A fun ACTION, not horror, game in the vein of DOOM
The best part of this game is the combat, and you get many many chances to fight things. Another good thing about this game was the variety of enemies, even if later in the game you got the usual 'same monster but stronger because of its red eyes' thing. I played through the whole thing with the initial pistol weapon, and the idea of targeting limbs makes the game a lot of fun. Boss battles are generally fun, if somewhat frustrating (the giant butthole looking one is what im talking about, the 'leviathan') But i played on 'hard' and would recommend that setting as it was not too difficult and it made the game very engaging without seeming overwhelming. A lesser difficulty would have made the game repetitive, as you do a lot of fighting, and using certain stategies on certain enemies is a lot more fun than just blasting everything in the same way on Normal or Easy. The story is very predictable with the exception of very early in the game, where they try to mislead you....I won't spoil it. But the latter part of the game is very predictable, too bad.
In conclusion, the strongest aspect of this game is the combat. This game is not a horror game, and while there are a few creepy settings early on when you are trying to figure out what's going on, this is far from survival 'horror', a term used too loosely. I even saw a game site say "Gears of War" was a horror game. It's not, and neither are the new Resident Evil games. They are action. If you are scared by growly monsters, than Red Riding Hood and Goldilock's 3 Bears are Horror stories.
A fun game, but a definate RENTAL. No multiplayer, and I doubt you will want to go through it again after you beat it.