Preview: F3AR

There has been something of a resurgence in the horror genre of late, though the success of many of these in scaring the player is questionable at best. The perennial favourites, Silent Hill and Resident Evil seem to be being left behind, as they tend towards action in favour of atmosphere. That’s not to say a blend can’t be found as proven admirably by Visceral’s Dead Space series. When it comes the first person format, horror is more difficult to handle, but Bioshock managed to pull it off with some extraordinary moments, but the better pure experience in this regard is most definitely Monolith’s FEAR series.