Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8433 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sierra
• Released on: 2007-04-13
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• ESRB Rating: Adults Only
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
You aren't a soldier. You are a weapon.

A mysterious paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound, taking hostages but issuing no demands. A Special Forces team is sent in by the government tp contain the situation, but contact is severed as an eerie signal interrupts radio communications. When the interference subsides moments later, the team has been obliterated. Live footage of the massacre shows an inexplicable wave of destruction tearing the soldiers apart before they can even react.

In light of the desperate situation the F.E.A.R. team is assembled. As part of this elite classified strike force created to deal with the most unusual and shocking of threats, your mission is simple: Eliminate the intruders at any cost. Determine the origin of the signal and contain this crisis before it spirals out of control.

Customer Reviews

For Every Awesome Reviewer!
Okay I am reviewing the PS3 version (As I am guessing you hit a link to look at the PS3 Version). Would someone please PLEASE stop people from reviewing games based on their experience of Xbox, PC and demo's!!!

FEAR is a first person shooter set in a dark and gloomey corner of the world, where a mystery bad guy (who is a bit of a hannibal lector) has taken control of the dark arts - not to mention a legion of cloned super soldiers. Its never quite explained but there is also a young ghost like girl (part based on Samara from the Ring and part based on the chinese girl from The Grudge) who strides around in the shadows, creating some genuinely 'jumpy' moments. Between the ghosts and the soldiers, FEAR has the potential to be a really good FPS.

So the good bits... the game has some very good 'tension and suspense' like any good horror movie, it builds the suspense well and its probably the only game that has made me jump - believe it or not. It does this using the same tools as the movies, sound, music, suggestion - things you think you see but maybe you didnt... for instance, someone walks past you so you turn the corner and they have gone.. and then there are some scenes where you get transported into blood soaked rooms to witness some pretty horrible flashbacks.

The fire fight set pieces are pretty good with the enemy AI reasonably high, meaning they attack, flank and counter fairly well - certainly better than in fall of man. The array of weapons is good and the use of bullet time slow motion is also very good, and enables a different style of gameplay.

So that bad bits... well those super soldiers are hard as nails, I mean to the point where they take the infamous shotgun to the legs and still get up to kill you. Several pin point sniper shots to the head and they can still fire back. In addition, I found the controls and aiming that touch more tricky that usual FPS's, whereas the enemy soldiers rarely miss - and only need to hit you a few times to score a kill. They seem to be able to see you a mile off so there is little opportunity to use stealth tactics. I dont mind hard difficulty, but the game didnt seem at all fair, or that realistic.

Then there is the levels design. You basically have three main areas, all of which have been abandoned with a few straggling security people. Each level is very boring and repetitive. Corridor, stair case, a lift shaft and ladder. The game layout and levels is very basic and the initial 'suspense' tools of lighting and darkness, along with long periods where nothing happens and there is no one to fight just makes the game fairly boring and samey.

This game is best compared to the film 'Dusk Til Dawn'. something that had the potential to be either a really good gangster film, or a really good vampire film. FEAR had lots of potential but ultimately fails to deliver a big scare (or two) on the horror front, or a really solid FPS for action lovers. The combination in FEAR just doesnt seem to work (for me).

The games biggest failing is that it does little to bring anything new, utilise the power or capabilities of the PS3, and it doesnt feel big budget (ala COD4 and even Turok). I have to say that I own some far better FPS's on PS2. FEAR isnt terrible, but is just isnt up to scratch.

play before making a decision ..........
This game is nowhere near as bad as some of you are saying.
1) Your character starts of slow and speeds up through the game - be patient and you will be rewarded
2) The AI enemies are so much more inteligent ( they use grenades well and dive for cover ) than those in Resistance FOM
3) Play this in the dark with 5.1 sounds turned up and you will be afraid of the dark
4) The bullet time feature is so very very cool - use it wisely
5) The gore and blood sets the story well

Resistance FOM is great to play for 15 / 30 min bursts - FEAR takes some time to get into

Fanboy-mania
One star Ricardo? And for something that isn't even out yet? Yes I know it's an old PC game and has also been on the XBOX 360 but if you follow that logic then surely the XBOX 360 version should get one star as well as it was already on the PC! It's quite funny if you read all of Ricardo's reviews as anything 360 gets 5 stars and anything PS3 gets 1 star. What a sad fanboy you are. I had a Wii and sold it and got a PS3. I've also played a 360 and I think they all have their good and bad points. Lots of other people would do well to realise this also. Why are you even bothering to negatively rate something you don't own? I'm offsetting your score by voting it 5 stars as I do intend to buy it and know it is a pretty good game.

p.s. I've just bought a can of coke while you have a can of pepsi. Coke is MUCH better than pepsi. 5 stars coke. 1 star pepsi.