Why you can trust 12DOVE Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about our reviews policy.
FEAR was on its way to a Half-Life sized score. The favourable comparisons were many and various: the thoughtful and dangerously accurate guards, the beautifully designed levels... but it never upped the ante. FEAR deserves a lot of attention, but there's a game here that could have been so much better if the developers had just pushed a little harder
More info
| Genre | Shooter |
| Description | Scary first-person shooter where you play a member of an elite assault unit on the trail of... a creepy little ghost girl? |
| Platform | "PS3","PC","Xbox 360" |
| US censor rating | "Mature","Mature","Mature" |
| UK censor rating | "","","" |
| Alternative names | "F.E.A.R. First Encounter Assault Recon" |
| Release date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
The Inside Out 2 panic attack scene is one of the best depictions of anxiety ever – and something Pixar director Kelsey Mann is incredibly proud of: "I couldn't be happier"
When making Kingdom Hearts, the "one thing" RPG icon Tetsuya Nomura "wasn't willing to budge on" was a non-Disney protagonist
The Witcher fans in shambles after a new book reveals just how old Geralt really is
