Description
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.
Alternate Titles
- "极度深寒" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| GamePro (US) |
Apr 04, 2005 |
4.5 out of 5 |
90 |
| Xbox World Australia (XWA) |
Mar 26, 2005 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| Worth Playing |
Apr 05, 2005 |
7.6 out of 10 |
76 |
| GameSpot |
Mar 25, 2005 |
7.2 out of 10 |
72 |
| Jolt (UK) |
Apr 06, 2005 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| GameSpy |
Mar 22, 2005 |
   |
70 |
| Extreme Gamer |
Mar 29, 2005 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| Kombo.com |
Jul 20, 2005 |
6.3 out of 10 |
63 |
| X-Power |
Apr 18, 2005 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
| Bordersdown |
Apr, 2005 |
5 out of 10 |
50 |
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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
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