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"Spiritual successor to F.E.A.R." was all they had to say to get me on board, but my backlog is still too large to pick it up unless on deep sale.
Well I guess I should try that one too then.
Get it from GOG, download the Echo Patch and make sure to play the first expansion too (which is included), called Extraction Point. I think it's even better than the base game actually. Definitely DON'T play the second expansion, and in fact probably just pretend the series ended after Extraction Point.
The game absolutely holds up, still plays like a dream. One of the best FPSes of all time for sure, great combat with good AI and fantastic gunplay from most of the arsenal (apart from a strangely anemic assault rifle). Also looks remarkably good for its age - some of the distortion effects especially like bullet traces during Bullet Time or shockwave ripples from explosions look surprisingly good for a 2005 release.
You can also jump through some extra hoops to make EAX audio work but it's a bit of a headache.
Regrettably, I don't buy anything on GOG anymore. Steam just makes it too easy to play games on Linux.
It's your funeral, pretty sure the Steam version still comes with SecuROM DRM - if it even launches. No clue how that DRM plays with Linux, either tbh.
Not at all. I've never had a problem with DRM on Steam and I've had lots of problems with DRMless games on GOG. And I sure as shit ain't going back to Windows