I decided to install and play FEAR which i borrowed from my good friend Kennith. I opened the box, inserted the disc and proceeded to install, little did i know the horror that i was in for.

I always get the latest patch for any game, so before i played the game i downloaded the 1.08 patch which took about 30 minutes. I conversed with my good friends over an instant messaging program in the mean time.

When the patch was fully downloaded i jumped up and squealed with a glee of rejoyce as most of my friends by that time had gone to bed as they have school/college tomorrow (I, for one, do not as i get every Thursday and Friday off from college). So i installed the 1.08 patch and launched the game, i adjusted the performance settings so i could get the most of the game (graphically) at a decent framerate, sadly i do not have a very good graphics card, so i had to make do with most of the settings on the medium option.

As soon as all that was done and out of the way with. I readily started a new single player game on the medium setting. The game started up, i was very excited indeed.

The sharp noises and eerie music started to frighten me add into that the creepy little-girl laughs and the little-girl sobbing. I thought that it was just the opening cutscene that was like that, but no. These noises continued throughout the game, and, in turn, forced me to brick my pants at every opportunity.

And that's just the sound, the images were the worst. It was like playing one of those flash games and suddenly a screamer pops up. I for one, touched cloth many-a-time whilst playing this game.

I now cannot go downstairs to get a glass of juice for i am sure that a little creepy girl will pop out and scream at me, thus rendering my pants full of....well you get the picture. 

But, with the bad, comes the good!

I'm only on the 3rd level or so and I'm thoroughly enjoying this game, it has action, suspense, horror and a very compelling storyline that has caught my attention very well, and even though the graphical settings aren't at their peak, the game still manages to look gorgeous.

I for one, even though i have only played about 1 hour of this game, recommend it to anyone who enjoys solid FPS action.