PlayStation 3 Review: F.E.A.R. 3

With offices in Burbank, California, Warner Brothers Interactive has become an awfully large tent with some marquis intellectual properties like Batman and Lord of the Rings.  The F.E.A.R. franchise, acquired from Universal/Vivendi is another of Warner Brothers' premiere titles.  It isn’t necessary to have played the previous games to enjoy the most recent one, but it does help put this horror/shooter adventure into context.  The new F.E.A.R. 3 game also known as F.3.A.R., is an ambitious title that creates a co-op experience like no other although it is playable in single player and contains a large number of multiplayer modes.

F.E.A.R. 3 is designed to play cooperatively with one player taking the role of Point Man, who operates in standard shooter capacity, and the other player as the telekinetic entity known as Paxton Fettel, Point Man’s murderous dead brother.  Considering Point Man killed his brother and that they are both the children of the powerful and tortured Alma, this make the alliance understandably uneasy.  F.E.A.R. 3 does an interesting job of making a cooperative experience also competitive as each level is scored for both brothers, with one gaining the title of Favorite Son.  The scoring is based on hidden objects found and of course kills.

If you can’t find a friend to sit with to play this dark and atmospheric game, as stated, the game is playable in single player mode.  In the solo mode, each level must be completed as Point Man after which the Paxton Fettel mode is unlocked.  Playing as Point Man makes this mostly a standard first person shooter mode, although you have the ability to slow time due to Point Man’s enhanced reflexes.  Paxton, on the other hand has the ability levitate foes and posses them, which makes his adventure substantially more cerebral.  As you can imagine, this makes for a variety of gameplay and adds to the single player mode tremendously.

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Lance Roth has over 10 years experience in the video game industry. He has worked with developers along with retail outlets to develop training programs and sales strategies. He participated in all of the major console launches since the Dreamcast. …

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