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Reader review by Alk31997
April 23, 2012 When playing fear, you expect to be frightened by its concept and content, but the 3rd experience doesn’t contain many scares, which is baffling. I am not saying that the game is mundane and tarnished it has a profound storyline, and blood does spray like a hosepipe. By giving it a chance you are waking up the judgemental orb in your mind, you are the critic.F.E.A.R 3 takes us under the wings of protagonist and supersoldier Point Man, the main character of the first game. He is a genetically modified killer, with hardened features, he wishes he had a heart like a gun, but he makes do with what he has. He is a intriguing character, a very enigmatic main man, as the player, you feel that there is a colossal amount of demons patrolling his mind. His eyes seem to be full of hurt and dishonour; he is a broken man with a machine gun as his calling card.
The backlash of F.E.A.R 2 has caused a major defect in the city of Fairpoint; a paranormal catastrophe has swiped through the city, Point Man wants to head there to help sort out the mess. Point Man doesn’t travel alone he has his dead brother to give him company. Point Man embedded a bullet into his Brother Paxton Fettel, but that hasn’t kept him at bay, so Point Man lets him travel deeply into his cognition. The Brothers form a jagged edged alliance; there is tension between them. It is intriguing to see the Brothers together. There is a desire in the gamers’ heart to witness the Brothers dark past being unscrewed.
F.E.A.R 3’s graphics don’t live up to the next gen commitments, they are pasty and withdrawn like an old face, and they are uninspiring and very dated. When traveling through the environments the graphics seem stilted and jaded, they aren’t convincing or scary, and the game just plays like a shooter, than a horror. The sound in F.E.A.R 3 can be unnerving though, this does add a little snippet of fright to the equation, when shooting your gun, it can be heavy on the heart and mind, it can startle you.
You can also play, as Paxton Fettel, but you have to unlock him as a playable character first, meaning you have to go through the whole campaign as Point Man. This doesn’t worsen the game, because there is vast assortment of guns to be had. Like shotguns, assault riffles etc. Point Man also uses melee attacks like sliding kick; these components all help the player succeed in the game. You also spend your time killing soldiers of the Armacham enterprise; you jump into chaotic shootouts, which is great. The shootouts can last forever, this doesn’t bore, and isn’t that repetitive, its rather brilliant and exhilarating. Also Point Man has wonderful reflexes, which can be a crucial in battle.
F.E.A.R 3 doesn’t offer the scares that defined the original game. But it is compelling at points. It plays more like a shooter rather than a horror, but you are pushed in an engaging storyline that make up for these minor defects.
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