Good graphics - average game

User Rating: 7.3 | F.E.A.R. PC
Well everybody certainly heard rumors about the amazing graphics of F.E.A.R. When you start off the ambient seems mystical and a little creepy. So throw yourself into the first missions and you simply go "Wow". The ennemies artificial intelligence (AI) seems incredible, if you forgot to turn of your flashlight you will soon enough hear a radio message that you have been spotted and then the action begins. The cool thing is that ennemies react to your attack by adapting their tactics, hence if you load the game after being killed and try a different approach, the ennemy troops will attack you differently. However you get used to the attack moves soon enough and then the game starts to get a bit boring. Of course you have the bullet time which helps you to defeat your foes more easily but after a while even this starts to get a little on your nerves because in the second half of the game you wouldn't survive without it because the ennemies are too strong.

What disturbed me about the game was that it is simply too dark - the same problem which occured in Doom 3. Therefore the game tries to include horror elements but somehow it does not fully succeed (unless you play in the dark at night and you are dead tired). I think the main problem is that when everyone says even before the game has come out that it will be an instant classic like Half Life, everybody expects the perfect game. And if you bought a brand new Computer (which many people must in order to play the game) just in order to play F.E.A.R. then many people will be disappointed.

The main problem is that the graphics are impressive but just too dark. Why couldn't they do a level outside like in the outro ?
And once you played through the game (it'll take you between 10-15 hours) you will know the whole story and the suspense is gone. In my case there are a few missions which I still play from time to time, but that's about it. Therefore it is more a game which you should play through once and lay aside for a while to play again later.

The multi-player in my view is too dark and lacks the fun which you encouter in other games (hl2, cs, battlefield 2, etc) although I only tried it briefly.

All in all I would say that if you want to buy a new computer just for this game, hold on a little as it is not worth it yet. It is a good game but not good enough to be remembered as a classic.
For those who are horror afficionados and love to play in the dark (Doom 3 fans) I would recommend this game.