F.E.A.R.

From the narrative to the story told throughout the game, it's one of the best and most flawless I've seen.

Thankfully one of the game's draws is the ability to trigger your own reflexes, entering a form of slow-motion, allowing for much easier combat.

The gameplay itself also has more going on than I expected, with mechanics such as leaning around corners, aiming down sights, sliding, crouching, jump kicks and even swimming with an actual swimming animation.

The visual presentation, textures, lighting, animations and overall design can genuinely compete with many modern games that came years later.

Even on the hardest difficulty there are a LOT of health packs and armors lying around too.

The weapon sounds are still excellent, the voice acting works well and the cutscenes have a level of detail that I would not expect from a game this old.