F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon - PC Games

Posted : 6 months, 1 week ago at May 12 12:56

F.E.A.R. – It still works five years out There is a real problem with “scary” games. Most of them rely on cutting edge graphics to scare you(example: Dead Space). Rarely does a scary game come along that is scary, not because its gory or “gross”, but because it genuinely screws with your head. F.E.A.R. is such a game. F.E.A.R. starts out in predictably hokey scary-game fashion. There is a man with crazy powers commanding an army of clone soldiers that attacks an office building, and only you have the power to stop him. You do this through a butt-load of kick-ass weaponry and the ability to slow down time. Add in some mysterious supernatural happenings and theme of scientific creations run amok that is very reminiscent of Resident Evil and you have a complete package. ...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago at Dec 15 17:55

As first person shooter games go, I found F.E.A.R to be lacking something. The bullet time element is a tired concept that is executed better in other games, such as Max Payne 2, and the horror element was rather insipid as well (young girl with long black hair covering her face? How novel!). The storyline doesn't do a good job of keeping you in the loop and the ending of the game is far too rushed to make sense. I had to do some background reading to even realise what had just happened in the closing scenes. Some of the combat was nice, but the weapon selection was limited and there was only so much fun you could have nailing people to the wall with the rivet gun. It never interested me enough to buy the add-on pack. I realised how unimpressed I was around the time that I pistol whipp...Read more

Rating : 6/10