I have played through the three Fear games over the last couple of months, and I must say the third one is a step down from the second one. The story seems distorted and strange and only really picks up pace towards the ending. The most fun portion of the game takes place when the player gets to play around in power armors - big robots equipped with enough firepower to tackle your enemies many times over. You have the ability to slow down time, which can be a nice addition to any game, but it feels like the game developers compensated for this by making some of the enemies in the game faster, which makes them ridiculously hard to aim at when you've used up all of your slow motion-bar. The aiming feels kind of blurry although I'll admit I didn't mess around enough with the settings to complain. I should also mention that there are lots of in game-achievments that give you points, and that you can replay the game as Fettel, who was an important character in the first game. This will stretch out the six hours it took me to beat the game.

In short: I've played much worse, but I've also played much better. It's a decent game that doesn't stand out enough to make a lasting impression.

Helt okej actionspel med lite skräck i bilden.

COOP läget som finns ger lite mer variation från gemene game, och även om spelet har sina brister, så är det ett helgott alternativ för regniga dagar.

Dessutom när det väl finns på reor, då är det definitivt värt att köpa!

Bra varken mer eller mindre.

By far not as good as F.E.A.R. 2 but I really think this game series is worth playing <<>>

I have to agree with some of the other reviews I've read here since playing the game. The FEAR series started off as a game that was truly it's own genre; paranormal FPS. It stood proudly amongst it's predecessors like DOOM and Castle Wolfenstien. The scare element was in the fact that you had all the firepower in the world, but it amounted to nothing to what was truly terrfying; a psychic ghost that is Alma, who seems hellbent on either scaring you to death, or burning you, whichever comes first. The first game really playing into lighting, textures and sound; right at the cusp of when the gaming world was really experimenting and playing with those elements. The enviroment was great, the gameplay was pretty smooth for its time. The combat was fun (slow-mo done right), the story was intriguing with just the right touch of spooky mystery, and the scare moments were downright terrifying. Had more than a few moments where I had to save and quit simply because my overly beating heart couldn't take anymore. Overall a very solid horror game that was quite a few years ahead of it's time. 9/10

FEAR 2 brought in more of a balance between the combat and the scare moments. The combat was much much smoother compared to FEAR, and the graphics were amazing compared to other games of it's time. You still played a silent protaginist, which was odd considering that you don't officially play as Pointman, but overall the story was very tight and the scare moments were still pretty scary and fairly unpredictable. Overall an improvement in some subtle ways, but there were a few moments where it seemed a little TOO combat heavy. A for effort though, and I have to say I enjoyed playing it across the board. 7/10

And then FEAR 3...changed developers, which can be either really good or really bad for a game mid/end series, and right during the COD craze being at it's peak. And by God did it show. Restricted to 2 weapons, majority of the weapons vanilla and mediocre. Over half the special weapons gone, and the really fun ones (Nail gun and laser gun I'm looking at you two) were only given sparcely during the end and really had next to no screen time. The scare moments were also next to non-existent, despite a few gems of those moments being hidden here and there, and the combat was so heavy and pointless it felt like I was playing more of a crappy, cheap horror rendition of a Call of Duty game than a horror FPS. And since a lot of the expansions from the first two games was rendered non-canon, the story had a ton of plot holes and the ending was just crap with it being so open ended. I was vastly disappointed with how a wonderful game series that I had grown to love had crashed and burned so horribly. If you're looking to simply finish the story, if you can even call it that it's so bad, from the previous games that is virtually the only semi-good reason to buy this game. Otherwise, I wouldn't recommend it at all. 2-3/10

Real funny and action filled game, real nice to play in co-op! 8/10

FEAR 3 represents what is wrong with many 'modernization' processes of games. It takes everything that people liked about the first few games in the series and just replaces or modifies them to work with current trends, such as in this case regenerating health, co-op, perks... However, I would also argue FEAR 3 is not a bad game. If you're looking for a game akin to FEAR 1 or 2, this unfortunately is not it. It also is pretty lacking in the horror department. It's not scary, or even really atmospheric, though it attempts to be. What it is though, is a pretty fun multiplayer experience.

The story will probably piss-off long-time fans. Without going too deep into spoilers, the story basically focuses mostly on Fettel, the antagonist from the first game. The story's already kind of in a mess from the get-go, as we have things from psychic powers, clones, the fact our two main characters are the sons of the series main antagonist Alma, and just other plot elements that just scream they're so bad. But it's not badly written to be fair, and if you kind of turn off your brain it's kind of stupid entertainment. But you really shouldn't be playing this game for the story.

The campaign should last for about 5-7 hours, with some highs and lows, but that in no way compares to the previous two games. The co-op helps make it a bit more fun, for better or worse. The two brothers play completely differently though, with Pointman basically being your typical action hero with the guns and the slide-kicks, and Fettel being actually surprisingly rather fresh, being a psychic man who can levitate enemies, possess them, shoot energy blasts, and more. Honestly, both are pretty fun, but I have to hand it to Fettel as for a game with very little inspiration behind it, his gameplay is actually rather original for this sort of game and fun.

But it's not the campaign you should be buying FEAR 3 for, as weird as that might sound. I find most people never delve into the multiplayer modes in this game. And it's sensible, as the campaign is disappointing and usually multiplayer modes are tagged on without much thought or effort, so it's probably nothing special, right?

Well, that's wrong, as it turns out the multiplayer modes in this game are actually the best part of the game.

I can't even count how many friends who got FEAR 3 that ended up loving the multiplayer modes and hating the campaign. Let me explain; The campaign lacks tension, and often is a bit repetitive, on-top of the fact it just feels rather uninspired most of the time, its horror elements fail, and its action sequences aren't particularly great. But something FEAR 3 does surprisingly well is understand the fun elements of multiplayer shooters. Hell, some of the multiplayer modes are even far more tense and more horror-like than anything in the campaign.

Multiplayer is split into four modes, and all four are pretty fun for up to four-players either locally or online. Each mode has different maps. One mode has you all as ghost phantoms who possess bodies and try to kill other enemies and your friends to collect souls, most souls at the end of a wave wins the round, and at the end of all waves, person with the most rounds won wins. Another mode has you in an open arena with multiple areas to station yourself in as you and friends fight hordes of enemies that come in waves, boarding up windows and between waves going out to collect supplies. It's a sort of rip-off of Zombie mode from CoD, but it has some interesting twists, such as Alma, who you should not look at as she'll cause randomized effects against you, ranging from just downing you to making you see your friends as enemies, making the screen go black, or teleporting you to another random point on the map. Or a fog, that gets thicker and thicker as the waves go on, and an unseen red-light monster lurks in the deeper parts of the fog... And in yet another mode, you and up to three friends run away from a giant wall of death. Really challenging, frantic, tense, panic-worthy, but a lot of fun as a lot of enemies get tossed your way and you only get small breathers to quickly recollect supplies before the wall is out it again. A race from death and survival that is both primal but also strategic and fun.

The game also looks pretty good, and the PC port is well-done. Music works, but nothing outside of the credits song sticks as being particularly memorable.

FEAR 3 is against most everything the FEAR series stands for, but if you can look over that and a disappointing campaign, I guarantee you there's some multiplayer fun here that may be worth experiencing.

WARNER BROS YOU COWARDS LET MONOLITH MAKE ANOTHER FEAR GAME

if you like call of duty you'll like fear 3.
If you like fear 1 and, to a lesser extent fear 2, and want more? you will not like this game

As a F.E.A.R game it sucks.

As a Singleplayer game its okay at most.

As a Co-op game? Bloody Awesome!

This was a major dissapointment
How can they call it Fear!? i get more scared of watching pokémon!