F.E.A.R. is a technically sound game that looks great on a standard system, and amazing on an awesome system.

User Rating: 8.6 | F.E.A.R. PC
I hesitataed to get this game because I thought that my computer would not be able to handle it. I was wrong. I can't have everything on graphics-wise, but the important thing is that the game is highly adjustable. Not many games offer the type of adjustability that FEAR does in the performance department. I was very surprised at how well this game can run if you are willing to spend just five minutes tweaking the settings. After that, it is time for mayhem!

I was totally blown away by the suspense that this game creates. It is one of those rare games that creates emotion. In a shooter, I find that really rare. It is almost as immersive as an RPG, but has the twitchy feel of a great shooter. This game has some scary moments that harkened me back to my days of playing Resident Evil on the PSOne. You almost want to leave all the lights on in the house when you are playing this one. I really like the weapons in this game as well. The AI is superlative, and your enemies don't just sit and wait for you to come to them. They will flank you, attack you, sneak up on you, and just about anything else you can think of. The only real flaws I can see in this game, is the absolute over the top use of foul language. I don't mind language in a game, but sometimes the characters cuss ALL the time. Everytime you run up on an enemy, they drop the F-Bomb, or some other profanity, and I felt like this could have been avoided easily, and didn't really lend to the realism of the game. The story IMO lacked a little cohesiveness, and it was easy to see what the main character had to do with everything, but all of his exposition comes at the end of the game. It would have been nice as well, to have more character interaction too. The multiplayer portion of the game is cool as well. Pick this one up if you like shooters.