I don't think F.E.A.R. is the best shooter ever made, when I played the Demo back in the days, it felt like it could be that game, but in the end we got something else, a lot more action than horror, but what we lost in crazy action and horror scenes and gameplay, we gained it in atmosphere and storytelling.

It's a very different experience than most people may expect, it's mostly a super angry detective shooter game with a moody atmosphere, rather than an action hero power fantasy shooter.

It doesn't do everything well, but what it does well, it does it like no other game (with the exception of STALKER and Metro 2033 that came later maybe). The storytelling when you figure out the pieces of the puzzle to the police case by listening to the phone voicemails (basically Bioshock style audiologs) is more engaging than I want to admit.

This game does a lot of things really well, especially in the sound design department. I really don't want to spoil it too much I think you should experience it for yourself, it's maybe not the best shooter in the world, but I think it's probably one of the best story driven shooters out there, with Bioshock and games like that (but much more linear though).

Beware that the game can be a pain to run on modern hardware though, please check the pcgamingwiki webpage to obtain precious help and make the game run like a charm instead of 20 FPS with crashes.

I don't think F.E.A.R. is the best shooter ever made, when I played the Demo back in the days, it felt like it could be that game, but in the end we got something else, a lot more action than horror, but what we lost in crazy action and horror scenes and gameplay, we gained it in atmosphere and storytelling. It's a very different experience than most people may expect, it's mostly a super angry detective shooter game with a moody atmosphere, rather than an action hero power fantasy shooter. It doesn't do everything well, but what it does well, it does it like no other game (with the exception of STALKER and Metro 2033 that came later maybe). The storytelling when you figure out the pieces of the puzzle to the police case by listening to the phone voicemails (basically Bioshock style audiologs) is more engaging than I want to admit. This game does a lot of things really well, especially in the sound design department. I really don't want to spoil it too much I think you should experience it for yourself, it's maybe not the best shooter in the world, but I think it's probably one of the best story driven shooters out there, with Bioshock and games like that (but much more linear though). Beware that the game can be a pain to run on modern hardware though, please check the pcgamingwiki webpage to obtain precious help and make the game run like a charm instead of 20 FPS with crashes.