NowGamer previews F.E.A.R. 3 from Day1 Studios, with insight into the all-new Almaverse dimensions, plot points and divergent co-op - "Consistently engaging yet never really matching the widespread acclaim of its peers, the FEAR franchise is one of few shooters to etch out a clearly defined identity in a genre awash with war and alien invasion titles. Marrying heavy firepower and horror elements made for an intriguing debut for Day1 studios. After Monolith continued the series in the critically well-met second instalment, the series has come full circle with Day1 at the helm once more."
DualShockers Writes "F.E.A.R. 3 (or F.3.A.R. if you’re a marketing executive) isn’t a great singleplayer game. It’s fine, competent even, but Day One Studios had an unenviable task in trying to wrap up Monolith’s F.E.A.R. series. With two timelines and two highly different styles of horror attempted in its wake, F.E.A.R. 3, well, it tries its best."
F.E.A.R. 3 wasn't even really a horror game when it came to the campaign. It was a good action game, but lost just about all of its horror roots along the way.
There have plenty of great horror games, but others haven't been so lucky as to stick around. They deserve to get a new lease on life.
That was probably the first time ever that I saw Castlevania in a list of horror games.
ps: Be warned, you have to click a lot to see every game in the list. I stopped after the 4th time.
What is divergent co-op and how could more games benefit from it?
Got to love co-op in games. Hopefully they'll do a good co-op mode here.