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F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Model: 72583
SKU: 8132727
UPC: 020626725835
SynopsisA billion dollar aerospace compound is overrun by a paramilitary force that takes the people inside hostage. The faction issues no demands, and its motives are a mystery. The government calls in a highly-skilled special ops team to end the standoff, but the mission ends in the violent deaths of the operatives. Live footage of the massacre is cut short by an unexpected wave of destruction that leaves military leaders in shock. There is only one option left you. Tread into terror, and use your elite training to put a decisive end to the violent siege.You are not merely a soldier you are a living weapon. In F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon), you are trained to handle the impossible and are armed with experimental, high-tech weaponry that turns you into the ultimate killing force. The Commander-in-Chief grants you full executive authority to resolve this situation by any means necessary. Prepare to show your enemies the true meaning of F.E.A.R. as you lay down the law in multiplayer skirmishes on Xbox Live.
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Customer Reviews for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Review 1 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
perfect xbox 360 game!!!
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: great gunplay,good graphics, like the slowmo shooting
What's not so great: short story!
my first xbox 360 game i ever played,i love this game it has a gripping storyline,good graphics and outstanding slowmo shi reccomend this to any one 15 and up!
watchout for the language though no matter how good this game looks, its very violent and bloody!!!!!
watchout for the language though no matter how good this game looks, its very violent and bloody!!!!!
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shooterman13
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 2 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Fun
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: theirishpig9
from birthplace of basketball
on 01/17/2008
What's great about it: Arcade like FPS, much violence and gore, Suspense a thrilling touch.
What's not so great: Weird graphics, and insanely long and difficult for casual gamers.
Fun enough to buy for only $30, but if you aren't a hardcore gamer then don't get too wrapped up in dying every 5 seconds by the hand of the psychotronic supersoldiers you encounter. Just sit back, relax, and have fun with it.
Multiplayer is also intense.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 3 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Great game
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: TheXRat
on 01/07/2008
What's great about it: Graphics, lots of fighting, surprises
What's not so great: long
This is a great game and a lot of fun to play buy i'd have to say if you want a real feel of the game you have to play the original pc version
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 4 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Its a good game
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: FLATLIN
from Ruston, La
on 12/21/2007
I bought it and don't recret it. Its got a scary movie thing going. You can slow time, weapons are good and the game play is good. I would buy it again.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 5 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
FEAR THIS
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Codename067
on 11/09/2007
What's great about it: Amazing fun. Slow-mo is SICK in this game. Guns are sweet. Superb.
What's not so great: None that I can think of.
The first time I played this game was on the PC. It was the multi-player Demo. Since the first match I played, I was amazed. I was instantly hooked. The game holds you like no other. The single player can be VERY spooky and WILL strike some sort of fear in you, especially if you play it with the lights off and with some nice headphones. It is one he-ll of an experience. In my top 3 FPS favorites.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 6 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Awesome Game!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: mbkid88
from Los Angeles, CA
on 10/10/2007
What's great about it: Great Graphics, very fun to play, lots of surprises, exciting
This is one of those games that at first you might have reservations into buying.. but its well worth the investment.
An exciting and fun game, from start up you are hooked.
An exciting and fun game, from start up you are hooked.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 7 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Best Game For XBox 360
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: WesleyP
on 10/07/2007
F.E.A.R. is a great game that keeps you on the edge of your seat. If you like suspensful games, then this is your game. This is definitely a great game for 1-player. The campaign mode is thrilling and fun and it's always worth playing. I got my money's worth out of this game.
So go out and buy it NOW!
So go out and buy it NOW!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 8 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Perfect
Customer Rating
5.0
This game is definitely a must have for the Xbox360. The campaign is fun and keeps you guessing, you never know whats around the next corner.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 9 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
F.E.A.R. For All
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tebo
on 09/19/2007
Sure the graphics aren't the best for a next-gen system but the game comes back with a story full of suspense and... Fear. Deffinately worth the buy. Especially with F.E.A.R. Files on the horizon. If you somehow do find yourslef bored just hop on Xbox Live and duke it out with peole from around the world. You will not be disappointed.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 10 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Best Shooter So Far For Xbox 360!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Scurvee
from PA
on 09/16/2007
If you like to save your money for only the best games that are out there for the 360, this one definitely deserves your consideration! I only buy games that I really think I will enjoy playing over and over again, and this is definitely of my best purchases for the Xbox 360.
I've played through this game and it really is a thrilling experience. The surprises this game throws at you remind of Doom 3 for the original Xbox.
The graphics in this game are amazing, even for being played on a Standard Definition TV. The firefights are intense, fast-paced, impressive and definitely get your heart racing at times. A nice variety of weapons makes going through the game interesting, but the explosions are where it's at in this game. Exploding barrels, fire extinguishers, and having proximity mines, grenades, and C-4 at your disposal guarantee fiery destruction in every level.
The game definitely does earn it's M rating with language used by the enemy during firefights and the almost ridiculous amount of gore from explosions and shotguns. Gore can be turned down or off in the setting menu, but the gore is one of the great parts about the game (if you don't mind it).
A truly impressive storyline involves the player in adding pieces to the plot by finding information about what is going on behind the mysterious characters in the game. The use of voicemails and laptops left in the deserted office buildings and laboratories make you feel like you really have been dropped into this game and left to discover, explore, and survive.
Unfortunately many of the achievements available for this game involve online multiplayer in which I do not have access to participate. Many involve killing people so many times with a certain weapon, but thankfully there are also a nice amount of gamerpoints to be earned by finishing the campaign on different difficulties or by tracking down every piece of something in a single run-through.
An additional mode called "Instant-Action" puts your survival skills to the test to see how well you fare when given limited ammunition and supplies and forced to take out every opponent you face. You fight against computer-controlled opponents just like in the campaign and are graded on how well you do on a map if you complete it. You are given a summary of how well you completed the mission and can compare it to your friends success over Xbox Live. This mode gives a single-player more to do with the game than play through the campaign.
Even without the multiplayer, F.E.A.R. is an amazing-looking game that gave me plenty of surprises and intense moments. If you are interested in getting all of the gamerpoints available for the campaign, the game definitely has great replay value. And with the additional "Instant-action" mode, this game will give you plenty to do before you think of taking it out of your 360.
The graphics in this game are amazing, even for being played on a Standard Definition TV. The firefights are intense, fast-paced, impressive and definitely get your heart racing at times. A nice variety of weapons makes going through the game interesting, but the explosions are where it's at in this game. Exploding barrels, fire extinguishers, and having proximity mines, grenades, and C-4 at your disposal guarantee fiery destruction in every level.
The game definitely does earn it's M rating with language used by the enemy during firefights and the almost ridiculous amount of gore from explosions and shotguns. Gore can be turned down or off in the setting menu, but the gore is one of the great parts about the game (if you don't mind it).
A truly impressive storyline involves the player in adding pieces to the plot by finding information about what is going on behind the mysterious characters in the game. The use of voicemails and laptops left in the deserted office buildings and laboratories make you feel like you really have been dropped into this game and left to discover, explore, and survive.
Unfortunately many of the achievements available for this game involve online multiplayer in which I do not have access to participate. Many involve killing people so many times with a certain weapon, but thankfully there are also a nice amount of gamerpoints to be earned by finishing the campaign on different difficulties or by tracking down every piece of something in a single run-through.
An additional mode called "Instant-Action" puts your survival skills to the test to see how well you fare when given limited ammunition and supplies and forced to take out every opponent you face. You fight against computer-controlled opponents just like in the campaign and are graded on how well you do on a map if you complete it. You are given a summary of how well you completed the mission and can compare it to your friends success over Xbox Live. This mode gives a single-player more to do with the game than play through the campaign.
Even without the multiplayer, F.E.A.R. is an amazing-looking game that gave me plenty of surprises and intense moments. If you are interested in getting all of the gamerpoints available for the campaign, the game definitely has great replay value. And with the additional "Instant-action" mode, this game will give you plenty to do before you think of taking it out of your 360.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 11 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Solid, unique and frightening!
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: beesley
on 09/14/2007
Great game that offers cool combat and a really scary environment and story. Not mindless by any means. Deifnitely check it out at the low price!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 12 for F.E.A.R. Platinum Hits: Xbox 360
Pulse-pounding FPS with few flaws
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: MAgamer
from Burlington, MA
on 08/31/2007
I am not a huge first-person shooter fan because the gameplay is not as sophisticated as third-person action games, but F.E.A.R. won me over for two reasons: a creepy storyline and the chaos of a gun battle.
Without rehashing the story, the atmospherics of F.E.A.R. approach the classic survival-horror genre made famous by the Resident Evil series. The designers did a superb job with the lighting, ambient sounds and just the right amount of "gotcha" moments. There are some spooky moments where you are walking around in a half-lit warehouse or office complex, wondering who or what is going to jump out at you, which heightens the tension. Shadows are well done and light fixtures swing ominously. While the survival-horror aspects do fade away as you get further into the game, giving way to pure action, there is enough to give it a unique feel, so much so that F.E.A.R. might eventually open up a whole new sub-genre of FPS games, which is not a bad thing.
But it is the terrifying chaos and realism of the gun battles where F.E.A.R. really shines. In the same way that "Saving Private Ryan" put the audience on the beaches of Normandy like no film before, no FPS I've played captures the sights and sounds of a firefight quite like this one. The guns are loud and you can hear the brass casings flying everywhere as you chew through clip after clip. (It is also terrifying to hear an enemy grenade bounce off the walls and floors as it flies towards you.) Smoke will fill the air as cement from the walls is chipped off and turned to dust, or a grenade is lobbed into the fray, or even from the muzzle of your automatic weapon, and it absolutely will obscure your view of the battle and your enemies, so be careful. Even your hearing is affected in the wake of a too-close grenade concussion, muffled for a moment as you shake out the cobwebs.
Your environment interacts with the firefights to a satisfying degree, with barrels, fire extinguishers and power panels exploding when hit. (Tip: If you can't hit an enemy directly, look for a fire extinguisher next to him and shoot it out--it's just as effective.) Where this is most evident is in the industrial, laboratory and office areas. The most terrifying firefights are in the labs and offices because you are in close quarters with enemies and *everything* will fly around when hit--stacks of paper, computer monitors, beakers, glass from windows, telephones, chairs, window blinds, bookcases, you name it. It is in these moments--when automatic rifle fire is in the air, glass is shattering, paper is shredding, grenades are exploding and cement is being chipped off the walls--that F.E.A.R. establishes itself as one of the true pulse-pounding FPS games on the market. Unfortunately, huge chunks of masonry are not permanently blown apart, nor walls flattened, nor desks destroyed, when you throw a grenade, but look around after a vicious battle and you will see pockmarks on the walls as a reminder of what you just survived.
F.E.A.R. does earn its "M" rating in spades, even beyond the obvious carnage of downing scores of enemies. The aftermath of a close-range shotgun battle or a grenade in the corner is not for the faint of heart. Bad guys realistically pinwheel around when being hit with bullets and cry out in pain when dying. The cries are realistic, the language is salty (You'll think you're watching "Die Hard" with all the f-bombs flying around) and the game sugarcoats nothing, even the grimness of death. To the designers' credit, the game cleans up the blood after firefights, so if you revisit an area, all you will see is the fallen bodies.
Bottom line:
I wanted to give the game a 5-star rating, except that a few elements make the game almost too easy. One is that, while the gun battles are intense, you usually know when they are going to happen because the enemies talk with each other. For some strange reason, even after halfway through the game, the bad guys do not figure out how to maintain radio silence. The benefit of this failed AI strategy is it gives you the drop on them and you can usually pick off at least one bad guy per gun battle before things go crazy. Squads also operate independent of each other, so even after you wipe out one squad, all other squads on the level are oblivious to your presence, except for the rare occasions when two squads are patrolling adjacent areas. And the second, huge, advantage is the Slo-Mo feature, which allows you to move faster than your enemy. Once you devise a strategy of when to use Slo-Mo, you have more than enough (it drains while in use) to pick off enemies with relative ease, especially the ones hiding behind obstacles, and are immune to their scrambling tactics. While some of the more intense firefights require Slo-Mo to survive, most of the time it is a cheap way to conserve ammo and health, and makes the battles anti-climactic. In order to get the full experience of playing F.E.A.R., use Slo-Mo sparingly.
While F.E.A.R. is not the absolute best FPS on the market, it is close and has distinctive features that separates it from the crowded field of average games and, thus, rightfully deserves a place in your game library.
Without rehashing the story, the atmospherics of F.E.A.R. approach the classic survival-horror genre made famous by the Resident Evil series. The designers did a superb job with the lighting, ambient sounds and just the right amount of "gotcha" moments. There are some spooky moments where you are walking around in a half-lit warehouse or office complex, wondering who or what is going to jump out at you, which heightens the tension. Shadows are well done and light fixtures swing ominously. While the survival-horror aspects do fade away as you get further into the game, giving way to pure action, there is enough to give it a unique feel, so much so that F.E.A.R. might eventually open up a whole new sub-genre of FPS games, which is not a bad thing.
But it is the terrifying chaos and realism of the gun battles where F.E.A.R. really shines. In the same way that "Saving Private Ryan" put the audience on the beaches of Normandy like no film before, no FPS I've played captures the sights and sounds of a firefight quite like this one. The guns are loud and you can hear the brass casings flying everywhere as you chew through clip after clip. (It is also terrifying to hear an enemy grenade bounce off the walls and floors as it flies towards you.) Smoke will fill the air as cement from the walls is chipped off and turned to dust, or a grenade is lobbed into the fray, or even from the muzzle of your automatic weapon, and it absolutely will obscure your view of the battle and your enemies, so be careful. Even your hearing is affected in the wake of a too-close grenade concussion, muffled for a moment as you shake out the cobwebs.
Your environment interacts with the firefights to a satisfying degree, with barrels, fire extinguishers and power panels exploding when hit. (Tip: If you can't hit an enemy directly, look for a fire extinguisher next to him and shoot it out--it's just as effective.) Where this is most evident is in the industrial, laboratory and office areas. The most terrifying firefights are in the labs and offices because you are in close quarters with enemies and *everything* will fly around when hit--stacks of paper, computer monitors, beakers, glass from windows, telephones, chairs, window blinds, bookcases, you name it. It is in these moments--when automatic rifle fire is in the air, glass is shattering, paper is shredding, grenades are exploding and cement is being chipped off the walls--that F.E.A.R. establishes itself as one of the true pulse-pounding FPS games on the market. Unfortunately, huge chunks of masonry are not permanently blown apart, nor walls flattened, nor desks destroyed, when you throw a grenade, but look around after a vicious battle and you will see pockmarks on the walls as a reminder of what you just survived.
F.E.A.R. does earn its "M" rating in spades, even beyond the obvious carnage of downing scores of enemies. The aftermath of a close-range shotgun battle or a grenade in the corner is not for the faint of heart. Bad guys realistically pinwheel around when being hit with bullets and cry out in pain when dying. The cries are realistic, the language is salty (You'll think you're watching "Die Hard" with all the f-bombs flying around) and the game sugarcoats nothing, even the grimness of death. To the designers' credit, the game cleans up the blood after firefights, so if you revisit an area, all you will see is the fallen bodies.
Bottom line:
I wanted to give the game a 5-star rating, except that a few elements make the game almost too easy. One is that, while the gun battles are intense, you usually know when they are going to happen because the enemies talk with each other. For some strange reason, even after halfway through the game, the bad guys do not figure out how to maintain radio silence. The benefit of this failed AI strategy is it gives you the drop on them and you can usually pick off at least one bad guy per gun battle before things go crazy. Squads also operate independent of each other, so even after you wipe out one squad, all other squads on the level are oblivious to your presence, except for the rare occasions when two squads are patrolling adjacent areas. And the second, huge, advantage is the Slo-Mo feature, which allows you to move faster than your enemy. Once you devise a strategy of when to use Slo-Mo, you have more than enough (it drains while in use) to pick off enemies with relative ease, especially the ones hiding behind obstacles, and are immune to their scrambling tactics. While some of the more intense firefights require Slo-Mo to survive, most of the time it is a cheap way to conserve ammo and health, and makes the battles anti-climactic. In order to get the full experience of playing F.E.A.R., use Slo-Mo sparingly.
While F.E.A.R. is not the absolute best FPS on the market, it is close and has distinctive features that separates it from the crowded field of average games and, thus, rightfully deserves a place in your game library.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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