Split-screen.com: "Monolith Productions, veteran FPS developers who's works range from the anime mech-inspired Shogo: Mobile Armour Division and spy spoof/psychedelic 70's actioner No One Lives Forever, developed a title with enough action to 'make the player feel like they are an action movie hero' and enough horror to 'get under his skin'. Add to that a real-time shadow and lighting system to tank 2005's PC architecture and artificial intelligence advanced enough to give the Marines of Half-Life nightmares. The result? The intense and eloquently named, F.E.A.R. That it has a full form elevates it even higher from the 'most typical name for a horror game' category."