Cold Fear is an adventure developed by Darkworks, released 15 March 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 11.2 hrs to finish.
What Cold Fear is
Cold Fear is an adventure game developed by Darkworks and released in 2005. It was published by Atari. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on RenderWare.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Cold Fear is a 2005 survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Darkworks and published by Ubisoft for PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows. It was Darkworks' second game, after Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare in 2001. The game is centered on Tom Hansen, a guardsman of the United States Coast Guard, who aids a Russian whaler in the Bering Strait and finds a mysterious parasite has turned the crew into zombie-like creatures. Discovering the involvement of both the Russian mafia and the CIA, Hansen sets out to ensure the parasites don't reach land.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Cold Fear holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 69, across 67 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 11.2 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz processor minimum, (2 GHz recommended), 256MB RAM minimum, (512MB recommended) and DirectX® 9 compliant 64MB (128MB recommended). see supported list*. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Cold Fear launched on 15 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Cold Fear yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
Cold Fear — frequently asked questions
When did Cold Fear come out?
What are the minimum PC requirements for Cold Fear?
How long does it take to beat Cold Fear?
How many GB is Cold Fear?
If you like this
