That's right EVER. Move over Half life 2 you are now a close second. The incredibly fun and visceral action of this game is unlike anything ive ever played before, there is probably nothing more awesome than blowing somebody in half with a shotgun in slow-mo, or watching them explode from a grenade in slo-mo. Its strangly addicting, this is the perfect level of violence I wanted in an action game for a long time. And man is it tough too... im on the normal difficulty and let's just say its not a walk in the park. The A.I is fantastic and fearsome really. You really get a sense of dread at times because you never know what these guys can do, smart use of cover, throwing grenades at you.. harsh. The story is excellent with some nice unexpected twists, and all the horror spots are well done and intense, although I found there to be a bit too many of them, they certainly put you on edge. Did I mention the only way to play this game is at night with the lights off and the volume turned to max? Atmospheric, fresh, awesome graphics and amazing action. This game outclasses Gear Of War in my opinion in a lot of regards.. while Gears is a fun romp so far (co-op over live is the only way to play) FEAR is just something altogether different.. and I don't know less cartoony than GoW. The Multiplayer is fast and furious in FEAR online too. You can die quite quickly and its very fast paced. Unfortunatley im still trying to figure out how I acess my router so I can port forward as my NAT is stuck on moderate which means constant disconnections from live and not being able to play most games online. Stupid having a router that isn't compatible with live. Alas im off to figure out this port forwarding thing as many people swear by it. On one last note I started flirting with a little Oblivion as well and it too rocks my socks.. I jumped right into the Knights Of The Nine expansion I downloaded, so ill have more impressions for you later.