Cold War

 PC
Metascore
64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
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  1. 3DAvenue
    80
    Much of Cold War is not exactly new - it feels a lot like Splinter Cell in many regards - but where Cold War separates itself is the execution.
  2. Computer Games Online RO
    79
    A rara avis (rare bird) of the interactive entertainment landscape. You keep playing, you lose track of time and you think that you haven't played such a good single-player game in years.
  3. Gaming Age
    75
    Even with the laughable A.I., the game is under a twenty spot, and is quite enjoyable if you love stealth, action, and gadgets.
  5. CPUGamer
    75
    The replay value is where Cold War suffers the biggest blow.

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#84 Most Shared PC Game of 2005

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User Score
5.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 27
  3. Negative: 8 out of 27
  1. Chroma
    Jun 1, 2012
    4
    ColdWar
    Developer: Mindware Studios
    Publisher: DreamCatcher Games (Windows), Linux Game Publishing (Linux) Runesoft (Mac OS X Release:    ColdWar
    Developer: Mindware Studios
    Publisher: DreamCatcher Games (Windows), Linux Game Publishing (Linux)
    Runesoft (Mac OS X
    Release: September 27, 2005
    Genre: Stealth
    Platforms PC/Xbox
    Reviewed on PC
    Starforce DRM

    Story:

    The game takes place in 1986 where journalist Mathew Carter comes to Moscow to investigate a big story involving the Russian President and the CIA. Things go wrong when he finds out that his camera was switched with a x-ray camera that has a flash that causes a fire extinguisher to explode. The head of the KGB and the spetznaz arrive to quickly pin the event as an assassination attempt on the President. He frames the people the President was meeting with and the journalist as a CIA assassin. Matt must break out of the KGB prison., discover he truth of what's going on, and stop the KGB leader from his notorious plans.

    Game-play:

    Cold war fails big time here as it feels tedious due to the slow movement speeds. Even when running it feels slow and sluggish. This makes it a pain to sneak up on enemies as on hard mode, they can hear faraway through stone walls and stormy weather. This tediousness ruins the pacing while other stealth games like Hitman, Thief, and the first three splinter cell games keep the pace while not making it tedious. The one interesting feature about this game is the ability to combine mundane object into usable items. It's a neat idea to be able to improvise equipment in a game, but it feels to basic like it could be so much more. Graphics/Sound:

    The game is not visually impressive. Textures are dull to look and they look puckish too me. The cut-scenes use an simplistic comic book graphical style to is interesting. Audio quite good where gunshots sound loud and the snap of fingers sounds real. Though the music is kind of forgettable with it's campish spy music. There is nothing about it that provokes emotions or feeling from it. The voice acting is mediocre with stereotypical Russian accents and Matt's actor sounding like a **** self centered jerk.

    Conclusion:

    Overall I dislike this game enough to not finish it. It feels slow and sluggish like I'm controlling a snail. The guards are cheep with their hearing through concrete while it's raining outside, That makes you play even slower that just makes things frustrating. I was a nice try on the developers but this game is not fun.    … Full Review »
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