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Age Rating: 18+
What is it?
A first person shooter with spooky bits (sorry, paranormal events) and a plot!
Is it fun?
Oh yes, but it will scare the pants off you.
Is it worth the money? (£26.99 from play.com)
Yes, yes, yes!
Why?
The underlying creepy ambience to the whole game which makes even walking down an innocent looking corridor a most unnerving experience as frequent “paranormal events†mess with the lights and manipulate doors at will.
Also the use of flashbacks, showing some very gory cut scenes, further heightens the general sense of unease you experience whilst playing. Let’s also not forget the ghosts who wander about the levels, behaving in some quite disturbing ways and disintegrating before your very eyes.
The game looks spectacular as well, after you’ve done a bit of tweaking at the start to get the best out of your setup as F.E.A.R is a bit of PC killer. This takes about 15-20 mins and then you’re away.
You get to cause mayhem with a whole host of guns, grenades and remote timed mines. This is an 18-rated game so it contains a lot of gore. For example, you are treated to a fountain of blood when you blow someone’s head clean off or get to watch as soldiers turn into a fine blood red mist when blown up by a well placed mine. There is also a lot of graphic swearing, especially when people get shot and wounded.
Also the enemy AI is at least vaguely intelligent, with units communicating with each other and using boxes, furniture and anything else around to give them some cover during the fantastic firefights which occur throughout the game.
You also have your “bullet time†ability at your disposal to slow everything down, making firefights even more spectacular and very Matrix-like!
Tense, violent, beautiful, disturbing, gory and damn enjoyable.
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doom3 was better, i didnt find fear scary, and it got quite tedious and repetitive after a while.
also, FEAR (First Encounter Assault Recon) is really quite stupid, just think about it.
FEAR is fun but has a stupid ending. It has an ending that you would expect to have from the grudge or some other movie like that. It is not scary at all.
lol! fear is a wkd game without a doubt!
i found it fun to play, not too easy either!
admittedly the ending aint the best, but i mean u dnt just pay for the story line!
u pay for everything else within the game!
my marks! 93%
fucking good game!
one of the best games i have ever played !!!!!!
top notch 5/5!!!!!!!!!!!
who gives a fuck about the ending, a great game…multiplayer is not shabby either
Try to beat my record:
FEAR difficulty: expert – 1 death
FEAR expansion difficulty: hard – 7 deaths
in order to go through the game.
It is AWESOME. WAY better than Doom 3. It scared the crap out of me!
me gusta F.E.A.R.