Shape-shifting antihero Alex Mercer takes on monsters and the military in midtown Manhattan. This sandbox-style third person shooter gives you lots to play with but the chaotic gameplay and wonky controls make developing sound strategies and playing with finesse a real challenge...
I thought it might be difficult to go back to a corridor-style first person shooter after playing the likes of open-world masterstrokes like Far Cry 2 and Crysis but F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin did not disappoint. This game is genuinely creepy at times and guarantees plenty of intense action-packed firefights but it does suffer from a kind of split-personality...
Far Cry 2 is a gorgeous first-person shooter that specializes in complete immersion. The quintessential HUD is stripped away and the player is allowed to freely roam around 50 square kilometres of rugged African outback on a quest to kill a mysterious gunrunner known as 'The Jackal'. A wide array of weapons, completely open-ended gameplay and spectacular graphics make for a PC gaming experience that is in a league of its own.
