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F.E.A.R.: First Encounter Assault Recon Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Well executed combination of horror and fps
Comment: This is the first game I have ever played that really made me jump in my seat. I have always considered horror and fps to be a fun but silly combination. If the demons of hell were unleashed upon the human race I dont think they would come bearing automatic weapons. F.E.A.R. gets around this by creating the clone army whose dna source lies at the heart of the story. That said, F.E.A.R. does an excellent job setting a mood with light and shadows and a plot unfolds that gradually carrys you to a conclusion. Its not going to spell it out for you but the conclusion is worth the time and effort. It is a little repetitive in the middle which many people complain about and I would have to agree but overall if you like games with a horror theme its worth the time.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great action game.
Comment: This game is spooky and creepy but also filled with action.I think this combination works well.The game should only be played on the two highest difficulties or with slomo off in the lower difficulties.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Remember, its just a game!
Comment: I bought this game used thinking it was going to be your run of the mill shoot `em up game and the first thing that got me was the blood and guts in this game. This game is not for the weak at heart and even if you are playing in GOD MODE, it's more of a physiological thriller than a game.

In the game you are the newbie on the team and they throw you in to hunt down this guy who controls a cloned army with his mind, and to top it off he is a cannibal. From the very beginning he starts playing with your mind and the ending of this first part is simply mind blowing, where you are no longer fighting bad guys, but ghosts and every other scene is a physiological mind screw where you have to keep on telling yourself, its only a game...its only a game. I have seen horror movies that didn't scare me as much as this game did. I've yet to play the two expansion packs and I do not know if I can.

The graphics are good, and the better your card the better the game will look. Expect a lot of blood, swears, and sneak attacks. I ran this game on my laptop and it ran ok, at certain point it was choppy but it was minimal or and considering that I have an ATI READEON Mobility 300 built in card it ran fantastic.

For entertainment value I gave it 3 stars because it runs more like a horror movie than a game. Overall 4 stars based on the story and game play. Remember, its only a game.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Tense, creepy, and great fun, but a little on the short side.
Comment: Combine the tense military fire-fights of games like Half-Life with the creepy atmosphere of the best Japanese horror films, and you get F.E.A.R.

The only real gripe I have with it is the length. I fully expected to spend a good month or so going through the game (at about an hour a day), but ended up completing the game on the regular difficulty in just over a week.

Everything else about the game is excellent. The debris and gun smoke obscuring the battlefield, the wickedly designed enemy AI (IMO, the best in any FPS game yet), and the well-designed weapons all make for an incredibly satisfying shooter. The little girl ghost will make even the most hardened horror veteran check the dark corners of their home and shut the closet door before going to sleep.

The multi-player mode of the game does not include any of the horror elements from the game, unfortunately. Despite representing only one side of the game, I found the deathmatch levels to be quite well designed, and the pace fast and furious. A downside to multi-player mode is that it REALLY takes a lot out of your system. I'm running a 3.2 GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM and a GeForce 7600GT, and multiplayer COOKS my system. If I play too many consecutive rounds, my PC is so overheated that the game hangs between maps.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Be Afraid...Be Kind Of Afraid...
Comment: Like so many games, this game did not live up to the hype surrounding it. It's not a bad game, and at times it can be quite enjoyable (it kept me interested enough so that I played through the whole game). However, there are several major flaws that seriously hamper what could have been one of the best shooters of 2005.

1. There's not enough variety. It's pretty much the same eerily lighted corridors teeming with the same enemies shooting you with the same weapons. After the first two hours or so, I stopped being impressed.

2. Some boxes fall of a shelf and my radio transmitter begins to fade in and out and I'm supposed to be scared? I knew what to expect after the first hour. There are a few good scares, but mostly it falls flat.

3. There's really not a whole lot of strategy to the gameplay. I know, I know. It's a First Person Shooter and it's supposed to be mindless, b@lls-to-the-wall action. But even these aren't that difficult. The A.I. is great, but the slow-mo (while awesome) makes these battle a little too easy. It gets a little (not too much though) tedious.

Not a bad game, overall. Just not the one people have been raving about. But for 10 bucks, why not try it out?

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