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F.E.A.R. Hints
Investigate area for signs of Paxton Fettel
1 of 9: After Betters drives you into an alley and lets you out, start looking around.
2 of 9: Move forward and go right to find a boarded-over doorway.
3 of 9: To get through, you need to eliminate the three small boards that are nailed across the actual doorway. The other boards are indestructible.
4 of 9: TIP: Move up next to the breakable boards and use your melee attack on them in order to save bullets. (Not that you really need to.)
5 of 9: Past the board barrier, look around until you find the unlocked door that's near the flaming barrel.
6 of 9: Move up to it and open it with the Use key, then head inside to find yourself in a dim storage area.
7 of 9: Activate your head lamp with the Flashlight key to help you see, then start looking around.
8 of 9: NOTE: If you activate SlowMo right after you go through the door, you can easily shoot a rat that's scurrying around the storage area. This isn't at all necessary, but it only takes one bullet and can be considered your very first kill. (It is possible to run up to the rat, crouch, and hit him with a melee attack, but it's much harder. For advanced exterminators only!)
9 of 9: After you leave the dark storage room by pushing down a door, Jankowski will try and fail to bash through a boarded-over door that's nearby.
