Cold Fear

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 93 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 30 out of 93
  3. Negative: 10 out of 93
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  1. Mike
    Oct 12, 2006
    7
    Not a terrible PS2 port...they did get the menus right (you can use a mouse, though it's buggered/accelerated/laggy). Control options are as good as possible for a game of this type. Which means it's mostly fubar'd, snafu'd...not good. Had no trouble with dual analog gamepad, but for aiming, as always, the mouse is the only way to go. It's a real pain to use the Not a terrible PS2 port...they did get the menus right (you can use a mouse, though it's buggered/accelerated/laggy). Control options are as good as possible for a game of this type. Which means it's mostly fubar'd, snafu'd...not good. Had no trouble with dual analog gamepad, but for aiming, as always, the mouse is the only way to go. It's a real pain to use the keyboard in this type of game, where the camera switches angles on you and what was forward is now backward, when you're, say, trying to run away from something. Only slightly easier with a gamepad. I thought this type of thing had been criminalized years ago. Should warrant capital punishment. Playing in OTS view alleviates most problems, but when you press the run key, you exit that perspective. I never could decide which control method to use, both are broken. Music was good, but sounds and dialogue usually sounded compressed. Visuals are good geometrically, but textures are straight outta 1998, typical of all PS2 ports/games. Light & shadows are done well at least. Story was somewhat different, but mostly it was the settings that give this game whatever amount of originality it has. Gameplay is pretty much like every survival horror game you've experienced, excepting those weird Fatal Frame games. There are much better 'horror' games to be had on PC for sure, such as the crusty old Clive Barker's Undying and maybe even Doom III. There's not much to this one, but it's really cheap now and will surely give you your $7 worth.… Expand
  2. Bakuganfan69420
    Sep 15, 2021
    6
    Wow! Gotta find that code! Ive got this ice box where my fear USED to be! but now my fear isnt so cold so cold so cold so cold. get it? its a song from probably 2005(?) Which is ironic cuz thats when this game came out! Kek! Honestly, this game is not terrible. They sure tried to make an RE game, but kinda failed, but I blame the Xbox One aka The Xbox "orginal" (curse you Microsoft forWow! Gotta find that code! Ive got this ice box where my fear USED to be! but now my fear isnt so cold so cold so cold so cold. get it? its a song from probably 2005(?) Which is ironic cuz thats when this game came out! Kek! Honestly, this game is not terrible. They sure tried to make an RE game, but kinda failed, but I blame the Xbox One aka The Xbox "orginal" (curse you Microsoft for your poorly name systems!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I played this on PC which had to be in windowed mode??? Not sure why, but it didnt run well in 'NOT' windowed mode! Made finding that code kinda difficult. >:( But overall, I still had some fun with this game! The enemies were creative and kinda dope! The plot however is pretty long and boring and overused and long and smelly. You get a girlfriend, but there is only one option for girls. I would like to see more girl in the next installment pls! Anyway, its kinda late. I should get to bed, which is gonna shorten this esteemed review... BUT! Be that as it may, this game is still kinda fun! Play it on your Xbox One, aka the Xbox Original! (CURSE YOU XBOX FOR YOUR SYSTEM NAAAAAAAAAAMEES!!!!) GOODBYE PAPA!… Expand
  3. kndr
    May 23, 2021
    5
    Game doesn't tell you anything. There is no map, objective reminder or anything like that.

    Camera angles are bad and aiming doesn't help at all. Checkpoint system is frustrating. They are tooooo far away from each other and don't get me started on last level. Checkpoint and saves just suddenly vanish at that point. I liked the setting and avoiding waves mechanic. I just wish it    Game doesn't tell you anything. There is no map, objective reminder or anything like that.

    Camera angles are bad and aiming doesn't help at all.

    Checkpoint system is frustrating. They are tooooo far away from each other and don't get me started on last level. Checkpoint and saves just suddenly vanish at that point.

    I liked the setting and avoiding waves mechanic. I just wish it wasn't this annoying.    … Expand
  4. Tomle1202
    Feb 22, 2023
    5
    A few moments of brilliance could not save Cold Fear from being a test of patience.
  5. Demon2017
    Jun 18, 2022
    6
    В детстве обожал подобные игрушки. Атмосферно, кратко и запоминаемо. Очень не хватает подобных игр категории B. Сейчас все игры либо AAA дрянь в открытом мире на 200 часов, либо индюшатина среди которой 99% проектов - это мусор. Так что я скучаю по таким играм. Хотя они были далеко не шедеврамиВ детстве обожал подобные игрушки. Атмосферно, кратко и запоминаемо. Очень не хватает подобных игр категории B. Сейчас все игры либо AAA дрянь в открытом мире на 200 часов, либо индюшатина среди которой 99% проектов - это мусор. Так что я скучаю по таким играм. Хотя они были далеко не шедеврами
  6. PurpleOnBlues
    Mar 21, 2022
    7
    It's a good horror game. Since I grew up playing this I absolutely love this mostly 'cause of nostalgia.
    -This play similar to the old school RE titles.
    I honestly don't have any real "bad things" to talk about it. It just a mediocre game that I really love. The biggest issues with this game is that it is really inconsistent in everything. -The Default camera usually blocks your vision    It's a good horror game. Since I grew up playing this I absolutely love this mostly 'cause of nostalgia.
    -This play similar to the old school RE titles.
    I honestly don't have any real "bad things" to talk about it. It just a mediocre game that I really love.
    The biggest issues with this game is that it is really inconsistent in everything.
    -The Default camera usually blocks your vision and that alone brings a lot of problems to the game since this has a big emphasis on the action.
    -The game has a "execution" mechanic that really doesn't explain it to you and you'll barely use it, however the ending boss require such thing to beat it.
    -The performance is really weird. At times I was fighting against a bunch of enemies and didn't had a single FPS drop, however there were some areas (especially the last section of the game) that my performance was all over the place. Also my game ended up locking itself up to 30 fps for no reason.
    -This game is not clear on where you need to go.    … Expand
  7. Zallen
    Dec 27, 2022
    6
    Бюджетный клон `Resident Evil 4` на 6 часов при "тяжелом" уровне сложности.

    Из минусов: - странное расположение чекпоинтов, игра то сейвит каждые 5 минут, то бегаешь по 30 - 40 минут с желанием не умереть и не начать всё сначала (ДА ГДЕ ЖЕ СЕЙВ БЛ*ТЬ, ИГРА???). - отсутствие карты, + часы беготни для тех кто не в состоянии запоминать названия локаций и плохо ориентируется в лвл.дизайне    Бюджетный клон `Resident Evil 4` на 6 часов при "тяжелом" уровне сложности.

    Из минусов:
    - странное расположение чекпоинтов, игра то сейвит каждые 5 минут, то бегаешь по 30 - 40 минут с желанием не умереть и не начать всё сначала (ДА ГДЕ ЖЕ СЕЙВ БЛ*ТЬ, ИГРА???).
    - отсутствие карты, + часы беготни для тех кто не в состоянии запоминать названия локаций и плохо ориентируется в лвл.дизайне с кучей помещений.
    - во время прохождения невозможно сменить настройки.
    - даже на "тяжелом" уровне сложности игра достаточно простая.
    - куча позаимствованных идей из RE4.
    - душный финальный босс файт, который требует тупого заучивания действий босса, на столько, что в итоге проходишь его без урона и это не приносит никакого удовольствия.

    Из плюсов:
    - сносный пул вооружения.
    - годная стрельба, а вражеским болванчикам кайфово отстреливать головы.
    - боезапас падает только с военных и военных зараженных, а не с монстров + реализм.
    - прикольное совмещение стилей: камерного вида с угла (как в первых RE), вид за спиной и вид от 3ого лица.

    6ть лодок из 10ти.    … Expand

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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
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  1. Total Video Games
    80
    The game utilises a series of components and dare we even mutter it under our breath, clichés that can be derived from any number of horror films and survival horror titles, which is no big fault since for the most part (travelling aside) the game is an enjoyable title away from the established franchises that does offer some new ideas and details to the genre.
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  2. Gamer.tv
    80
    A highly polished title that shows that Ubisoft's action-focused approached to the horrific can be gory fun, too.
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  3. Yahoo!
    70
    In the same league as the disposable horror flicks that fill video shelves and late-night cable. It's not particularly frightening, but good atmosphere and short-lived twitch satisfaction is enough to sustain interest for a while.
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