Classic PS1 Game Fear Effect is Making a Comeback After 25 Years

Classic PS1 Game Fear Effect is Making a Comeback After 25 Years

• Fear Effect, a classic PS1 game with unique mechanics, is making a comeback in 2025 on modern consoles like PS4, PS5, Switch, and PC.
• The game was known for its cel-shading graphics and full-motion video backgrounds, but the original release came on four discs.
• Limited Run Games shared a teaser trailer for the upcoming release, sparking excitement among fans who may not have played the original.

The original PS1 Fear Effect is making a comeback to modern consoles in 2025. While many classic PS1 games such as Tomba and MediEvil have been making a resurgence as of late, most players probably did not expect Fear Effect to join that list. The game had a positive reception, and it introduced many interesting and experimental mechanics and features at that time.

The original Fear Effect made its debut in early 2000 for the PS1. It was notable for being one of the first games to utilize cel-shading for the graphics. It also avoided the trope of using pre-rendered backgrounds, instead opting to use looping full-motion video. Unfortunately, with such features present, the game ended up coming on four discs. Now, modern technology may allow avid gamers to experience the original Fear Effect via Limited Run Games on better hardware.

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Limited Run Games shared details about Fear Effect's upcoming release in 2025. A tweet shared a short trailer of the game with the note that it was coming in both physical and digital editions. The quick video showed that the game would be coming to PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and on PC. An Xbox release was notably absent, which seemed to upset many fans in the comments section. No explanation was given as to why this was the case, but the Tomba Limited Run Games release also had no Xbox version mentioned, leading to many speculations that it had something to do with the games running on PS1 emulated software.

Platforms That Fear Effect Will Be Releasing On

• PS4
• PS5
• Nintendo Switch
• PC

Still, this seems like good news, especially to fans of the series. There was a previously announced Fear Effect Remake that some gamers were looking forward to, but that was seems to have been canceled. Allowing the younger generation who may not have experienced the original game may be a good thing. Hopefully, some quality-of-life improvements are introduced, as the comments section mentioned that the controls for the game have not aged well. Plus, the good thing about this modern release is that it's like that it won't come on multiple disks anymore.

With most modern gamers' exposure to the franchise being Fear Effect Sedna, this release might be a good reintroduction as a whole. Although Limited Run Games' tweet has stated that more information will be shared soon, most fans are already excited about the series' return to its roots. Hopefully, the announcement will not disappoint, especially with previous Limited Run Games announcements mostly sharing releases of game collections.

Fear Effect

Platform(s) PlayStation 2Released February 24, 2000Genre(s) Action-Adventure, Survival Horror