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Definitely one of the best FPS games I've played.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I would have to say second to No One Lives Forever, this is probably my favorite FPS game. Before I picked this up a couple of weeks ago I had just finished Half Life 2, and while FEAR doesn't equal HL2 in graphics, it knocks the socks off of it in overall fun factor and story. At least for me that was the case. Here's the rundown as I see it.

Graphics - (8/10) - Overall the graphics in this game are very nicely done. Character models are good and some of the scenery is very nice, although slightly repetitive at times. Still, nothing to complain about.

Sound - (10/10) - I really thought they set a good tone in this game with the music and sound effects. Very well done and enjoyable.

Story - (10/10) - Before picking this game up I read some reviews talking about how this game really lacks in the story department. That's completely not what my experience was. The game doesn't hand you the story on a silver platter with cut scenes, but it does really involve you through different storytelling means. Communication through your com link with others, phone messages, computer laptops containing information, conversations overheard from the enemy, and many creepy sequences that are kind of hallucinogenic all come together to explain the background and situation. Very immersive as you get bits and pieces of the story throughout the entire game, instead of just between levels. Also, the whole story of FEAR is just really interesting.

Gameplay - (9/10) - The fighting in this game is a blast and with the slowdown feature it is even more fun. Once you master that feature you are practically unstoppable and blowing brains out of craniums will become second nature to you. I could see a complaint once again that the stages can be kind of similar at times, but just when it gets to a point of reaching that point of too much redundancy, they do switch it up.

Fun factor - (10/10) - This game was just plain fun, way more so than I experienced with many FPS games over the last few years. Everything comes together well in this game to create a truly haunting atmosphere that always keeps your interest primed and fingers ready to create havoc and death on the screen.

Great game and I highly recommend, especially if you are a fan of horror flicks or scary stuff in general, and FPS style games of course.

It will literally raise the hair on the back of your neck!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have played many first person shooters but this game really set the mood with music, scary sounds, quick screen shots, etc. and i found myself getting "jumped" playing the game the same way you get "jumped" from time to time watching a GOOD thriller at the movie theater.

The graphics were very good and also ran easily on my somewhat underpowered geforce6150SE graphics chip which is a typical chip on cheaper lower end out of the box computers manufactured in 2007. With a replacement chip like GEFORCE8600GT the graphics were set up a click or two in detail, but really weren't much smoother than on the older chipsets.

A very good game, although somewhat linear. A lot of on line gaming too, although I don't play online much, EVERYBODY is playing this game online.

Very definitely recommended, especially as it is older now and not selling for a lot.

A lotta game....This rocks!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a very well made game which is a steal of a deal now. It seems to play on for hours with twists and turns till the end. Im more into wreaking havok than plot lines and this game really delivers both. Multiplayer is a blast also but single player is where it was at for me. My pc isnt a worldbeater with an amd 3800,2gigs of memory, a 256mb xfx video card but it runs flawless and the detail is amazing. The slo-mo really is a great feature to this game so quit reading and buy this. After 10 minutes you will see what i am talking about. In terms of bang for the buck this game is almost free!

Close Quarters Mayhem!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is the best fast-action, close-quarters combat I've ever experienced, bar none. (plus it'll scare the heck out of you!)

Good game..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Fun and creepy. I think I was looking for something a little bit creepier, but still a well made game.

Lousy Story

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I thought the gameplay was great, but the story was awful. Play Half-Life 2 for five minutes and you quickly have an interest in the story and the characters, but after finishing this game I didn't care at all what happened to the story or the characters. I thought when they brought in some npc's that they would start to develop those things, but I was to be disappointed. The environments aren't anything interesting either.

If you don't care anything about having a good story and are only interested in a decent fps, then go ahead and try this. Otherwise, skip it.

This is a Great Game Overall!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

F.E.A.R in my opinion a great game overall. This game has amazing graphics that can blow away any game that was made when this game came out.
The sound is great. I was blown away by the AI at times.
It is very fun to play and the levels are well designed.
I am trying to think of a con for this game....Oh yea, I found one. Just trying to wait till Project Origin, comes out.
waiting and waiting and waiting. You get my point.

Great first person shooter

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played it to the end four times and want to keep it. It gets more exciting the more the game goes.

Tense, creepy, and great fun, but a little on the short side.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Combine the tense military fire-fights of games like Half-Life with the creepy atmosphere of the best Japanese horror films, and you get F.E.A.R.

The only real gripe I have with it is the length. I fully expected to spend a good month or so going through the game (at about an hour a day), but ended up completing the game on the regular difficulty in just over a week.

Everything else about the game is excellent. The debris and gun smoke obscuring the battlefield, the wickedly designed enemy AI (IMO, the best in any FPS game yet), and the well-designed weapons all make for an incredibly satisfying shooter. The little girl ghost will make even the most hardened horror veteran check the dark corners of their home and shut the closet door before going to sleep.

The multi-player mode of the game does not include any of the horror elements from the game, unfortunately. Despite representing only one side of the game, I found the deathmatch levels to be quite well designed, and the pace fast and furious. A downside to multi-player mode is that it REALLY takes a lot out of your system. I'm running a 3.2 GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM and a GeForce 7600GT, and multiplayer COOKS my system. If I play too many consecutive rounds, my PC is so overheated that the game hangs between maps.

Be Afraid...Be Kind Of Afraid...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Like so many games, this game did not live up to the hype surrounding it. It's not a bad game, and at times it can be quite enjoyable (it kept me interested enough so that I played through the whole game). However, there are several major flaws that seriously hamper what could have been one of the best shooters of 2005.

1. There's not enough variety. It's pretty much the same eerily lighted corridors teeming with the same enemies shooting you with the same weapons. After the first two hours or so, I stopped being impressed.

2. Some boxes fall of a shelf and my radio transmitter begins to fade in and out and I'm supposed to be scared? I knew what to expect after the first hour. There are a few good scares, but mostly it falls flat.

3. There's really not a whole lot of strategy to the gameplay. I know, I know. It's a First Person Shooter and it's supposed to be mindless, b@lls-to-the-wall action. But even these aren't that difficult. The A.I. is great, but the slow-mo (while awesome) makes these battle a little too easy. It gets a little (not too much though) tedious.

Not a bad game, overall. Just not the one people have been raving about. But for 10 bucks, why not try it out?

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