Your time could be better spent
If like me, you plan to buy F.E.A.R. 3 having ignored the negative reviews on F.E.A.R. 2 and loved it, then you are likely to be disappointed. I couldn't be bothered finishing F.E.A.R. 3, after getting about halfway through.
On the surface, it is another F.E.A.R. game, a lot like 2, and when I started playing I actually wondered what people were on about in the other reviews. The horror is there, weak as it ever was in this series. Certain mechanics are similar too, you've still got slow motion, grenades, and a sliding kick. As you keep playing however, it starts to sink in that it really IS more like Call of Duty or some other, more plain, FPS game. It is very watered down, even though a lot of elements from F.E.A.R. 2 are still present. It's also difficult, in a boring way. The health bar is gone, replaced by a regenerating health system. Quicksaves are also gone. Those changes alone make the game something of a headache to play, but overall it is still "ok".
There are plenty of other, better, FPS games and I recommend playing one of those instead.
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