Scary, but lacks story telling prowess.

User Rating: 6 | F.E.A.R. X360
I played FEAR at a time where I was desperate for a a next generation scare. I had already been disappointed and hurt by Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill was about to become Americanized in the worst possible way. I had heard good thinks about FEAR and I thought it to be my saving grace. Especially after seeing a live action video on YouTube where the little girl from the cover is getting interviewed. I thought, "wow, this really takes me back to 1997 where Resident Evil was using full-motion video in their cut scenes, well at least their intro and endings." Man was I wrong.

Now since I'm a story oriented gamer I guess I'll start with that. For one the story might be good, but I sure as hell don't know, and I beat the game. It's more along the lines of Half-Life, you know the deal by now mute main character while you stay trapped in the first person view where "zomg it r like i r ders." The dialog is so quiet that I had to turn my TV all the way up to hear what was going on, and for the most part I couldn't understand what was going on half of the time. I don't know if it was to complicated or if I just didn't care anymore once I got to the halfway point. I do have an idea now, and it definitely has potential but the presentation is just plain bloody awful.

Now for the game. The game is actually pretty fun. For the most part it really is an action game until the end, but the little girl shows up enough to at the very least creep you out, especially when she shows up in an air vent and crawls towards you like a crazed animal. So for that I was thankful.

The game also pushes the idea that you're an enhanced solider and to simulate that they give you to use slow motion to simulate a level of awesomeness that you're normal brain isn't capable of producing. It's actually quite useful but it does make the game a little to easy at times.

Outside of that the game is nothing more then your typical first person shooter. I was actually pretty disappointed, but if FPS's are up your alley then you might want to at least try it out.