Multiplayer

Such a tough job as it is writing reviews for Guru3d, that I was forced to spend an entire weekend Laning it up with a grueling session of F.E.A.R. multiplayer. A tough task indeed, and yes, F.E.A.R. has a multiplayer component to match the excellent single player campaign. What’s even more exciting is they have managed to incorporate the rather excellent slow motion feature into Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch modes. How might you ask, have they managed this. Well, it’s really rather simple and works like this. You all run around shooting each other as in any normal death match (the Nail gun really is great for this) and slow motion is available as a pickup that only one person can carry at a time. If you manage to pick it up, then you gain points for the time you have it in your possession. Should you hold it for long enough, it will charge up and you will be able to trip the whole map into slow motion giving you that edge over your opponents. However, this is not as simple as it sounds, as an indicator on everyone’s screens displays exactly where the pickup is, as well as the fact you will glow a deep blue color. If someone happens to bring you to an early grave with a nail in your back, then you drop the pickup, which they can then claim, and so it continues.