If you liked crpg's like Baldur's Gate 1,2 and Planescape Torment, you will love this game so much! -> Tactical Real-Time with Pause (RTWP) system, just like the Original BG games. -> Streamlining some old frustrating mechanics. Example: As soon as a battle is finished, you will regain all your hitpoints and special abilities, forcing players not to rest all the time. Resting is still needed to cure inflicted wounds (which you can have max 3 of before dieing) and to regain all your power bonuses which can enhance your abilities whenever you choose in combat. -> The most beautifully rendered 2D landscapes in a game ever! -> More choices and consequences than in most crpg's. -> As of 5.0 you can board enemy ships straight away, getting a gateway out of the undercooked ship combat mechanics that existed since the earliest versions of the game. -> All npc are voice acted.
If you are the type of gamer that likes to have his "lil walking sim adventure", please head elsewhere. On the other hand if you long for some brutal action and top notch combat, then this is the game for you! It puts gameplay above all else; the true core what defines a game. The game is situated in the near future. You are an elite soldier of the F.E.A.R.-team, a special squad of troops that are trained to handle the most unusual situations. You are called in to confront a murderous force with paranormal abilities, that is spiralling quickly out of control. A guy named Paxton Fettel has taken command over the prototypes, an army of heavily-armed cloned supersoldiers . Your goal is to eliminate the threat. To do this you got a number of slightly futuristic weapons at your disposable: dual pistols, a submachine gun, assault rifle, shotgun, plasma rifle, nailgun, rocket launcher, grenades and proximity mines. The guns and explosives all feel and sound amazing! You can lean around corners. You can perform melee combat moves and do scissor kicks while flying through the air. Additionally you have enhanced reflexes. When enabled, time slows down to give you a better edge against your opponents. Opponents that are aggressive, smart and function as a team to nail you down! The A.I. is just phenomenal! The game truly shines if you adopt an aggressive playstyle yourself. That way the firefights become a ballad of death and carnage. Graphically the game shows it's age but it still looks very clean. You can immediately tell this was fully designed for the pc with no limitations of consoles that had to be considered. You are given a lot of graphics and sound options. You can even play this game with a joystick if you desire! There is quicksaving. The story is not spelled out on a fridge with brightly colored alphabet magnets. There is lore and story for those who want to uncover it. It is a bunch of jigsaw puzzles that you as a player have to put together yourself.
