Description
In
Cryostasis the player assumes the role of Alexander Nesterov, meteorologist, who was scheduled to get back home from his station "Pole 21" via the nuclear ice-breaker, "North Wind". However, upon his arrival, Alexander discovers that something terrible has happened and all the crew has gone mad in the frozen coffin of a ship. Through numerous flashbacks and notes the player is set to uncover the mystery of "North Wind" and give her crew a chance to survive.
To achieve this goal Alexander possess a unusual ability called "mental echo". With its aid he can travel to the last moments of any deceased person's or animal's life and try to make a difference through his actions. In those interactive flashbacks, while the crew still struggles with the cold, Alexander must try to change the past and thus allowing himself in the future to progress. For example, in the last moments of his life, an unfortunate sailor tried to reach a pump station to prevent the flooding of a section of the ship. He didn't succeeded. But Alexander can give him a second chance, thus revealing a new passageway for himself.
Another unusual feature the game possesses is the substitution of an expected health meter, with the body temperature gauge. The cold is Alexander's worst enemy, so the only goal he has is not freeze to death. To recover some heat, the player must restore the sections of the ship, bringing back the power and heating Alexander's hands with numerous torches, light bulbs, working generators and even atomic reactors.
Alternate Titles
- "Анабиоз: Сон разума" -- Russian spelling
- "クリオスタシス" -- Japanese spelling
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Giant Bomb |
Apr 30, 2009 |
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80 |
| GameSpot |
Apr 24, 2009 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
Jul, 2009 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Feb 06, 2009 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| Shooterplanet |
Jul 04, 2009 |
73 out of 100 |
73 |
| Games32 |
Mar 03, 2009 |
73 out of 100 |
73 |
| Cheat Code Central |
Mar, 2009 |
3.6 out of 5 |
72 |
| UOL Jogos |
May 27, 2009 |
 |
70 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Mar 27, 2009 |
69 out of 100 |
69 |
| Eurogamer.net (UK) |
Feb 24, 2009 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
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Trivia
It received the award for Best Story in Gamespot's 2009 Editor Choice Awards.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
St. Martyne 
(3563) on Dec 20, 2008.
