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PC | Action | F.E.A.R.

Boxart for F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. 126 screen shots
  • GRAPHICS: 5.0
  • SOUND: 5.0
  • CONTROL: 4.5
  • FUN FACTOR 5.0
  • AVG USER SCORE 4.8
  • AVG CRITIC SCORE 4.6
Winner of the GamePro Editor's Choice Award

First Look: F.E.A.R.

First Look by STARDINGO | 07/13/2004 | 16:00:18 PM PST

The X-Files meets Tom Clancy while a creepy little girl looks on in this new first-person shooter from Monolith Productions.

It seems horror games are really starting to evolve away from the whole third-person, medallion-puzzle-laden, why-is-my-grandmother-more-agile-than-Jill adventure thing. Hell, even Resident Evil doesn?t look like Resident Evil anymore. Another case in point: Monolith?s chaotic new first-person shooter, F.E.A.R.?think Tom Clancy high-tech S.W.A.T. stuff meets The X-Files meets Japanese horror movies starring creepy little girls who slowly walk on ceilings.

The technology behind F.E.A.R. is impressive (holy shadow volumes and shaders!), and the concept is pretty cool. You play a part in a squad of special operatives who specialize in dealing with the freaky nasty stuff the F.B.I. and ?regular? agencies can?t handle?taking on ghosts, demons, aliens, and unspeakable cosmic horrors?with an arsenal of machine guns, corkscrew rocket launchers, and even the ability to slow down time. It?s still too early to tell exactly where they?re going with it?the demo didn?t lean as much on the freaky-weird side as you might expect (just a menacing little girl and guys in future camouflage ninja costumes in an office building), so all we can do is wonder what Monolith could be holding back. There?s lots of potential, but we?ll have to see if the suspense pays off.


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