max Payne 3 and FEAR having proper high difficulty, you would not go very far without using slow-motion. Those games were designed around that.

 

[Blutwurstritter]

I could be biased since I replay FEAR + addons every second year or so and I've never used anything but Extreme difficulty. Its not piss easy, so trivialize is a hyperbole, but its also far from being hard when you use slow-mo, even on Extreme. It only gets hard if you limit yourself in using it, then it is indeed quite challenging. The following "loop" works pretty much the whole game, 1. Activate slow-mo -> 2. Kill 1 enemy -> 3. Take short cover unit slow is sufficiently replenished -> 4. Return to step 1. I'd like some challenges that can't be handled in that way. And don't get me wrong, FEAR is great and the combat feels good but I think the slow-mo in FEAR is a tad too powerful.

 

[forumvisitor#451]

... every second year or so... not piss easy, so trivialize is a hyperbole...

You got yourself an answer.

Btw you can play Trepang2 demo and judge for yourself. It was very enjoyable (although slide is hilariously OP) for me.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

How is the difficulty ? Slow-Mo typically trivializes any challenge in shooters.

In what good games does this happen? I remember Max Payne 3 and FEAR having proper high difficulty, you would not go very far without using slow-motion. Those games were designed around that.

I finished F.E.A.R. on max difficulty without slow motion, so it's doable, but you'll have a hard time getting very far unless you're a human aimbot that plays Rainbow Six: Raven Shield solo 'for fun'.

 

[Boleskine]

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1164940/announcements/detail/3127191960101808287

Progress Update - February 2022
A brief update for a brief month.

Hello!

This month has been very busy for us. We have been working on cutscenes, visual tweaks, and the boss battle for the 2nd mission. Also have been experimenting with player customization, cheats, and a new way to play the Horde gamemode.

We don't have anything we are ready to show from that just quite yet as it is still being worked on rigorously, but we can show this new gun and a preview of one of the side missions:

Bolt Launcher


A ridiculous explosive piercing/pinning weapon that can devastate and eviscerate.

Thank you all for being so patient with us as we get ready for our release later this year. We could not feasibly do this without your support.

 

[Tweed]

Oh hey, this is still alive and looking good no less.

 

[geno]

Progress Update - New Demo June 13th, 2022!
Wishlist on Steam and try our new demo!
New Demo Teaser Trailer

It has been quite the busy month.
Sorry for not keepin you homies in the loop, we have spent a while working on the prologue and optimizing, as well as horde maps and getting things ready for this demo. Great progress has been made and we are getting closer and closer to the demo release date on
June 13th
! We will provide more information (and maybe teasers too heh) about new stuff we've added and changed before the demo drops and you all get to experience it for yourself. We're very excited to see you try out a snippet of the game we all have worked so very hard on.

Your support is immaculate.

 

[Beowulf]

Akimbo pump action shotguns, lol.

But it doesn't look that bad.

 

[karoliner]

From the new demo

 

[Morgoth]

This can't be a proper FEAR successor because it's not running on Lithtech. Fuck that Unreal look.

 

[forumvisitor#451]

No. It looks great, models are spot on, animations are great, lighting is awesome. Lithtech looked great with indoor areas and with water but humans looked plastic and everything outside was just ugly.

 

[Tacgnol]

I've not really followed this one too heavily besides watching a few of the combat videos over the last couple of years.

Are they going for any of the horror elements of FEAR as well, or is it a successor purely in terms of the combat?

 

[forumvisitor#451]

I've not really followed this one too heavily besides watching a few of the combat videos over the last couple of years.

Are they going for any of the horror elements of FEAR as well, or is it a successor purely in terms of the combat?

Yes they are. They even hinted at something meta with ultra-violence included. There are "meaty" guys which are properly creepy. Atmosphere is creepy as well.

One horror element I liked was a shadowy figure which was visible only by its shadows and nothing else. It was also invincible.

Maybe they will turn it on its head and you will face what you have done, who knows. Could be smart, could be dumb, could be meh. I like what they shown so far. Straight-forward, no bullshit. Just needs more variety, even more sophisticated AI and less stock UE feel.

 

[Morgoth]

No. It looks great, models are spot on, animations are great, lighting is awesome. Lithtech looked great with indoor areas and with water but humans looked plastic and everything outside was just ugly.

It wasn't ugly, it was Lithtech. And I loved its look every bit.