Recently replayed F.E.A.R. and can confirm. Holy hell the AI is legitimately impressive, especially for the time.

That said, they still storm the same hallway I just threw a mine down in clear view of them. Well… there’s only like 15 mines total in the entire game.

The AI can take you from full health to dead in about 3 seconds on normal difficulty.

The mech suits can single-burst kill you with their attack.

Lastly, that mission where you’re running along the rooftops with the soldiers shooting at you through the windows? Yeah I see that shit in my nightmares. Was too careless and got that checkpoint with no health packs and 35ish HP to my name.