Diehard GameFAN: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Review

FEAR 2 is essentially FEAR with a little more content and a lot more of naked Alma harassing you, and while that was fine two years ago, now? Not so much. It looks fine, sounds great, plays fine, and is generally able to hold your interest about as well as one might expect as a single-player game, and there are enough multiplayer options and modes to keep you interested for some time. However, the game doesn’t do anything you haven’t seen before, the story isn’t executed particularly well, there are odd gameplay and AI flaws that diminish the product a bit, and the game just feels like more of the same in most respects.FEAR 2 is certainly worth checking out, as it’s still good enough to be worth playing through if you’re interested, but it’s hard to recommend the game as a must-have title simply because if you ARE a fan of the genre, you’ll have played better games than this, and if you’re NOT a fan, it’s hard to imagine this is going to capture your interest when other, better games have failed.