I've been playing this game over and over for over a decade and it is easily one of my favorite games of all time. Few games have managed to implement "bullet time" as effectively and thrillingly as FEAR, it is always thrilling especially when used to survive a particularly dangerous skirmish. The gunplay and physics have aged incredibly well with the weapons achieving a heft that many modern FPS titles still struggle to achieve. As a big John Woo fan I love rocking the dual handguns as much as possible, you feel so badass! The enemy AI is still some of the best in the industry. We have seen modern FPS enemies regress into idiots running into harms way with no sense of self-preservation at all. Not so with FEAR where enemies will adapt once discovering your presence. If an area has multiple routes of traversal a solider may very well take the long way around and sneak up on you. Hearing the radio chatter between enemies shows them pointing out when you're trying to flank them and sometimes they fall back and attempt to set up traps to catch you off-guard. This sense of unpredictability prevents the game from becoming repetitive as you kill mostly the same-looking enemy for the whole game. The story is a little hokey but it's still effective and drives the gameplay forward effectively. The spooky sequences will still unsettle and cause a jump or two even after my repeated playthroughs. I also love the ending! Monolith were able to bring strong horror sensibilities and combine it with excellent FPS mechanics and I honestly feel that this game still stands as one of the best ever made in the genre. As far as its age goes, it needs a tweak or two due to it's age but thanks to PCGamingWiki I had it running in 2K on a modern setup with no problems and it scales surprisingly well. Get it already!
