A team from the Coast Guard boards a nameless Russian Whaler lost in a storm. Little do they know that a team of CIA operatives tried to do the same shortly before, all of them ending up dead. Within minutes, the entire Coast Guard team shares their fate, except one person, veteran USCG Tom Hansen. Now it's up to him to discover which kind of creatures wiped out his mates. Are there any survivors? What happened aboard this vessel? How does its recent visit to the Russian scientific drilling platform "Star of Sakhalin" fit in?

Cold Fear is a typical console-style action adventure, similar to games like the Silent Hill series. Most of the time players will be viewing the action from a third person point of view, following the character around as he utilizes an array of weapons to dispose of a variety of enemies. Occasionally, a puzzle has to be solved or a cutscene (rendered with the game's own engine) must be witnessed. Additional insight can be gained by reading the various notes, letters and diaries that can be picked up every now and then.

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Alternate Titles

"极度深寒" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Cold Fear	Xbox	$1.43
	Cold Fear	Windows	$0.01
	Cold Fear	PlayStation 2	$6.25
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User Reviews

A fun, addicting game that's certainly worth the try.	Windows	Daniel Hernandez (6)
More like "Cold Apathy"	PlayStation 2	AkibaTechno (228)
Average survival horror, sooooo average	Windows	MichaelPalin (1195)
Regular Fear	Xbox	Tiroloco (24)

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The Press Says

Next Level Gaming	PlayStation 2	Mar 31, 2005	88 out of 100	88
Gamesmania	Xbox	Mar 30, 2005	81 out of 100	81
GamePro (US)	PlayStation 2	Apr 04, 2005	4 out of 5	80
PC Powerplay	Windows	May, 2005	72 out of 100	72
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	May, 2005	6.75 out of 10	68
Kombo.com	Xbox	Jul 20, 2005	6.3 out of 10	63
UOL Jogos	Windows	Mar 29, 2005		60
UOL Jogos	PlayStation 2	Mar 29, 2005		60
GameSpy	PlayStation 2	Mar 22, 2005		60
PC Player (Denmark)	Windows	Jun, 2005	5.5 out of 10	55

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Trivia

Copy protection

Ubisoft received alot of complains about the game refusing to run on the PC. It was traced back to the copy protection. Ubisoft then recalled all PC copies of the game on store shelves. Ubisoft released a patch which removes the copy protection and CD-check for those who held to their copy.

German index

On September 30, 2005, Cold Fear (PS2) was put on the infamous German index by the BPjM. Shortly after, on October 29, 2005, both Windows and Xbox releases followed. More information about this can be found in the game group

Music and Sound

Some of the sound effects and ambient background music are recycled from Darkworks' previous game, Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.

Information also contributed by Karthik KANE and Xoleras

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