F.3.A.R. is a first-person horror shooter developed by Day 1 Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive. While the shooting is competent and being able to play as the Point Man’s brother, Paxton Fettel, adds variety to the experience, F.3.A.R. does little in the way to elicit any actual fear in the player. The series has always been about tactical shooting, and it’s something that this game does well. The series has also had a focus on story, on building an environment that’s not only scary, but enigmatic. F.3.A.R. fails to build a narrative and instead provides a quick gaunt into co-op multiplayer with heavily emphasized online play. The latter being the one caveat to the experience, F.3.A.R. feels like a missed opportunity to explore the deeper aspects of the Point Man and his existence.
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?
