History YMMV / FirstEncounterAssaultRecon

* PortingDisaster: ''F.E.A.R.'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 got a better exclusive weapon (an automatic shotgun that didn't sacrifice any of the existing weapon's range or power), but was otherwise an incredibly unrefined and choppy rushjob of a port even compared to the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version, which itself had problems compared to the PC original. It may have even been partially responsible for the [=PS3=]'s early bad reputation, with several review sites blaming the poor performance of the port on the [=PS3=]'s "inferior" hardware, despite the [=PS3=] actually being the most technically-capable console of that generation.

* HilariousInHindsight: One of the meanings players gave ''F.E.A.R.'' was "Fuck Everything And Run" (although that one is an old A.A. saying, its counterpart on the other side of Sobrierty is FEAR stands for ”Face Everything And Recover). In ''FEAR 3'', one of the multiplayer modes involves doing mostly this and is called "F**king Run".

** Genevieve Aristide and Harlan Wade. Which of these two is worse is up to you. For your consideration: [[spoiler:Harlan was responsible for Alma's forced impregnation - ''and'' was the sperm donor, basically knocking up his own daughter, ''twice''. Then he took both of Alma's children away from her before locking her up in the vault, raised them from birth to be psychic killers, and as far as we know, threw one (the Point Man) out to fend for himself when he wasn't successful, while locking the other (Fettel) in essentially a private jail after he went berserk from Alma's influence and killed about a dozen people. Aristide, meanwhile, is your typical PointyHairedBoss taken to sociopathic extremes, completely refusing to accept the blame for any fallout from her boneheaded decisions (no matter how often she claims to) or even learn from those mistakes, and in fact actively accelerates most of the bad things that happen in the second game in her zeal to recapture Alma just to save her job, no matter how much people much smarter than her insist ''the plan will not work, '''period'''''.]]

* PortingDisaster: ''F.E.A.R.'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 was an incredibly unrefined and choppy rushjob of a port even compared to the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 version, which itself had problems compared to the PC original. It may have even been partially responsible for the [=PS3=]'s early bad reputation, with several review sites blaming the poor performance of the port on the [=PS3=]'s "inferior" hardware, despite the [=PS3=] actually being the most technically-capable console of that generation.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: In the multi-player of original ''F.E.A.R.'' and ''F.E.A.R. Combat'', there is only the [[BoringButPractical G2A2 assault rifle]] and nothing else. The fact that most of the maps are close-quarters type didn't help.
** In the single player, you'll rarely find anyone who doesn't use the shotgun in one of their three weapon slots. There are a few reasons: one, it's useful in just about every situation, as it has decent range, can be useful for suppressing fire (which enemies do respond to) and is deadly up close, two, it's the loudest thing on earth (and thus very satisfying to use), and three- when you're wandering around a dark, spooky hallway with scary noises all about, perhaps the best thing to keep you safe is the knowledge that whatever's coming for you, it'll have to deal with a few dozen pellets coming straight at their face before it can get to you.

** Then there are the Replicas, [[FridgeHorror if you think about it too much]]. Do they actually want to be shooting at you, or are they just being forced to do so by Fettel? And, then there's Fettel himself, who is being driven insane by Alma.

** Genevieve Aristide and Harlan Wade. Which of these two is worse is up to you. For your consideration: [[spoiler:Harlan was responsible for Alma's forced impregnation - ''and'' was the sperm donor, basically knocking up his own daughter, ''twice''. Then he took both of Alma's children away from her before locking her up in the vault, raised them from birth to be psychic killers, and as far as we know, threw one (the Point Man) out to fend for himself when he wasn't successful, while locking the other (Fettel) in essentially a private jail after he went berserk from Alma's influence and killed about a dozen people. Aristide, meanwhile, is your typical PointyHairedBoss taken to sociopathic extremes, completely refusing to accept the blame for any fallout from her boneheaded decisions (no matter how often she claims to) or even learn from those mistakes, and in fact actively accelerates most of the bad things that happen in the second game in her zeal to recapture Alma just to save her job, no matter how much people much smarter than her insist ''the plan will not work, period''.]]

* ParanoiaFuel: Alma is standing right behind you...... [[spoiler: Made you look.]]

* PortingDisaster: ''F.E.A.R.'' for the Playstation3 was an incredibly unrefined and choppy rushjob of a port compared to the Xbox360 version (although even that one had its limitations and issues) and some sites claimed that it was due to Playstation 3's "inferior" hardware, causing damage to the Playstation brand early into the [=PS3=]'s life.

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* PortingDisaster: ''F.E.A.R.'' for the Playstation3 was an incredibly unrefined and choppy rushjob of a port compared to the Xbox360 version (although even that one had its limitations and issues) and some sites claimed that it was due to Playstation 3's "inferior" hardware, causing damage to the Playstation brand early into the PS3's life.

* In the single player, you'll rarely find anyone who doesn't use the shotgun in one of their three weapon slots. There are a few reasons: one, it's useful in just about every situation, as it has decent range, can be useful for suppressing fire (which enemies do respond to) and is deadly up close, two, it's the loudest thing on earth (and thus very satisfying to use), and three- when you're wandering around a dark, spooky hallway with scary noises all about, perhaps the best thing to keep you safe is the knowledge that whatever's coming for you, it'll have to deal with a few dozen pellets coming straight at their face before it can get to you.

* PortingDisaster: ''F.E.A.R.'' for the Playstation3 was an incredibly unrefined and choppy rushjob of a port compared to the Xbox360 version, although even that one had its limitations and issues.

** Some people call this series, more so the first game, the best fps version of ''Max Payne'', ''Literature/TheRing'', and ''Film/TheGrudge'' ever made. Especially since ''The Ring'' had a [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames horrible game adaption]] on the Dreamcast.

** Especially considering [[spoiler: ''you are the father'' of the apocalypse.]]
** [[spoiler: She's the mother of the apocalypse, but you're the [[IncrediblyLamePun motherfucker]] that brought that to fruition. ]]

*** There's a scene in ''F.E.A.R.'' where you get out of an elevator, walk maybe 10 feet away, and press a button or two to get the elevator working again. Then you look up and Alma is standing there, between you and said elevator.
** [[spoiler: There's an Assassin in the room with you.]] Don't worry, he won't hurt you. [[spoiler:He's just going to follow you ''everywhere'' and keep telling his friends where you are at all times.]]

* {{Sequelitis}}: The sequels aren't held in as high regard as the original ''F.E.A.R.'', for a variety of reasons with the primary concern being how they were made with consoles in mind first, but ''F.3.A.R.'' in particular was derided for being a generic modern-shooter with a neat gimmick in the asymmetrical co-op and yet no real redeeming values that let it stack up to its predecessors. The first game's expansion packs, especially ''Perseus Mandate'', also fall under polarizing.

* {{Squick}}: See FanDisservice, MindRape and AttemptedRape.

* UncannyValley: One review of the first game noted that, while the graphics were impressive, the characters more closely resembled plastic dolls than real people.

* UnfortunateImplications: Creator/NoahCaldwellGervais points out during his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVa6wlgR9CM dissection of the series]] that the treatment of Alma in ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''blatantly'' sexist. She spends the entire game heavily pregnant and effectively powerless, constantly menaced by the Creep (a psychic manifestation of her father), has a minimal presence in the actual game, and [[spoiler:dies at the end no matter what ending is unlocked]].

** Your VoiceWithAnInternetConnection in ''2'' insists you call him ''Snake Fist''. This was possibly {{intended|AudienceReaction}}, as even one of the other characters responds to him giving out that name with "are you fucking kidding me?", but he still goes above and beyond the call of narm with lines like this:
--> '''Snake Fist:''' You could even say she covets you. She's a... coveter. You're like free pizza at an anime convention. She can smell you, and she wants to consume you.
* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/FirstEncounterAssaultRecon Has its own page]].

* HilariousInHindsight: One of the meanings players gave ''F.E.A.R.'' was "Fuck Everything And Run". In ''FEAR 3'', one of the multiplayer modes involves doing mostly this and is called "F**king Run".

* {{Sequelitis}}: The sequels aren't held in as high regard as the original ''F.E.A.R.'', for a variety of reasons with the primary concern being how they were made with consoles in mind first, but ''F.3.A.R.'' in particular was derided for being a generic modern-shooter with a neat gimmick in the asymmetrical co-op and yet no real redeeming values that let it stack up to its predecessors. The first game's expansion packs, especially ''Perseus Mandate'', also fall under LoveItOrHateIt.

* PortingDisaster: ''F.E.A.R.'' for the Playstation3 was a glitch-ridden botchjob of a port compared to the Xbox360 version, although even that one had its limitations and issues.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The sequels aren't held in as high regard as the original ''F.E.A.R.'', for a variety of reasons, but ''F.3.A.R.'' in particular was derided for being a generic modern-shooter with a neat gimmick in the asymmetrical co-op and yet no real redeeming values that let it stack up to its predecessors. The first game's expansion packs, especially ''Perseus Mandate'', also fall under LoveItOrHateIt.

* Sequelitis: The sequels aren't held in as high regard as the original ''F.E.A.R.'', for a variety of reasons, but ''F.3.A.R.'' in particular was derided for being a generic modern-shooter with a neat gimmick in the asymmetrical co-op with no real redeeming values that let it stack up to its predecessors. The first game's expansion packs, especially ''Perseus Mandate'', also fall under LoveItOrHateIt.

** Genevieve Aristide and Harlan Wade. Which of these two is worse is up to you. For your consideration: [[spoiler:Harlan was responsible for Alma's forced impregnation - ''and'' was the sperm donor, basically knocking up his own daughter, ''twice''. Then he took both of Alma's children away from her before locking her up in the vault and .]]

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: In the multi-player of original ''F.E.A.R.'' and ''F.E.A.R. Combat'', there is only [[BoringButPractical G2A2 Assault Rifle]] and nothing else. The fact that most of the maps are close quarter type didn't help.

** Genevieve Aristide and Harlan Wade. Which of these two is worse is up to you, though consider [[spoiler:Alma's forced impregnation, the sperm donor of which is her father. The bastard basically knocked up his own daughter.]]

** The new trailers for FEAR 3 - especially the lines "Mother is expecting again" and "It's not every day we get to meet... a new member of the family", accentuated by the fact that the [[LargeHam voice]] [[ChewingTheScenery over]] sounds like something out of a grindhouse film.
** Your VoiceWithAnInternetConnection in ''2'' insists you call him ''Snake Fist''.
--> '''Snake Fist:''' You are like free pizza at an Anime convention; she can smell you, and she wants to consume you.

** [[spoiler: There's an Assassin in the room with you.]] Don't worry. [[spoiler: He's just going to follow you ''everywhere'' and keep telling his friends where you are at all times.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: [[AnalysisChannel Noah Caldwell-Gervais]] points out during his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVa6wlgR9CM dissection of the series]] that the treatment of Alma in ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''blatantly'' sexist. She spends the entire game heavily pregnant and effectively powerless, constantly menaced by the Creep (a psychic manifestation of her father), has a minimal presence in the actual game, and [[spoiler:dies at the end no matter what ending is unlocked]].

* UnfortunateImplications: Noah Caldwell-Gervais points out during his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVa6wlgR9CM dissection of the series]] that the treatment of Alma in ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''blatantly'' sexist. She spends the entire game heavily pregnant and effectively powerless, constantly menaced by the Creep (a psychic manifestation of her father), has a minimal presence in the actual game, and [[spoiler:dies at the end no matter what ending is received]].

* CriticalDissonance: ''F.3.A.R." received a fairly positive reception by critics, with some even declaring it one of the best shooters of the year, but fans were not nearly as pleased. A look at the [[http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/fear-3 Metacritic page]] shows a critic score of 74 and a user rating of ''5.8''.

* ContestedSequel: Every ''F.E.A.R.'' game and expansion since the first has resulted in reams of discussion as to whether or not it matches up to the original.

* UnfortunateImplications: Noah Caldwell-Gervais points out during his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVa6wlgR9CM dissection of the series]] that the treatment of Alma in ''F.3.A.R.'' is ''blatantly'' sexist. She spends the entire game heavily pregnant and effectively powerless, constantly menaced by the Creep (a psychic manifestation of her father), has a minimal presence in the actual game, and dies at the end no matter what ending is received.

* MoralEventHorizon: Genevieve Aristide and Harlan Wade. Which of these two is worse is up to you, though consider [[spoiler:Alma's forced impregnation, the sperm donor of which is her father. The bastard basically knocked up his own daughter.]]

* NightmareRetardant: At the morgue in ''Extraction Point'', [[DarkestHour when you are fully trapped in Alma's realm as it takes the shape of a prison completely full with the ghosts of people she felt vengeful against]], you can enter an empty cell, and the door closes behind you. By a combination of TheWallsAreClosingIn and Descending Ceiling, you are forced to stand near the locked door and look through the peephole and her on the other side... [[CrowningMomentOfFunny at least until you glitch through one of the moving walls]].

* AnticlimaxBoss: Paxton Fettel, and Commander Vanek.

* MemeticMolester: Alma. ''Which is '''totally''' justified.''
* MemeticMutation: "SHIT SHIT SHIIIIIIT!!!!"
** "You're like free pizza at an anime convention."

* ParanoiaFuel: [[spoiler: Alma is standing right behind you.]] ..... [[spoiler: Made you look.]]

* UglyCute: Alma can give off this impression for some.