Just an overall great game. The presentation in this game is masterful, something about the game in a way looks odd, in a good way. It just gives this creepy feeling, like something is wrong. This game is action horror, some events in this game got me good the first time. The game contains a lot of dream like and grotesque imagery. And man that opening gives me chills, the music, the camera work, it's just masterful and really sets the tone of the game. The story is also very good. But if you didn't pay attention and didn't listen to some voice calls in the game the story can easily get confusing. The story does have many twists and turns, and the tone is really dark. I won't spoil anything. The gameplay is where F.E.A.R truly shines the most. The combat is just insanely good for many reasons: 1. Amazing AI- this game easily has one of the best enemy AI even to this very day. Replica soldiers will communicate with each other in a realistic manner and will do a lot of complex actions while in combat. 2. Impactful Shooting- the shooting in this game feels really satisfying, you can turn an enemy into pool of blood with a shotgun, vaporize enemies with particle canon and send the enemy flying with explosive weapons. The sound design is also really good 3. Slow Mo- this is the main mechanic of the game. The reason above is even better with this. You can watch your enemies fall in slow motion as you go on a rampage 4. Destructible enviroment- the enviroments in most cases are destructible You can make giant holes on concrete, things like paper will fly if shot, glass breaks,dust rises ect... Combine all this with amazing particle effects while in mid combat and it adds a whole new layer of over the top action.
