If you’re more into shooters than horror games, I can mildly recommend f.e.a.r. 3, partly because I happen to hold the world record in the coop speedrun. It’s an ok game, though the community likes to pretend it never existed because it’s really more of a shooter than a horror game.
That’s wild, I just bought this last night on the GOG sale. I played it many years back and it scared the piss out of me.
I’ll never forget I got this game around when it came out, which made me about 11. For some reason I was too stupid to realize this was a horror game based on the name and cover. I just read, “First Encounter Assault Recon”. The first jump scare had me panic unplug my ps2. I later worked up the courage to beat the whole game, which ended up being one of my favorite gaming experiences and got me into the horror genre. I go back and play through every few years on GoG.
Kind of crazy to think that AI in games has never really evolved past this game. In many cases modern games have far worse AI than FEAR,
Yeah, the bots trying to flank you, using grenades to flush you out of cover, calling for backup, and narrating everything they do really makes them feel smart. I even saw them flip over a table for cover once, although since I only noticed it one time I’m not sure if it was something their ai can do or a scripted action.
I’ve finally played this game last year. It really is a masterpiece of a shooter, half horror game half super violent action shooter, I loved it. And I usually hate playing horror games.
