F.E.A.R. Extraction Point

A fallen Replica soldier with Alma in the background

The plot of the expansion starts off exactly where the original game left off; while the huge explosion of the "Origin Facility" has flattened the Auburn district and devastated the city, the helicopter evacuating the survivors of the F.E.A.R. team crash lands in the midst of the chaos.

The Point Man is reunited with Delta Force operator Douglas Holiday and F.E.A.R. technical officer Jin Sun-Kwon at the crash site. While trying to regroup, the survivors find the city to be mysteriously empty after the explosion. The Point Man meets Fettel in a nearby church, who notes that the circumstances do not make sense since he had been killed. Angered by his own death, Fettel reactivates the dormant Replica soldiers and sends them after the Point Man. Holiday mentions that an extraction point has been established at the roof of Auburn Memorial Hospital, informing the Point Man that he should proceed there as well. Meanwhile, Kwon is captured by Fettel's Replicas, but she is later able to escape while being transported via the subway; from there, she proceeds on her own to Auburn Hospital. The Point Man and Holiday eventually meet up and navigate through the warehouse district of the city, facing Replica resistance along the way. Eventually Alma, through her apparitions, violently murders Holiday.

The Point Man is forced to proceed alone toward and through the subway system, which leads directly to Auburn Hospital. During the Point Man's journey through the winding tunnels, Alma, in her younger form, clears the way for the Point Man multiple times by killing Replica soldiers impeding the Point Man’s path. Replica forces eventually become desperate and place demolition charges in the subway tunnels with the hope that the resulting explosions will kill the Point Man. While initially unsuccessful, the Point Man is eventually caught in one of these demolition explosions and is ejected from the tunnels onto a nearby parking structure. From here, the Point Man proceeds to the hospital which neighbors the parking structure.

Upon reaching the hospital, the Point Man attempts to find and rescue Jin only to find her murdered at the hands of ghostly apparitions. Now, with nothing to fight for but his own survival, the Point Man proceeds to the service elevator. Suddenly, a power outage occurs and the Point Man must find a way to restore it, being taken to the hospital's morgue in the process. While walking around the dark basement, the Point Man witnesses several hallucinations which include a series of prison cells, containing the dead ATC victims of Alma's murders in the previous game. Eventually, the Point Man witnesses a hallucination that involves the older and younger Alma reuniting in a blue light. After that hallucination, the Point Man returns to the hospital and notices there's no longer blood on the floor, walls and bathtubs.

The elevator is then reactivated and the Point Man is able to make contact with Commissioner Rowdy Betters, who tells him to get to the roof for pickup. Fettel tells the Point Man does not understand the situation and proceeds to unleash a squad of Replica Elites. A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter proceeds to evacuate him but Fettel, through unknown methods, destroys the helicopter, sending the Point Man into unconsciousness. When he awakens, he staggers to the roof railing, to witness the entire city in flames. The credits roll, ending with Fettel's line from F.E.A.R. "A war is coming, I've seen it in my dreams. Fires sweeping over the earth, bodies in the streets, cities turned to dust. Retaliation..."

Gameplay remains essentially the same as in the original F.E.A.R., though Extraction Point touts some new additions, including 3 new weapons (a minigun, a laser weapon, and a deployable turret), a few new enemies, as well as new locales (though frequently similar to the original game's environments, a common complaint of reviewers).[4][5] Firefights are still cinematic and usually on a grander scale than in F.E.A.R. - there are frequently a larger number of enemies to deal with and lengthier battles. Another new feature of Extraction Point is the ability to bash open doors by using the melee function, as well as blast them open with explosives. The 'hallucination' sequences are notably more gratuitous and frequent than they were in the first game. In addition, certain supply crates bearing the ATC logo can be bashed open, revealing weapons or health packs.

Extraction Point also has higher system requirements than the original F.E.A.R., and users may notice signs of system overload (such as graphical slowdown) if they run Extraction Point using the same minimum performance settings as the original game.

Extraction Point received "generally favorable reviews", while F.E.A.R. Files received "average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[6][7] Jason Ocampo, writing for GameSpot, praised the atmosphere and gameplay but found the story and replay value lacking.[15]

The editors of PC Gamer US presented Extraction Point with their 2006 "Best Expansion Pack" award.[23]

• F.E.A.R. Extraction Point at MobyGames
• F.E.A.R. Files at MobyGames