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F.E.A.R. - Kind of late on the bandwagon for this one, but with the Halo 3 beta (AWESOME! by the way...) shut down and nothing new on the horizon worth a shit, I decided to grab this one and go with it.
I have to say, I'm unimpressed. The story is pretty solid, and the transition/cut scenes are decidely creepy, no doubt about it, but not enough to offset the blandness of the gameplay. Gray hallway after gray hallway with the only break in monotony being groups of generic, homogenous "clone" soliders that really aren't that bright. The bullet time function is well done, but makes the shooting aspect way too easy. That is to say, The AI is so...clueless (?) that I can shoot one using my slow motion, duck behind a wall or convenient dumpster, recharge my slow motion meter and repeat ad infinitum without garnering a scratch. I will say, however, it is awfully cool to chuck a grenade in slow motion into a group of baddies and, like I said, the game is sufficiently creepy, but with the addition of game play this one just falls flat.
6/10
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