Of course after finishing Deep Fear I had to play the other horror-at-sea game with "Fear" in the title. It's surprisingly competent, if bland. Even my contrarian ass isn't going to tell you it's as good as Resident Evil 4, as the combat doesn't have nearly the amount of variables or flexibility. The aiming is really stiff, the not-quite-but-sort-of-almost tank controls aren't ideal, and the limited enemy variety doesn't help matters much, but most of the guns sound and feel great and blowing dudes' heads up with them is very satisfying. The level design is pretty decent too, a lot more in line with a traditional survival horror game, but since there's a fair amount of backtracking and no map, navigation can be a little confusing at times. Overall, I had a way better time with this than I would have ever expected, but I don't know if I'd really recommend it. If you haven't played any other horror or RE games, just play those. If you have and you're just curious, you could definitely do worse, but I highly doubt you'll be impressed.

Reviewed on Oct 19, 2023


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