F.E.A.R Expansion Pack announced

Normally expansion packs aren't something to get so pumped up about, but the new F.E.A.R expansion pack is expected to "kick off where the original game ended".

The full scoop.

Now everyone who has played F.E.A.R on the PC knows it ends with an awesome cliffhanger, which is why I'm glad we get to see what happens when the expansion hits stores this fall instead of having to wait a couple of years for the sequel.

Typically, expansion packs mean more weapons, more carnage, more explosions, more bodies, more spooks

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Especially with Alma on the loose

- everything amped up, which in the case of F.E.A.R, can only be a good thing.

 

I don't care what the 360 gets, I'm grabbing the PC expansion pack for sure.

Perhaps it's because of the X-fi, but ever since I noticed the considerable audio difference in the gunfire and background noise between my PC (running on 2.1 Logitech speakers) and 360 versions (hooked up to a 5.1 Home Theatre System) of Call of Duty 2, it's hard for me to play it on the 360 as the PC version sounds so much better. And I expect the same to be in the case of F.E.A.R as well.

 

Sound effects can have a huge effect on your gameplay experience. The audible impact of gunfire and background noise is just so much more louder and clearer on the PC (on 2.1 speakers to boot) than on my 360. Besides, I had an absolute blast playing F.E.A.R on my PC. Cranked up the volume, rocked the whole place, pissed off everyone with gunfire, explosions and freak-outs. Because F.E.A.R is the kind of game in which sound plays a vital role in enhancing (even influencing, in some instances) your gameplay experience, I want it to pack as much "oomph" as I can possibly get out of it.