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Lead F.E.A.R. teams through three first-person campaigns, using slow motion and gunplay against soldiers and paranormal threats.
Released 21 May 2010
Fight in Slow Motion
Escape a Crashed Helicopter
Investigate a Secret Project
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
Developed by Monolith Productions, Inc., Timegate · Published by Warner Bros. Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
In the original campaign, you join the elite F.E.A.R. unit after a mysterious paramilitary force attacks an aerospace compound and a rescue team is destroyed by an unexplained force. Your mission is to assess the threat and stop the intruders.
Move through hostile facilities and other environments, fighting armed opponents with an array of firearms. Slow motion gives you an edge in firefights, while eerie events and unsettling surroundings bring psychological horror into the action.
The two expansions add campaigns from other operatives’ perspectives. Extraction Point follows a team seeking escape after a helicopter crash, while Perseus Mandate follows a second F.E.A.R. team investigating a secret project at Armacham. Both add weapons and enemies, and Perseus Mandate includes three bonus missions.
Reviewers often enjoy the series’ fast, satisfying firefights and slow-motion combat, along with its dark atmosphere and unsettling moments. Some appreciate the expansions’ added weapons, enemies, environments, and alternate viewpoints. Reactions are mixed on the expansions: reviewers also describe their stories and scares as less memorable than the original, and some find the combat repetitive or report crashes and other bugs.
Be the hero in your own cinematic epic of action, tension and terror. A mysterious paramilitary force infiltrates a multi-billion dollar aerospace compound, taking hostages but issuing no demands. The government responds by sending in a Special Forces team only to have them obliterated. Live footage of the massacre shows an inexplicable wave of destruction tearing the soldiers apart. With no other recourse, the elite F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) team is assembled to deal with the extraordinary circumstances. They are given one simple mission: Evaluate the threat and eliminate the intruders at any cost.
Extraction Point kicks off where the original game ended – with a bang. As the helicopter which the F.E.A.R. team is on attempts to leave the vicinity, it instead winds up crashing. The F.E.A.R. team is thus forced to seek out an alternate extraction point, all the way battling the now free Alma and her paranormal minions across a destroyed city.
As the first F.E.A.R. team and Delta Force fight for control of the situation, a second F.E.A.R. team is sent in to shed some light on Armacham Technology Corporation's (ATC) dark past. As a member of a secondary F.E.A.R. team, you are brought in to discover more information regarding the secret project at the ATC facilities. The multiplayer component for this expansion is no longer available.
| Steam Deck | Playable |
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| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 88/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
