When I was much, much younger, I went to a CofE primary school, and we sung hymns every morning. At the time, I hated it, but looking back, it was very good for me. One of my favourite hymns was "Here I am, Lord" by Dan Schutte.

Now, F.E.A.R. is one of those games that pretends to be horror. Now and again the spoops come out, the hallway spins, ghosts and cute little girls whisper at you. Blood fills the screen. Fires. Screaming. Then it goes back to normal. The normal of F.E.A.R. is frankly fantastic gunplay, with a wide variety of weapons that each feel distinct and powerful. The single pistol can be used for sniping. The shotgun feels orgasmic. The HV Penetrator nails people to walls with 20mm pieces of rebar. The weird, scifi guns are a bit of a waste of time as you don't get too much ammo for them, but are nonetheless fun.

The foes you fight are mostly five-to -seven man squads of highly competent soldiers. They try to flank you, communicate, supress you with fire, flush you out with grenades, and generally behave as soldiers hunting a highly armed and dangerous psyop would. It's a pleasure to fight against them as they actually pose a threat. Sure, they're easy to kill, but they put up a hell of a fight. They communicate through shouting to each other, telegraphing movements, grenades thrown, whether *you've* thrown a grenade, and most importantly where you are. They even tell each other to retreat.

Now, that snippet about hymns is relevant as one of the things they shout is WHERE SHOULD I GO!!? This is usually just before you kick them in the face so hard their head spins some 1240 degrees. And to that I answered, I HAVE HEARD YOU CALLING IN THE NIGHT- screaming, gunfire, robotic groaning- COVER FIRE- grenades- I WILL GO LORD, IF YOU NEED ME- crates falling-I WILL HOLD YOUR PEOPLE IN MY HEART.

11/10 religious experience.
Play on the hardest difficulty. It's worth it.

When I was much, much younger, I went to a CofE primary school, and we sung hymns every morning. At the time, I hated it, but looking back, it was very good for me. One of my favourite hymns was "Here I am, Lord" by Dan Schutte. Now, F.E.A.R. is one of those games that pretends to be horror. Now and again the spoops come out, the hallway spins, ghosts and cute little girls whisper at you. Blood fills the screen. Fires. Screaming. Then it goes back to normal. The normal of F.E.A.R. is frankly fantastic gunplay, with a wide variety of weapons that each feel distinct and powerful. The single pistol can be used for sniping. The shotgun feels orgasmic. The HV Penetrator nails people to walls with 20mm pieces of rebar. The weird, scifi guns are a bit of a waste of time as you don't get too much ammo for them, but are nonetheless fun. The foes you fight are mostly five-to -seven man squads of highly competent soldiers. They try to flank you, communicate, supress you with fire, flush you out with grenades, and generally behave as soldiers hunting a highly armed and dangerous psyop would. It's a pleasure to fight against them as they actually pose a threat. Sure, they're easy to kill, but they put up a hell of a fight. They communicate through shouting to each other, telegraphing movements, grenades thrown, whether *you've* thrown a grenade, and most importantly where you are. They even tell each other to retreat. Now, that snippet about hymns is relevant as one of the things they shout is WHERE SHOULD I GO!!? This is usually just before you kick them in the face so hard their head spins some 1240 degrees. And to that I answered, I HAVE HEARD YOU CALLING IN THE NIGHT- screaming, gunfire, robotic groaning- COVER FIRE- grenades- I WILL GO LORD, IF YOU NEED ME- crates falling-I WILL HOLD YOUR PEOPLE IN MY HEART. 11/10 religious experience. Play on the hardest difficulty. It's worth it.