cold fear cold fear survival horror person shooter video game developed published playstation xbox microsoft windows horror game second game dark game centered member united_states_coast_guard comes aid russian finds mysterious virus turned crew zombie like creatures discovering involvement russian mafia cia sets ensure virus doesn reach land game announced ship roll developers write completely new program dubbed editor allow control movement vertical horizontal axes real physics simulate movement patterns objects ship random nature created player character required times animations usually seen person games ultimately game contained separate animations characters allowing thousand possible character movements game soundtrack composed contributing song album golden age cold fear met mixed reviews critics comparing resident evil critics generally impressed environments opening scenes found game short felt failed live promising beginning game commercial failure united_states sold units platforms gameplay survival horror person shooter played person fixed camera perspective shoulder camera depending player preferences main enemies game russian mercenaries types zombie like creatures known creatures infected parasitic organism known include mercenaries infected creatures perfectly dark turn transparent brief periods time hugely strong deformed creature created result failed experiment infected enemies knocked shots brain destroyed die eventually attack players destroy brain shooting enemy head knocking head enemy gets close player perform critical hit pressing combination buttons carry killed emerge attack dead bodies area body fast weak killed gunshot half game set middle storm conditions deck affect degree control player ship continuously aiming difficult grab steady available instances ship sway degree slide edge potentially fall overboard numerous environmental hazards deck react motion ship swinging electrical wires hooked ropes items hit lose health waves crashing ship deck cause damage game features resistance gauge decreases player performs certain actions running running possible shoulder mode falls edge ship hang long resistance left doesn climb aboard quickly fall ocean game feature inventory health packs health packs immediately collection collected capacity specific weapon players find health packs distributed game certain locations looting bodies fallen enemies plot game begins navy seal team deploying russian eastern spirit team explore deck attacked killed literally apart seeing team gone cia special agent supervising mission location orders government vessel vicinity investigate picked ship heads eastern spirit crew split teams moments boarding remains hears killed radio sets explore ship determine happening soon enters interior spirit attacked frightened russians forced kill continues explore encounters multitude russians attack finds mutilated bodies including captain soon learns creature known accidentally discovered crew russian oil rig star owned colonel member russian mafia staffed major team mercenaries came realize parasitic organisms living organisms hosts brought begin experimenting species experiments led discovery recently deceased humans creation counter infection heads radio room request help instead answered bennett tells board captured questioning bennett tells finds cia ship tells daughter onboard saved brought blackmail turning biological weapons eventually colleague began experiment live human infection eastern spirit way collect batch human specimens supplied mafia outbreak occurred bursts chest killing finds anna tells radio room contact father contact rig tells anna missing pleads return refuses telling soon turn ship seas rough unable dock platform head crow nest jump ship rig makes jump anna falls sea soon finds tells disable radio rig contact bennett need past dragged air killed learns orders dangerous possible succeeded way control resulting creatures finds kills removing eye radio touch bennett told find transmit research anna rescued sea large creature left lab infected seeing place security monitor races lab anna makes time infection hold bennett contacts makes promise gives bennett research bennett save anna soon discovers infected strain dna wishes anna finds data bennett furious bennett anna agree blow rig plants charges learns gone completely insane released imprisoned rig planted group eastern spirit went hiding await planted charges heads meet anna attacked creature rescued anna sea desperate anna remain rig able fight kill anna escape helicopter rig explodes development cold fear announced title included list upcoming games according sony game set published october announced publishing developed game march playstation xbox game horror game second game dark playable demo version released december eastern spirit roll storm developers write completely new program found making ship easy getting respond storm conditions complex created complete roll editor called editor allowed control pitch ship moves horizontal axis roll moves vertical axis separately combination moving ship axes allowed developers create realistic ship movements turn allowed time exact movement ship coincide happening game having use creating realistic movement system led camera problems according programmer early development camera constantly going walls roll movement develop control system camera hero change brought ship motion initially movement patterns objects ship scripted later replaced real physics ship constant movement impacted character animation ship movement reached certain angle characters deck start slide compensate direction necessary relative position according meant required times animations usually seen person games center left right positions ultimately separate animations non player characters according lead animator game technical decisions taken favor animation terms quality quantity rare kind project basic animation produced software create directional animations engine calculating level character compensation depending angle ship character movement composed basic animation compensation animation says total game contains animations allowing thousand possible movements stated interaction storm characters deck creates breathtaking moments managed offer intense action sequences featuring far enemies horror games music february announced contributing song game use fist mouth album golden age february revealed soundtrack composed hired november finished track submitted november completed score handed december according compose different individual pieces music cutscenes ended hour worth music composed weeks reception received mixed average reviews platforms playstation version holds aggregate score metacritic based thirty reviews xbox version based reviews version based thirteen reviews eurogamer unimpressed game calling bit half baked praised opening game arguing like player feels strong sense ship middle storm felt strong opening soon gives way clichés highly critical absence map arguing environments look similar getting lost regular occurrence gamespot scored playstation version xbox version argued cold fear derivative predictable shame considering times enjoyable action game praised outdoor scenes boat felt generic indoor locations highly critical lack map feature feeling save points distributed gamespy scored playstation version xbox version praised setting atmosphere shoulder camera critical lack map remarked going overthrow resident evil king horror games solid little thriller game revolution gave game criticized length game lack map feature found random praised graphics sound concluded attention paid environments great game unfortunately half great game ending portions way feel rushed ign scored playstation version xbox version praised shoulder camera setting criticized lack map sales game met extremely poor sales figures february sold units platforms film adaptation april variety reported purchased rights feature film adaptation game developments project presumably cancelled
Cold Fear