History VideoGame / ColdFear

* GoryDiscretionShot: Happens if the FinalBoss captures Anna. The game freezes before we see what happens, and reboots itself back to the title screen in a quaint example of NonStandardGameOver. Contrast with [TheManyDeathsOfYou the many deaths of Tom].

* InfinityPlusOneSword: Subverted. The final weapon you can find in the game, after the flamethrower and grenade launcher, is the lowly MP5. It's essentially the same as the AK47, but with a smaller clip. However, the built-in flashlight means that [[spoiler: it is the ideal weapon for killing crawlers,]] at least in theory.
* {{Irony}}: People have often pointed out how this game is similar to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''. Cue to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'', which is partly set on a dark ship with zombies roaming around, a giant one-armed specimen and has [[spoiler: EliteMooks who can turn invisible.]]

** Exocel 'breeders' can only be killed by complete immolation.

* MakeMeWannaShout: Crawlers are capable of putting of lights by screaming.

** There is also some similarity to ''DeadSpace''. Namely, that the setting is a highly unstable GhostShip who's deteriorating environment is just as much a danger to you as the monsters are. Said monsters are also former crew members, possessed by a creature that takes over dead bodies to use them for its own purposes and the game encourages you to keep them from rising up again by stomping on corpses to destroy body parts (in ''Cold Fear'''s case, just the [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain heads]] as opposed to any limb).

* TooDumbToLive: Reading the various journals and documents will tell you about russian soldiers shooting highly explosive machinery out of boredom or another one who got electrocuted after shooting to an electrical station.
* UnderwaterBase: Featured during the game's second half. [ElaborateUndergroundBase Elaborate], too.
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: Very early on the Russians start using MP5 submachine guns, but looting the bodies will just give you a tiny amount of pistol ammo. The actual MP5 can be picked up later on.

* SurprisinglySimilarStories: With ''ResidentEvil4''. In both games a blonde, hard-headed American agent is on a lone rescue mission on foreign territory when a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent parasitical zombie outbreak]] takes place. He escorts a female survivor, is eventually infected, traverses a laser grid, fights off invisible monsters, removes the eye of TheDragon to use on a retinal scanner and the story climaxes on an exploding oil rig. And all the while shady people are working behind the scenes to get a sample of the parasite.

''Cold Fear'' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Darkworks for Xbox, Gamecube, Playstation 2, and PC. Originally intended as the fifth game in the ''AloneInTheDark'' series, the focus of the game was shifted early on in development to be an independent work. It was generally not-well received, and largely dismissed as a cash-in to VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, as it was released just a few months after and features similar combat mechanics. Other similarities include parasites that emerge from a zombie's neck after decapitation and a male protagonist with unusually pretty hair. ''Cold Fear'' is, however derivative, a respectable horror-action game in its own right.

* JumpScare / CatScare: Played with throughout and even zig-zagged once. [[spoiler: On the return trip through the morgue in the scientific module, there is a sudden loud hissing noise and [[NightmareFuel all of the doors containing bodies are flung open.]] However, it seems like the morgue was completely empty, as no bodies are inside the freezer. Then Tom gets attacked by INVISIBLE ZOMBIES.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Since the finale is pretty hasty, we'll never know [[spoiler: how Tom will deal with the Exocel parasite in his body, thought they'll probably cure him with the antidote.]]

* OffWithHisHead

* OrificeInvasion: How the Infectors get into a corpse. [[spoiler: Tom himself is subject to this at the beginning of the second act on the platform, but thankfully he gets the antidote in time. However he's infected again in the Abitation Module.]]

* SaveGameLimits: Frustratingly so. The player is given a chance to save before each cutscene, but cannot save at any other time.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Several discarded projects can be seen, including a blonde, BareYourMidriff version of Anna, a different Tom, and various models of zombies, Exocels and mutants.

* SurprisinglySimilarStories: With ''ResidentEvil4''. In both games a blonde, hard-headed American agent is on a lone rescue mission on foreign territory when a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent parasitical zombie outbreak]] takes place. He escorts a female survivor, is eventually infected but manages to delay the effects with a temporary antidote, traverses a laser grid, fights off invisible monsters, removes the eye of TheDragon to use on a retinal scanner and the story climaxes on an oil rig.

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* SurprisinglySimilarStories: With ''ResidentEvil4''. In both games a blonde, hard-headed American agent is on a lone rescue mission on foreign territory when a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent parasitical zombie outbreak]] takes place. He escorts a female survivor, is eventually infected and the story climaxes on an oil rig. Also note the fact that in both stories when the hero defeats TheDragon he removes one of his eyes to use on a retinal scanner.

* {{Irony}}: People have often pointed out how this game is similar to ''ResidentEvil4''. Cue to ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations'', which is partly set on a dark ship with zombies roaming around, a giant one-armed specimen and has [[spoiler: EliteMooks who can turn invisible.]]

* ApocalypticLog: Scraps of paper can be collected and read, and some of them fall under this trope. However, most are just handwaving or lampshading some aspects of gameplay ('proper precautions are not being taken with the handling and storage of barrels containing unstable chemicals', and so on).

* ApocalypticLog: Scraps of paper can be collected and read, and some of them fall under this trope. However, most are just handwaving or lampshading some aspects of gameplay ('proper precautions are not being taken with the handling and storage of ExplodingBarrels/barrels containing unstable chemicals', and so on).

* CameraAbuse: Hell, this is half of the game. The camera 'lens' is often splattered with blood after a headshot (and this is the only way to kill enemies), and when Tom goes out into the storm, the camera shakes about violently and gets smeared with rain, making it very difficult to aim.

''Cold Fear'' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Darkworks for Xbox, Gamecube, Playstation 2, and PC. Originally intended as the fifth game in the ''AloneInTheDark'' series, the focus of the game was shifted early on in development to be an independent work. It was generally not-well received, and largely dismissed as a cash-in to VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, as it was released just a few months after and features similar combat mechanics. Other similarities include parasites that emerge from a zombie's neck after decapitation and a pretty-boy protagonist (who has been referred to more than once as "Leon-I mean, whatever-your-name-is"). ''Cold Fear'' is, however derivative, a respectable horror game in its own right.

* ApocalypticLog: Scraps of paper can be collected and read, and some of them fall under this trope. However, most are just handwaving or lampshading some aspects of gameplay ('proper precautions are not being taken with the handling and storage of barrels containing unstable chemicals', and so on).

* LateToTheParty: Zig-zagged: the marines show up late to the party and are all killed, then Tom's squad show up late to THAT party, then it turns out that quite a few Russians are still alive, revealing that Tom showed up while the party was still going on. In fact, Russian soldiers continue to appear on the ship right up until [[spoiler: the ship crashes into the drilling platform.]]

''Cold Fear'' is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Darkworks for Xbox, Gamecube, Playstation 2, and PC. Originally intended as the fifth game in the ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'' series, the focus of the game was shifted early on in development to be an independent work. It was generally not-well received, and largely dismissed as a cash-in to VideoGame/ResidentEvil4, as it was released just a few months after and features similar combat mechanics. Other similarities include parasites that emerge from a zombie's neck after decapitation and a pretty-boy protagonist (who has been referred to more than once as "Leon-I mean, whatever-your-name-is"). ''Cold Fear'' is, however derivative, a respectable horror game in its own right.

Cold Fear is a SurvivalHorror game developed by Darkworks for Xbox, Gamecube, Playstation 2, and PC. Originally intended as the fifth game in the ''AloneInTheDark'' series, the focus of the game was shifted early on in development to be an independent work. It was generally not-well received, and largely dismissed as a cash-in to ResidentEvil 4, as it was released just a few months after and features similar combat mechanics. Other similarities include parasites that emerge from a zombie's neck after decapitation and a pretty-boy protagonist (who has been referred to more than once as "Leon-I mean, whatever-your-name-is"). ColdFear is, however derivative, a respectable horror game in its own right.

* {{Irony}}: People have often pointed out how this game is similar to ''ResidentEvil4''. Cue to ''ResidentEvilRevelations'', which is partly set on a dark ship with zombies roaming around, a giant one-armed specimen and has [[spoiler: EliteMooks who can turn invisible.]]

* NonstandardGameOver: Happens if Anna dies during the (exremely brief) escort mission: a short scene plays in which Tom watches Anna scream and fall, then he is attacked from behind by a zombie and killed. This scene will even play if you kill Anna yourself with friendly fire while no zombies are around.