F.E.A.R., or First Encounter Assault Recon, sought to innovate the FPS and horror genres. To do so, they developed a nifty artificial intelligence (AI) for NPCs, which allowed for reasonably intelligent enemies and intense encounters. In addition, Monolith Productions – the developer of F.E.A.R. – created cleverly scripted terror in the shape of a small child named Alma. During its initial release in 2005, F.E.A.R. was well received and enjoyed by most critics; but how does it hold up today?
Enter a world of terror and darkness with this list comprising the best horror games of all time, featuring old and new titles.
Was playing Alien: Isolation again a few weeks ago, still holds up and the AI is incredible.
F.E.A.R. was another amazing game, shame the series went downhill with 2 and then fell off entirely with F3AR.
Couldn’t get into Fatal Frame, bought the remaster on PS5 and just…couldn’t.
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Easily one of the best shooters ever made. If, for some reason, you're a PC gamer and haven't played it yet, this is a steal.
So true! I finished all 3 and fear extraction point few months ago on steam deck and I had a blast (always wanted to play these games).
Regretfully Perseus Mandate does not load (bought all 5 at discounted price bundle).
The graphics havent aged well (especially in the first 2 and extraction point) but the gameplay is very good and the enemy A.I is impressive for its time.
Horror segments were at times very atmospheric. The story was rather weak at points though.
Wish they remake these at some point
The A.I really is impressive, you can also get texture pack mods for the games too which help iwth the dated graphics.
GF365: "There are some games with extraordinary visuals that impress us to this day. Here are old games with outstanding graphics."
Same as Killzone 2 and 3, uncharted 2 and 3, Infamous 2, Heavy Rain, Resistance 3
I wish this was entirely true, but you might want to load up Killzone 2 and Resistance 3 again.
@jason I watched some gameplay videos of KZ2 and R3 on my full screen. They are on par or succeed graphically to the first person shooters mentioned in the article that also launched on the seventh generation of consoles. Try the same and see what you think
Killzone 3 was super impressive! I could not believe the graphics back then as I was regularly pausing the game to stand in awe looking at the surroundings! Resistance however did not impress me that much. Heavy rain is also another amazing graphically speaking game. It almost felt next gen
I always thought the first 3 Gears of War games looked great and still hold up for today.
They did for their day. I recently played gears judgement with on the 360 and the draw distance was so blurry. The characters up close look great though
Far Cry 2 was awesome. In addition to having demonstrably better physics and AI than later games in the series, it had a lot of design decisions that, criticized at the time, have since been praised in games like BOTW and Dark Souls.
It might not be super amazing by today's standard but I thought Mgs3 looked really good
what is this? 10 years ago?
This was a fun game. It was the first I played on my 360. Nice creepy atmosphere at the time.
I'd love if they Remastered the F.E.A.R. Trilogy for current gen. I can't get enough of F.E.A.R.
Most underrated MP last gen.
Such enjoyable gunfights, pretty realistic flow to them at higher difficulties. Great AI programming, watched a presentation on it and it's really interesting stuff. They are coded so their primary objective is to minimize threat to themselves and killing you comes at second place. Compare that to games today where you got retards popping out of cover at regular intervals or just beeline towards you like moths to a flame.