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.
More info
| Genre | Shooter |
| Description | A 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 date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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