Some small relief for the many left in limbo following F.E.A.R's propensity for the enigmatic and its curt cliffhanger. Indeed, the sometimes inscrutable fashion that some of the original game's supernatural elements were woven in won't bear down upon Project Origin and as Monolith's Craig Hubbard admits, "I think we took that concept a little too far with the first game, so the challenge is to make the narrative clearer and easier to follow without sacrificing the mystery."
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Her presence looks to be the centerpiece of Project Origin in more ways than one, and as Hubbard notes, "This time she has a stronger agenda, which gives her a more active, visceral role," with Mulkey adding that, "In the first game Alma was seen in fleeting glimpses as a playful child. In Project Origin, Alma is going to be more direct…she is going to touch you more."

Short of bundling the game with a peripheral that intermittently blows down the player's neck, Project Origin looks to achieve this tactility by utilizing Becket's visor to act as an extra link between the player and the game world. Stand too near to someone you're riddling with lead and the visor will be smeared with thick red blood, with the player having to wipe it clean to regain vision - and this being primarily a horror experience expect the blood to come flowing from more than just gunshots.