Would you put at the edge of your seat!!
I played this game from beginning to end on the two hardest diffulcuties and i can safely say that this one of the best games i ever played. Because its a PC counterpart, the graphics were a little outdated, but because i don't own an HDTV, i can't tell and simply don't care. I was so into the action that was going on, the the graphics did bother me. Though there are some spots where it would get a little choppy or lines would pop up that outline the characters body when i get to close to a wall, the graphics are decent even though they don't live up to the 360 standards. This game plays on psychological horror very well. The creepy girl that pops up was well done. I have a surround sound, so this game was very creepy to play. The firefights are very intense and with SloMo feature, its adds a whole new experience to the game. Though this "bullet time" as you can also call it, was first introduced in Max Payne, it will never get old. In fact, because of SloMo, this game tipped the scale of being a great game. As far as the controls...i have read many reviews indicating that the controls were very clunky, but it didn't take me long to adapt to them. The only downfall i see with it is that when your holding duel weapons, the left trigger throws a grenade instead of firing the left weapon, so instead pressing the right trigger fires both guns. Even though it would have made the game a little more fun, it didn't throw me off a whole lot, and it was actually quite easier to play the game like this, that i can focus more on throwing grenades than pressing both triggers, though in the future, it would good to see more games that have that double trigger feature. F.E.A.R., in all its substance is a great game, that has new aspect of controls that i found quite easy to use, great gameplay as far as SloMo goes, and an okay, but overrated story. Though i have never tried multiplayer, i can tell by other reviews that its somewhat strong, but in a way tacked on. Compared to the PC counterpart, it kills the 360 version because the graphics are actually better to look on the PC then the 360 because of how dated they are. This is a fun game that everyone should at least rent and give it a try.