The Buzz

This is the third installment to the first person shooter/horror series from developer Day 1 Studios scared the shit out of you(if you played the first two.) Here a brief description of the game this go around.

F.E.A.R. 3 comes with a new co-op gameplay mode – this time out, you’ll be playing as Point Man, along with his recently deceased younger brother Paxton Fettel. Though he’s dead, Fettel still packs a powerful punch as he’ll have access to a different play style. Complimenting Point Man’s gun-based gameplay, Fettel will be able to use paranormal attacks (such as a slow motion ability) along with being able to see things his corporeal brother can’t.

With the new co-op approach also comes a new cover system (a la Gears of War), allowing you to employ new strategies when tackling various challenges. You’ll be able to flank enemies, or simply overpower them with the help of a second player. Along with that, players will not only have to fend off enemies, they’ll also have to back up the other player, even going so far as reviving them should they fall during the course of a firefight.

While there’s still a single player element (which follows the same course of events as the co-op mode), you’ll only be able to play as Point Man with the AI controlling Fettel. However, you’ll be encouraged to play the co-op game as you’ll be able to see and do things you’d not have access to without the help of Fettel.

A new AI generative system has been introduced to the game, allowing enemies to appear on the fly from any point in an environment. This does away with any obvious patterns when dealing with spawn points, resulting with some hectic action as you won’t know where the next attacks will be coming from.

In my opinion, the co-op seems abit overpowering but if the AI toughened up then I say its fair game. In the last two installments the AI was pretty tough and made some missions impossible to beat. There were rumors that you could play as the demented mother who is powerful the two main characters hmmm I’m going look into that.

Tokyo Game Show or TGS is the equivalent of our E3 but with cosplayers and game that wont reach our shores unless we order the games and a moded system or beg the developer to make US releases.  the partial list has been released of some of the 138 companies that will in attendance at this years TGS.

FAMILY CORNER

Alchemist

Capcom

Konami

Square Enix

Sega

Namco Bandai Games

Microsoft

Level-5

GENERAL EXHIBIT AREA

Arc System Works

Irem Software Engineer

ASCII Media Works

Allienace Numerique (Canada)

Alchemist

Ignition Entertainment Ltd.

InComm (US)

XYZ Wave PTE (Singapore)

Enterbrain

Capcom

Tecmmo Koei Games

Konami

The Behemoth (US)

SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010 (Korea)

Square Enix

Sega

Sony Computer Entertainment

GOODS CORNOR

Capcom

Game Tek

Tecmo Koei Games

Konami

Square Enix

Square Enix Music

D3 Publisher

Namco Bandai Games

5pb

Now when is all of this going down you ask?? Well the festivities start September 16 for the press and business folks and open to the public September 18 and ending September 19.