PlayStation

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix

Description

Hana Tsu-Vachel - half French, half Chinese, a beautiful girl with large eyes, an expert in two things: love and shooting. Commander Royce Glas - an ex-member of a secret organization, now a mercenary, persecuted by his former employers. Jacob "Deke" Decourt - a professional killer, whose life purpose is to enjoy his bloody work. Rain Quin - a mysterious young woman, found by Hana near the Jing-Sum Temple, lying unconscious in a garden. Each one of them gets a routine assignment, but they don't suspect they will soon meet each other under quite unusual circumstances...

The prequel to Fear Effect tells the stories of Hana, Rain, Glas, and Deke, as they become mercenaries for mysterious Chinese organizations and explore futuristic Hongkong, the old capital of China Xi'an, with its famous grave of the emperor Qin Shihuan, and Penglai Shan - the Island of the Immortals. Chinese folk tales and mythology are woven together with 3rd person action gameplay and horror themes in a science-fiction setting.

The gameplay is basically the same as in the first game, but you have more weapons and the ability to choose between classic survival horror and 3D camera-based control types. You can shoot, run, crouch, roll, and sneak on your enemies. There is also a good deal of puzzle-solving in the game. The game is rich on movie sequences in animé style, and animated pre-rendered backgrounds.

Alternate Titles

• "Helix: Fear Effect" -- Japanese Title

Part of the Following Groups

• Chinese setting
• Fear Effect series

Merchant Title Platform Price   Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix PlayStation $4.68   Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix     Please select your country: United States Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Malaysia Malta Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay Other Worldwide Not an American user?

User Reviews

Sexy babes, action, and Chinese mythology is all we need

Unicorn B. Lynx (60462)

The Press Says

GamePro	Feb 20, 2002	4.5 out of 5	90
GameSpot	Feb 20, 2001	8.9 out of 10	89
Playzone	Feb 19, 2001	85 out of 100	85
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2001	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamezone (Germany)	Apr 26, 2001	8.2 out of 10	82
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 29, 2001	16 out of 20	80
Gameplanet	Jun 13, 2001		80
Game Critics	Mar 08, 2001	8 out of 10	80
All Game Guide	2001		70
Gamekult	Apr 03, 2001	5 out of 10	50

Forums

There are currently no topics for this game.

Trivia

One of the main locations in the game - the tomb of Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor of China, is indeed near Xi'an (the ancient Chinese capital; it is about 1000 kilometers to the west of Beijing, a city with currently 6 millions inhabitants). And it is really full of those intimidating clay guardians (although they don't move) :-/