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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Cold Fear Windows On deck, the weather obstructs your vision.

Cold Fear Windows Sometimes, you can use things to your advantage. The steam will help you detect invisible enemies.

Cold Fear Windows "Let's burn something!" Good old flamethrower is in as well.

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Alternate Titles

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

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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 (254)
Average survival horror, sooooo average	Windows	MichaelPalin (1418)
Regular Fear	Xbox	Tiroloco (24)

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Critic Reviews

GamesCollection	Windows	Oct 02, 2014	9 out of 10	90
Next Level Gaming	Xbox	Mar 31, 2005	89 out of 100	89
PSM2 (Playstation 2 Magazine) UK	PlayStation 2	Apr, 2005	83 out of 100	83
Gamesmania.de	Xbox	Mar 30, 2005	81 out of 100	81
GameSpot	Xbox	Mar 25, 2005	7.2 out of 10	72
2404.org PC Gaming	Windows	Jul 06, 2005	7 out of 10	70
Game Revolution	PlayStation 2	Mar 28, 2005	B-	67
Pro-G	PlayStation 2	Apr 20, 2005	6 out of 10	60
Bordersdown	Xbox	Apr, 2005	5 out of 10	50
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Xbox	May 04, 2005	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Copy protection

Ubisoft received a lot of complaints 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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