...RUN! I usually end up playing single-player games with cheat codes, since after a while I really would like shooting that really big gun more than twice per game, etc. But F.E.A.R. is something else. Even *knowing* I can't be killed, have every armament in digital creation, and am functionally the most dangerous thing around, I STILL tense up. This game has atmosphere in spades, and will give you memories for decades to come. Like the first thunderstorm in S.T.A.L.K.E.R., or your first dragon in Skyrim, there is something about walking through abandoned offices, hospitals, and city streets at night... These are no zombies to be killed en masse: nightmares are coming to life, and nothing can be done by the US military. In fact, this game has the ONLY satisfactory answer for why you, the player, don't immediately suffer the horrific fate of all who come before you! But first, you have to go where you really don't want to: forward. SPOILER ALERT: A man name Paxton Fettel, incredibly powerful (and *seemingly* insane, but not) escapes from Armacham Technologies Corp. (ATC). One of the most gifted telepaths known, he was to be the commander of armies of soulless clones. These clones are armed to the teeth, better than humans in combat, unfeeling, relentless, with armor, modern and futuristic weapons, helicopters, and one goal: do whatever Paxton thinks. You play an unbelievably gifted soldier working for the government, a paranormal-event military reconnaissance group called F.E.A.R. Your mission starts off as "kill Fettel, everything goes back to normal". But a ghostly little girl, Alma, keeps showing up, and where she is, people die. Horribly. But not you. Play this game. Find out the relationship between you, Fettel, and Alma. And near the end, just when you think you're safe... watch as nightmares tear through the walls of reality and step into the new daylight. LITERALLY.
I do not understand why so many people have given this game such bad ratings. The game was in beta development until it's 1.0 release around July/August 2016, so of *course* features would be incomplete, removed, added back in, and/or balanced. If you like Terraria, then you should definitely give this game a go. Mods make this game effectively limitless in size, as I am sure players of Terraria mods will understand. There is actually only one point of critique I have of the developers, and that is with regard to Windows XP. While I can run Terraria with no problems whatsoever on my 3.0 GHz Dual Core Windows XP computer, Starbound pitches a holy fit and I get 1 frame per every 5 seconds (that is correct, one frame per multiple seconds) whenever I get near a village or populated area. However, it was impressive that the dev team attempted to make Starbound playable for those of us who don't like updating Windows. Putting Starbound on my Windows 7 8-core machine made everything work wonderfully, so my only criticism is that Starbound is much more of a computer hog than Terraria. Other than that, you have GOT to play this game!
