Monolith was pretty far removed from the franchise by the time the title debuted, but if one team could be trusted to rescue this disaster, it would have been them. series was likely doomed from the start, but handing the IP to a team with infinitely less experience with the subject matter was a recipe for further disaster. To be perfectly honest, an online-only entry in the F.E.A.R. Rather, it was handed off to Inplay Interactive, a Korean team that would go on to produce such hits as LEGO Incredibles and LEGO Marvel Superheroes 2. Online wasnвЂ™t even developed by Monolith. If thereвЂ™s one gameplay element that doesnвЂ™t belong in a tactical multiplayer, it would have to be jumpscares.Д«eyond all that, F.E.A.R. Additionally, though it featured a quote-unquote вЂњfearвЂќ gameplay mode, it only darkened the PvP maps and threw in a few completely unnecessary jumpscares. With scarcely more than a very vague connection to the previous games, it felt akin to a Resident Evil title as seen through the lens of a bloated military shooter-think Resident Evil 6, but even more vapid and directionless. RELATED: 15 Retro Titles That Are Way Scarier Than Modern Horror TitlesДЇurthermore, for a game that literally had the term вЂњfearвЂќ in the name, F.E.A.R. Players could only have a maximum of three tickets, and new tickets could only be earned in eight-hour increments, meaning that players unwilling to spend any actual money on the game would be left out in the cold for long periods of time-not a particularly successful method of growing and maintaining a player base, to say the least. As with all slapdash free-to-play titles, it featured a tacky, obtrusive ticket system whereby players had to pay a virtual ticket to enter an online match. Featuring PvP and PvE elements, this outing in the horror FPS franchise felt like a husk of a title a Call of Duty wannabe which felt a lot more like early days of CrytekвЂ™s Warface. Online was something of a trendsetter in that it laid some of the groundwork for free-to-play competitive online shooters to follow-that groundwork being an example of how not to make a game.

The fear game