Day 1 Studios was already deep in F.E.A.R. before the second game from original developer Monolith Studios had finished. They needed "that additional time".
In Strategy Informer's interview Ernest Zamora Jr of Day 1 reveals it was "a great fit" given their history with Monolith, Warner Bros and F.E.A.R.'s "key tenants" of gameplay.
DualShockers Writes "F.E.A.R. 3 (or F.3.A.R. if you’re a marketing executive) isn’t a great singleplayer game. It’s fine, competent even, but Day One Studios had an unenviable task in trying to wrap up Monolith’s F.E.A.R. series. With two timelines and two highly different styles of horror attempted in its wake, F.E.A.R. 3, well, it tries its best."
F.E.A.R. 3 wasn't even really a horror game when it came to the campaign. It was a good action game, but lost just about all of its horror roots along the way.
There have plenty of great horror games, but others haven't been so lucky as to stick around. They deserve to get a new lease on life.
That was probably the first time ever that I saw Castlevania in a list of horror games.
ps: Be warned, you have to click a lot to see every game in the list. I stopped after the 4th time.
What is divergent co-op and how could more games benefit from it?
i bought fear 2 cheap and just finished it tonight, i really don't understand the hype behind these games, the graphics were pretty bad and the ending...i don't think ill get the third.