Cold Fear™

In a ferocious Arctic storm, distress signals are sent from a mysterious Russian whaler. As leading Coast Guard veteran Tom Hansen, you board to investigate — and discover unthinkable horrors lurking beneath the ship's bloodstained decks.

Cold Fear™ is a horror, action and survival horror game developed by Darkworks and published by Ubisoft.
Released on May 13th 2008 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 1,190 reviews of which 999 were positive and 191 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows® 2000/XP only
  • Processor: 1 GHz processor minimum, (2 GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 256MB RAM minimum, (512MB recommended)
  • Graphics: DirectX® 9 compliant 64MB (128MB recommended). see supported list*
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
  • Sound: Direct X 9.0 compliant
  • Hard Drive: 2.2 GB
  • Input Devices: Mouse, keyboard, Windows compliant game pad.
  • *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: Nvidia® GeForce™ 3/4/FX/6 series (GeForce 4 MX not supported) ATI® Radeon® 8500/9000/X series

    Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. These chipsets are currently the only ones that will run this game.

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Sept. 2024
This game is an classic, i remember playing it on the original Xbox when I was a kid. I remember it giving me some motion sickness with the sway of the boat, but always was very fond of this game, it had some amazing graphics and was very spooky. I remember finishing it, though it took many hours to finish. I straight up recommend playing this game its worth it even today. there is a spoiler free review below. Performance: I surprisingly have no major technical issues getting the game to run, and everything has run smoothly. Only issues I have hit, is occasionally the aim down sights on the AK47 get stuck in shooting mode, Basically dumping the entire clip into nothing. it has happened quite a few times, which is annoying especially if its a game about saving your ammo. Pros: - Story - Excellent atmosphere - Excellent VFX and sound design. - Different and interesting enemies to battle with - Level design and set locations are fantastic, the game will make great use of using existing spaces you have explored by keeping it fresh. It makes good use of repeating spaces while progressing the story. - Cool range of weapons Cons: The flow of the game hits a lot of frustrating hitches, - There is no way point system or map, expect being lost or confused for a good 2.5 hrs of your typical game. Now you should argue its apart of the design, however if you miss a single thing you would loop and loop around and waste a lot of time which can become irritating. You will do this a lot. - Its sometimes too digital dark... Once again, you can argue that's the point its a survival horror. But there are areas of the game you can barely see a thing, even if I pumped the monitors to brightest it can be. which in combination the dull similar colour palette its very easy to miss doors or points of interest or even understand the layout of a room, which I cant even see which way you are facing, which orientation is all thrown out. Your eyes start to hurt squinting and eventually give you a headache. (I remember this problem as a kid too). - Saving the game: the game periodically saves the game at a random door you might pass through. It does not allow the player to choose the save the game or cancel a save action when a save prompt is displayed. So you simply have no idea when you can save or when you would eventually be able to save. its pretty annoying, it sort of throws it at you. and in the beginning of the game, if you die you have to replay the entire thing including cut scenes. It becomes old especially if you die due to clunky controls. - Player flow, this game will give you access to areas you will discover later in the game in out of order. it allows you to walk around and check things out. however when you get stuck. there is no clear instruction to get you back on the right path. so you become very confused and end up spending a lot of time running around scanning walls in hopes you find something new. Once again yes its an old game, but it constantly trips itself over its self breaking the flow of the game-play. I want to be immersed not confused 70% of the time. Now it does look there are more complaints than pros, but I do really recommend this game. Its good. it has its moments, and the above things were what kept coming up during gameplay that annoyed me but overall for its age and its price its a no brainer. alot of love has been put into this game I coudn't recommend it more than enough.
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Aug. 2024
Cold Fear knows that it's a 6/10 and relishes in the fact. This game is old and usually needs workarounds to play smoothly on modern hardware. I rawdogged it. Visual bugs aside,(pc port moment), Cold Fear looks absolutely stunning for a 2005 title.The Ship and "oil"rig look dingy, wet and worn down. Lighting is appropriately moody, the monstrous flashes of fork lightning over the ocean set the tone for the games setting beautifully and in general, the models and environments work well together to create a sense of unease, even if it does smell like the mid 2000s. Also, because of the time period it released in, it comes with all that older game clunk that you love to hate. No autosave means if you die right before the next save point, there's a chance you could be repeating a mission upwards of 5 times. Some missions just feel unfair, like having to get C4 near the end and getting jumped by a monster in a room full of explosives. I redid that mission so many damn times to the point I ended up cheesing it. The tank controls are awful, there are a few instances in which they're mandatory, but I spent most of the game holding down the aim button and using the decent ADS system. I got pretty damn mad at the amount of times I had to restart, all because Darkworks probably thought they were being funny. Audio is decent and the sound effects work well with the visuals to create a nice atmosphere almost throughout. The soundtrack is aggressively 2000s and whenever the guitar riffs with the hip-hop backing beat comes in, it weirdly fits for a game that was meant to be scary. The gunplay is fun enough, headshots are usually an instant kill so you are rewarded for good aim, and the enemies act in a way that keeps the combat feeling fresh. The enemy variety is pretty lacklustre so I'm glad that Darkworks carefully placed every combat scenario. It never ends up feeling stale; when you get jumped by zombie/human number 500, you don't care because each encounter feels new and thoughtfully placed. A common complaint I've seen is a lack of bossfights, and the final boss being way too difficult. While I agree with the first sentiment, I'm going to have to say that the final fight is pretty disappointing. The entire game is spent building up to the big bad and the boss ends up being a glorified quicktime event with no healthbar and limited attacks. It's pretty cheap and I kinda expected more. All in all, Cold Fear is a fine enough survival horror sorta game that rides on the coattails of Resident Evil 4. Surprisingly, considering how bad it sold, the game now has a large cult following, and also inspired many other 3rd person survival horror games that released in the future. Games such as Dead Space and The Evil Within wouldn't exist without this little gem. It's not bad, but it sure as hell isn't great and it can end up seriously getting on your nerves if you play without breaks. Cold fear gets a chilly 6/10 Check out [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44654461-Toasty-Reviews/]My Curator Page for more!
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July 2024
[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33401179/]Follow my curator page for more recommendations! A very solid "RE4 clone" (even though it only came out a measly two months after). I love the setting (a large ship that sways with the ocean, and then an even bigger oil rig), they're both strangely rare in horror games. Be sure to get the fixes from PCGamingWiki, you'll need a few of them to play the game properly on modern hardware! https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Cold_Fear
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Feb. 2024
Very fun survival horror with a classic feel but some more modern amenities, such as non-tank controls, easy aiming (when you aren't rocking back and forth and sliding around the ship deck!), looting enemies for health/ammo and an infinite ammo restock in armory rooms in case you mess up (only needed to use it once near the end of the game on Hard difficulty). A steal for the price.
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Feb. 2024
a very underrated survival horror game, the control is a bit clunky but it is understandable for the year it was released, very enjoyable and with a good story.
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Cold Fear™
8.0
999
191
Online players
3
Developer
Darkworks
Publisher
Ubisoft
Release 13 May 2008
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