Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix (2001) is a shooter, puzzle, adventure video game developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment, available on PS3, PS1. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 61/100 on IGDB.

What is Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix about?

Set in a crazed, alternate future of Hong Kong, Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix is the prequel to the survival-horror hit Fear Effect. You play as one of four deadly mercenaries on a team that's been commissioned to bring back the kidnapped daughter of a powerful Chinese executive. The action begins with Hana, Glas, and Deke the three main characters from the original game meeting each other for the first time. Soon afterward they meet Rain, a close friend of Hana's. Hana, Glas, and Deke are on separate missions to retrieve three objects, but before long they realize that they're involved in the same deadly plot. The action takes the foursome through Hong Kong, Hell's Kitchen in New York City, the walled city of Xi'an, the lost tomb of the first emperor of China, and in the end, to the mountain island of the immortals, Penglai Shan. Then, after lunch, things really get crazy!

Key details

Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix was released in 2001 and supports single player. Platforms: PS3, PS1. Developer: Kronos Digital Entertainment.

Should you play Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix?

Reviews are mixed, but Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix retains a dedicated player base among shooter, puzzle, adventure fans.