There’s nothing to fear but F.E.A.R. itself

My friend Matt asked me the other day to try the demo for F.E.A.R. He is often trying to sway me away from the evils of MMORPGs and over to the Greatness of FPS. I wish him luck in that venture. But because I am always open to new things, I agreed to try the demo.

Here is what I learned while playing First Encounter Assault Recon:

1. I can’t shoot things very well.
2. When I do manage to hit something (strictly by chance), I apologize for killing it. Aloud.
3. I scream at the screen a lot more than usual (and that is saying a lot).
4. After a while, I no longer apologize for killing things, and actually get giddy from it.
5. I then start yelling things like, “HA! Take THAT, you ugly….thingie!”
6. It’s fun to shoot things … even if I suck at it.

Overall, my impression of F.E.AR. was a positive one. I had a lot of fun, despite my initial frustrations at being no good at it, which I imagine poses no problems for those aficionados of the First Person Shooter genre. I thought the graphics were beautiful. In particular, I liked the way the blood splattered. So pretty.

Um.

I believe the word I’m looking for is, “anyway…”

The full version of the game will be out in October, and you can try the demo out for yourself at the official F.E.A.R. website. If you like FPS, you should definitely try it. Actually, you should try it anyway, because free stuff is good.

I think now I need to go play something happy and non-violent. Like GTA…