F.E.A.R. - Extraction Point review

It's hardcore porn for the NRA

12DOVE Verdict

Pros

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    Having gun-sex

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    Soiling your pantaloons in terror

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    Mini-gun lunacy

Cons

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    Needing an expensive PC

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    The limited replay value

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    The lack of original locales

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To those unfamiliar with the first-person shooter F.E.A.R., the atmosphere may be unsettlingly supernatural and spooky, but the combat is akin to gun-humping the world. You’ve got a sleek, voluptuous arsenal of maniacal phallic tools, erupting into the night. As your bullets mercilessly pound enemy-flesh, severing torsos, heads, arms and legs, the stray shells wreak equal demolition to your surroundings, crafting a visual symphony. Chunks of plaster, multicolored sparks, glass shards, smoke clouds, clumps of flesh, and blood showers explode at once into a fray of coordinated violence so visceral it seems the developers were trying to translate sex to firearms.

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GenreShooter
DescriptionA few new weapons and locales extend the legacy of game where murder is highly sexual and symphonic.
Platform"PC"
US censor rating"Mature"
UK censor rating""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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