F.E.A.R. Review (narficacid)
Back in the far flung year of 2004, there once was an E3 demo that BLEW MY MIND. I must have watched the F.E.A.R. demo 30-40 times. I burned a VCD (yes, really) and took it home to my brother who also loved the demo. Then came 2005, I was recently graduated from college and had bought a new PC with the money from my first job. F.E.A.R. was the 2nd or 3rd game that I bought for my shinny, new PC. I played it with my expectations SKY HIGH...and didn't get past Interval 3 or 4 before getting distracted by other games.
That 17 year old younger self...he was an idiot. I chose this game as my spooky, Halloween game this year (Thanks, Civvie 11) and was pleasantly surprised to know that this game not only holds up as a in-betweener betwixt the "Boomer Shooters" of the past and the military shooters of the...slightly less past, but it still provides wonderful shooting mechanics and slow motion badassary in spades.
Fully recommended if you want to know what put a plucky college kid's jaw on the floor.