F.E.A.R. Platinum

Beat the game in roughly 5.5 hours but I definitely intend to come back to this. Had a blast from start to finish and the game was pretty easy to get working. Only had to download a single dll file to fix a mouse framerate issue and I was good to go.

I just want to remind people who are really into FPS that the biggest flaw I notice every time I play is the run speed of the character feels somewhat slow, like fast walking pace at best. This was a period in FPS history where many developers made running in FPS games much slower than the earlier FPS games like Quake, Doom, and Half Life. However, in this case they went a bit too far. Although the run speed isn't as bad as Far Cry 1, which is painful... FEAR still feels outdated in this important regard as well. I have much more fun playing FEAR without using slo-mo, so I wish the character just had a basic sprint move or slightly faster running speed in general. I had modded this aspect before but unfortunately the modding tools don't seem available or I can't find them anymore. The modding tools originally came with the disc versions of the game. Also, the gun animations in FEAR are notchy and not smooth like most other FPS games. Especially with the pistol, he muzzle flash is never consistent and appears in different places during the animation which looks pretty bad. I still love the game, but it's nowhere near perfection when these basic elements are lacking that even mediocre FPS games get correct or better. Other reviews will mention the lack of variety in the enemies and locations, which I agree with, but these two issues I mentioned get ignored for some reason.

Once you get the shotgun, dont drop it. Its the best shotgun in any game, period. Dont be put off by the horror either, the atmosphere is spectacular while not being overwhelming. If you can, play with headphones and on a high difficulty on high graphics if possible for the best action horror experience you'll ever get. Side note if you get an error saying disconnected or the game is failing to load into a new level, put all your graphics on low, then load it up then change them back, that should fix it, but honestly; play the main game, then extraction point, then perseus mandate and forget the other games exist. I cannot recommend this game enough, honestly one of the most cinematic, visceral, satisfyingly gruesome, atmosphere rich games ever released.

Replica soldiers are not turrets They are super soldiers

FEAR really is everything Half Life 2 should have been like. FEAR is one of the most well aged first person shooters to date. This is in most part thanks to it's great gampley and it's terrific lighting system which still managers to make everything look good to this day. It's not a very scary game though. It's a little too much fun to be scary. Which is an odd criticism to say the least. Nonetheless the supernatural parts are great fun. The best thing about this game is the combat itself. Guns have terrific feedback and this game has some of the best AI I've ever seen. It also shows the best use of bullet I've never seen. By no means was FEAR the first to do it but I would go so far to say it does it better then any game before or since. Who would ever thought that something as mundane as shooting glass or puddles of water could look so beautiful.