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Following Monolith's shock closure, GOG is offering 90% off its 2005 shooter FEAR and accelerating the game's preservation to recognise its doomed developer's 'contribution to gaming'

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Thank you GOG, F.E.A.R. truly was a great shooter.
- pretty much everything monolith did was fantastic. rare studio with wall to wall bangers. of course wb had to put an end to it. fucking shitstains.
  
  Tron 2.0 was my favorite monolith game, next to NOLF probably....
- Fear made me realise I'm scared of ghosts apparently haha.
  I hated Alma she can fuck off
- Far better game than I expected. Played that for hours.
Ah, the best game I got for free from work.
My company's giant publishing overlord handled distribution (in our region) for the giant publishing overlord that handled distribution for the giant publishing overlord that owned Monolith. (THQ, Sega, Warner)
Ah, what a shitshow of an industry. Happy days.
Random note: there's a partial SecuRom hardcoded into the multiplayer and cannot be removed in any way, shape or form.
GOG has reviews or topics in the forum about the issue if details are required.
So if anyone has played this on GOG I'd like some clarification about the DRM. Is SecuROM actually removed, or will it install nigh-unremovable malware all over my system? I really want to play this game but I haven't been able to find a straight answer. I know multiplayer is still infected but that's fine, I'm only interested in the campaign.
- I dont have a direct answer, but can SecuROM be sandboxed in a VM?
  
  I actually don't know. Maybe? I've never used a sandbox before so I'd need an expert opinion. That would be a great solution if it works.
Guess we're never getting that remaster of No One Lives Forever, huh...
- Well, that kind of has nothing to do with Monolith, and more to do with the fact that nobody knows who owns it. You can still get it here currently, but I've tried to get through it lately and in my opinion a remake (not remaster) would be ideal for this game. It really hasn't aged that well. The gameplay is kinda ass.
Jesus Christ, I thought this was about Monolith Soft and was devastated for a moment.
FEAR is great, but whatever you do, do NOT play F3AR! also, dont play FEAR 2, or FEAR: Perseus Mandate, or FEAR: Extraction Point. actually, just dont play FEAR, its terrible!

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