I played through F.E.A.R. and its first expansion Extraction Point this week for the first time, and I’ve been advised to leave the series be there. Having watched some video reviews on the following games I can see why. It’s a damn shame too what happened to the series, because F.E.A.R. 1 and EP are so damn good.
For a 20-year-old game it looks unbelievably good. It must have been mind blowing back in 2005. The particle effects and light destructibility of the environments still look great, the slow-mo is cinematic and the lighting in general is very well done. The art direction is great and it really nails the atmosphere.
I personally found the horror and story to be a little predictable and mediocre, but it doesn’t matter because this is seriously one of the best shooters I’ve ever played. All the guns are satisfying to use, the shooting arenas are well designed and the enemy AI is just as good as people say. It’s again hard to believe we had this in 2005.
I also need to make a special mention of Extraction Point as it hits the shooter/horror balance better than the base game and has better scares and horror elements in general. I thought it was great and basically the perfect F.E.A.R. experience.
Heavily recommended if you haven’t played this already. It’s currently on sale on GOG for like $2 I believe. Just make sure to grab the EchoPatch.
EDIT: It’s also possible to get EAX working and I really recommend looking into doing so, even if it is a little fiddly.
I played through F.E.A.R. and its first expansion Extraction Point this week for the first time, and I’ve been advised to leave the series be there. Having watched some video reviews on the following games I can see why. It’s a damn shame too what happened to the series, because F.E.A.R. 1 and EP are so damn good.
For a 20-year-old game it looks unbelievably good. It must have been mind blowing back in 2005. The particle effects and light destructibility of the environments still look great, the slow-mo is cinematic and the lighting in general is very well done. The art direction is great and it really nails the atmosphere.
I personally found the horror and story to be a little predictable and mediocre, but it doesn’t matter because this is seriously one of the best shooters I’ve ever played. All the guns are satisfying to use, the shooting arenas are well designed and the enemy AI is just as good as people say. It’s again hard to believe we had this in 2005.
I also need to make a special mention of Extraction Point as it hits the shooter/horror balance better than the base game and has better scares and horror elements in general. I thought it was great and basically the perfect F.E.A.R. experience.
Heavily recommended if you haven’t played this already. It’s currently on sale on GOG for like $2 I believe. Just make sure to grab the EchoPatch.
EDIT: It’s also possible to get EAX working and I really recommend looking into doing so, even if it is a little fiddly.