"Strategy Informer: The influence of J-horror movies like Ju-On The Grudge is quite obvious in the FEAR games. Are there any film references in FEAR 2 that you're particularly proud of?

Dave Matthews: If you like a lot of John Woo style action films, you're going to see a lot of those kinds of influences. Movies like The Killer, Hard Boiled; you're going to see a lot of elements that make for great translations into an interactive component. Coming back to some of the horror aspects, you've..."

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Video gamers keen on F.E.A.R. 2 will want to check out this interview from the Guardian's Keith Stuart, who speaks to the game's lead designer Dave Matthews (not that Dave Matthews).

It gets into the game's influences, why horror doesn't have to be confined (literally), and how their technology benefits the 'is this real?' aspects of the gameplay. Read on!

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