The shotgun is still strong against most other enemies at short range.

The shotgun is the most useful weapon for dealing with Cultists, especially if the TMPs are not present, and Scavengers, especially if the Arc Beam is not present. The TMPs are definitely the strongest weapon between short and medium ranges, and seem to have extremely high damage output. The nailgun is only available in two stages and only put to use in two short instances. The nailgun, which seems to have more DPS than the assault rifle, I don't find to be as accurate or as useful zoomed in, and seems slightly weaker at long range due to these issues. The assault rifle is the most useful weapon overall. In terms of usefulness, the Arc Beam, even though its usefulness has dropped significantly with the refinement of certain strategies, is still a very vital tool in the run, and without it, many fights would be substantially different and/or tougher, slower, et cetera. At certain times, you will see a heavy weapon dropped for a lighter weapon simply for movement. games but a lot less noticeable in this release, weapons have their own weight to them, and you move faster with some weapons compared to others. The only indicator of your health is your HUD will appear bloodier and blurrier based on how much damage you have taken. If you are damaged, your health will start regenerating once a short amount of time has passed since you last took damage, and regeneration will be interrupted if you take damage again. Instead, your health regenerates over time. There are no items such as health kits or body armor in this game. Health - The health system in this game is different than in previous F.E.A.R. Using the highest rank keeps things consistent and maximizes speed.

Not only does being at max rank make the run faster, but being at max rank also makes the run more consistent in the sense that, because the rank is not able to be disabled in the game, then if you started at rank 1, you would be ranking up over the course of the run, causing the rank to potentially be variable in every run. The difference between starting at rank 1 and rank 21 is having improved health regeneration, 50% extra health, three extra clips of maximum ammo for all weapons, two extra grenades added to the maximum amount of all grenades, an extra six seconds of slow motion (note: slow motion is not used at all during this run), and the ability to slide kick and jump kick. Max rank refers to being at maximum rank when doing this run, the maximum rank being 21 or FEARLESS. Higher difficulty means more damage taken and less ammo provided. Recruit, Commando, Fearless, and Insane (unlocks after completing the campaign) are the available difficulties. Recruit difficulty is the easiest difficulty. Point Man and (Paxton) Fettel are the two storylines. A vault skip is basically, instead of vaulting, turning sideways from the object you would normally vault over, and then moving sideways and jumping over the object instead of vaulting over it.Ĭategory - Point Man is the character used. 2, both vaulting and 'vault skipping' are in this game. Sometimes I do not because I am preparing myself for upcoming parts of a stage. You will mainly see me jumping while sprinting when I can. Jumping right at the end of a sprint is also slightly faster than simply letting your sprint end.

Jumping while in water (specifically, the beginning of Slums) is a bit faster than moving without jumping in water. Movement - Jumping while moving is just barely faster than moving without jumping.

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