Horror games and first-person shooters are genres that seem to be made for each other, so it's quite surprising that the two of them "don't get it on" more often. Monolith managed to oversee a successful cross-pollination in 2005, and the result was F.E.A.R. - a creepy-as-hell survival outing that mixed satisfying gunplay with a Greatest Hits list of Scary Things. Ghosts? Check. Cannibalism? Check. A creepy little girl? Check. Lots and lots of blood? Check and check again.
It all added up to a rather unnerving experience - and thanks to a labyrinthine plot, it was a pretty confusing one, too. A pair of expansion packs continuing the story were later put out by TimeGate Studios, but for this true sequel Monolith is returning to the point reached at the end of the first game. In actual fact, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin will kick off thirty minutes before the climax of its direct prequel... a setup that will leave just enough time to ease you into the game before you experience the massive explosion that closed off the story the first time around.
Inspired by the J-Horror craze going on at the time, Monolith’s F.E.A.R. was a solid action fest of a shooter that entertained as much as it terrified. Bloody Disgusting goes back to see Alma ten years on from the launch of the sequel.
This game honestly killed all my interest in the franchise, I loved 1 and its expansions (even though they're technically non-canon now) but the sequel was such a let down.
First-Person Shooters are a dime a dozen nowadays and it’s a struggle to really find one that stands out and separates itself from the genre. This can be a double-edged sword, as a FPS that brings something new to the table can often unintentionally have that new thing staying at the table forever. But what if that game managed to capture a concept so well that not even its successors could manage to tap into its perfect blend of creative design? Let’s say they decided to mix genres: ones that had been mixed before, but managed to do something that hadn’t been done before. Could it be possible that a studio managed to make a sort of lightning in a bottle for FPS’s, something so good that there may not be anything quite like it for over a decade after it came out? Well, that DID happen, and that game’s name was F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon.
its been almost exactly 4 years since F.3.A.R. its a great series that needs a comeback.
The first one still holds up well to this day. Hope to see another one on current gen ;)
Hardcore Gamer: GOG has made its name as the place to go for DRM-free gaming. Now, the company has added a number of games from the Warner Bros. Interactive library to its lineup of available games.
