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Cold Fear

2005

Overall rating: 2.5 out of 5

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Prolific French publishers Ubisoft are back with another offering, the survival horror title Cold Fear on Xbox, PS2 and PC, developed by Darkworks. In Cold Fear, players take control of Tom Hansen, a veteran coastguard with a heroic past tainted with disgrace, who boards a seemingly abandoned ship during an Arctic Storm. But this is no Marie Celeste. The blood on the ship?s decks signals the occurrence of something very unpleasant indeed. As Tom makes his way around the decidedly not deserted boat, he will encounter evil, intelligent enemies far more terrifying than anything from his darkest dreams. Cold Fear sets out to be as atmospheric and jump-inducing as the latest Hollywood horror thriller. Set on a ship buffeted in stormy arctic waters, it looks to be in the vein of a Resident Evil, or a Silent Hill, brought to a new and innovative setting. The game promises that the strange, dynamic environment allows for a number of new gameplay features; for example it is promised that you will be able to lure your adversaries to where you want them, by exploiting the unpredictable and constantly moving deck of the ship. The background is the story of the dark and mysterious experiments that have been taking place on board an isolated oil rig. The shadowy Yusupov has hired mercenaries to defend whatever forbidden research is taking place there, research lead by Dr Kamsky, a good man who is forced to take part in the venture by the kidnapping if his beloved daughter Anna. The horrendous project has not escaped the notice of the CIA, but things begin to threaten mankind itself as the genetic mutants they have created begin to get the better of the measures used to control them. Cold Fear amounts to a spine-chilling and inventive gaming experience, and it features the music of Marilyn Manson too. That's enough to scare us away in itself.

Cold Fear details

Formats:	18 PS2, Xbox
Players:	1
Genres:	Adventure, Role-playing
Developers:	DARKWORKS
Rental release:	04 Mar 2005

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Hmmmm

By a customer from Cheshire , 25 Mar 2006

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Well when i first got this i so wanted it to be Resident Evil at Sea. It wasn't but it wasn't bad. Sorta. First off i know it is set on a russian sea vessel but come on some subtitles for the various rooms and doors ya have to go through. A map would have helped also. The ship is vast with no-way of knowing where to go sometimes. And the camera really should have been player controlled. Apart from that i enjoyed. Good storyline and some good gore. Definently one to rent as opposed to buying
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Wasted Potential

By a customer from Edinburgh,Scotland , 10 Jul 2007

Positive: Great atmosphere

Negative: No in-game mapping, savepoints way too far apart, no checkpoints in between, linear storyline

One for masochists only
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Unappealing Resident Evil wannabe

By a customer from London , 04 Sep 2006

This game is ugly to look at and ugly to play. Even though I am a huge fan of the survival horror genre there was something about this title that irritated me. There is a high level of gore which might make some people want to run out and play this - but to me it just felt tacked on for shock value because the game has no content on it's own. There is also one glitch that every now and then causes your characters face to become blacked out - it looks like he has tar falling over him - it made my skin crawl and freaked me out more than the actual game!
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Hmmmm

By a customer from Cheshire , 25 Mar 2006

Well when i first got this i so wanted it to be Resident Evil at Sea. It wasn't but it wasn't bad. Sorta. First off i know it is set on a russian sea vessel but come on some subtitles for the various rooms and doors ya have to go through. A map would have helped also. The ship is vast with no-way of knowing where to go sometimes. And the camera really should have been player controlled. Apart from that i enjoyed. Good storyline and some good gore. Definently one to rent as opposed to buying
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