Guaranteed to ignite your fear. For those daring, play alone at night.
I'd say this is the best component of FEAR. The time-slowing action is fun and innovative. Also, the AI isn't the omnipresent gods of CS or COD2 where they could tell where you are no matter where you're hiding. Now, the AI actually has to see you in order for them to detect you (which is a good thing). The guns are also unique, allowing you to interchange your armory whenever you encounter fallen baddies. However, a small inconvenience is the tendency for you to get stuck in corners and such. An annoying instance is when you could actually get stuck stepping onto a body (I guess your boot might get caught up in the mess).
Graphics: 10/10
Here's another 10 for Monolith. The gritty graphics doesn't get any more realistic than this. The grainy images evoke a sense of realism and the "haunted-house" feeling, thereby adding even more punch to the story. Other than this, the combat graphics are simply a treat for your eyes. For example, a grenade actually sends out a shockwave as it explodes. As well, any high impact weaponry can blow back enemies (and yourself included), sometimes even plastering the corpse onto the shattered concrete. Another spooky aspect added to the game by these stunning graphics is the rag-doll effect of the bodies, where if you so much as touch them, a dead body can come "alive". By alive, I mean, bouncing around, which actually fooled me a few times. I was caught emptying my clip into a completely lifeless corpse simply because I stepped on it.
Sounds: 9/10
Another success in this department comes from the futuristic chop of the gunfire and the seismic booms of the grenades. If you've got a surround sound system hooked up, this is a game where you could truly ramp up the volume and let it ride out.
Note: the only reason I wouldn't recommend this game is not due to the gameplay, but simply because you'd probly have nightmares after playing it.
Pros: Graphics, Sound, Physics, Storyline, basically everything in a game.
Cons: Little strategy involved, No teamwork, short story.