This is a massive spoiler as well.
FEAR's combat is near-excellent, but it relied too heavily on the little girl to deliver the scares. Truth to be told, she was portrayed a million times scarier in the promotion materials than in the actual game. A decent game all in all, but the initial press releases and such way back then made the game appear as something vastly different. I thought I would be facing various paranormal activities, sort of like a conventional ghosbusters fps, but instead get a freaking clone army and a Sadako-wannabe.