Tragic Wasted Potential | The F.E.A.R. Series Deserved Better

F.E.A.R. is a name you've likely heard if you've spent any time in the gaming space. It was an innovative game that helped push the industry forwards. However what people often don't remember is what came next. With the series falling between different sets of wrong hands It slowly fizzled out into a distant memory. The promise of the first game became a reminder of just how far a popular IP can fall.

But how did we get here? Well today I'll show you. Going through every F.E.A.R. game, We will analyze the gradual loss of quality and care that eventually got the series shelved.

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0:00 Intro
4:14 FEAR 1
8:47 Meet the Replica
13:20 The Plot Thickens
18:11 Armacham
21:18 The Enemies of F.E.A.R.
25:12 The Gameplay of F.E.A.R.
30:03 Norton Mapes, CEO Of Eating
32:03 The Armacham Schism
34:05 Leaving Armacham
37:01 I LOVE AUBURN
39:35 Uncovering Armacham's Secrets
44:36 Lore Explained
48:17 Multiplayer
49:29 F.E.A.R. In Retrospective
51:07 F.E.A.R. 2
51:56 Troubled Development
54:56 Becket's Torment Begins
1:00:58 What's new in FEAR 2
1:08:09 The Enemies of F.E.A.R. 2
1:11:34 Mech Combat
1:13:54 The Small World of Voice Acting
1:14:50 Wade Elementary
1:26:08 The Big Problem With F.E.A.R. 2
1:28:34 The Final Showdown
1:33:28 F.E.A.R. 2 is Bland
1:36:12 F.E.A.R. 2 Reborn
1:38:02 F.E.A.R. 2 Multiplayer
1:38:44 F.E.A.R. 2 In Retrospective
1:40:01 The F.E.A.R. Expansions
1:41:46 Extraction Point
1:51:56 Perseus Mandate
1:56:49 Reflecting on what could have been
1:58:46 F.E.A.R. 3
2:01:18 Some small development issues
2:08:11 The Story Begins
2:10:03 Great Gameplay, Bad Game
2:14:42 Speed running the story
2:23:23 WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GAME?
2:43:08 Actually good multiplayer
2:45:26 FEAR 3 servers run off hopes and dreams
2:46:25 F.E.A.R. 3 In Retrospective
2:48:23 F.E.A.R. Online
2:50:52 The F.E.A.R. Series In Retrospective
2:52:54 Outro