History YMMV / ColdFear

* AntiClimaxBoss: Anishenko. [[spoiler: Kamsky, during the "second round" is one if you know what to do.]]

* NightmareFuel: Let's see: a dark, unsafe location far away from the civilized world? Check. Zombies, parasites and other grotesque freaks all over the place, some of which can make themself invisible at will? Check. The scrapped material however sells it by showing a huge number of really nightmarish scrapped models for both the exocells and mutants, including a mutated whale, mutated hounds and what seems to be a mutated zombie seal.
** The first non-human enemy encounter is sure to leave an impression on a player. Tom just manages to find the brutally murdered corpse of a comrade, when he turns around to see a man bisected at the waist starting to crawl towards him. Players expecting a zombie get a shock when the "zombie" lets out a pitiful cry for help, only for the ''real'' enemy, a crazed man with glowing red eyes to show up, jump on what remains of his back and sink a cleaver into his skull. Then, it comes ''running'' at you letting out an inhuman squeal and closing the distance in little over a second.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: One of the primary criticisms of the game is that it uses a lot of elements featured in ''Resident Evil 4'', released two months prior. Both use the same over-the-shoulder style (though ''Cold Fear'' gives the option of using a fixed camera instead, and also unlike ''Resident Evil 4'' allows you to move and shoot at the same time, something ''Resident Evil'' wouldn't do until ''Resident Evil 6''), take place primarily in a European setting, and has enemies that were created using a PuppeteerParasite. On top of that, Tom himself looks a bit like Leon.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: One of the primary criticisms of the game is that it uses a lot of elements featured in ''Resident Evil 4'', released two months prior. Both use the same over-the-shoulder style (though ''Cold Fear'' gives the option of using a fixed camera instead), take place primarily in a European setting, and has enemies that were created using a PuppeteerParasite. On top of that, Tom himself looks a bit like Leon.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Anishenko. [[spoiler: Kamsky, during the "second round" is one if you know what to do.]]

** The final boss [[spoiler: Kamsky, you can't hurt him directly, you have to shoot him to lure him towards you and away from Anna(if Kamsky grabs her it's game over) and then he'll do a difficult to dodge charge attack which will send you flying if it hits you(and if you crash into the grates on the sides it will do even more damage) and once the charges are planted then you have to let Kamsky grab you(easier said then done as half the time he'll miss grabbing you even when you're standing right next to him as the hitbox is overly picky)then do a QTE and shoot him and you have to do this three times. The annoying part is you have to dodge his attacks and stay close to him at the same time which is harder then it sounds, oh and there's no save between boss phases AND there's no health pickups whatsoever during the fight, so you'd better go in with full health or you're SOL.]].

* DemonicSpiders: The crawlers are {{Wall Master}}s which soak up a half dozen shells of buckshot at point blank range and will use the ventilation shafts to sneak up behind you. As an extra little 'fuck you', they cannot be looted for health or ammo after they have (finally) been killed.

* FridgeLogic: Why the heck did they [[spoiler: zombify an orca??]]
** Explained in a document: they were experimenting the effects of the Exocel creatures even on dogs, apes and [[spoiler: orca whales]]. The bonus document shows several scrapped models for mutated dogs, apes, seagulls and even what appears to be seals and whales.

* DisappointingLastLevel: The first half of the game is a unique gem of sixth generation consoles, challenging the player with zombie gunfights on the slick decks of the rocking ship. The second half is [[spoiler:a cookie-cutter SurvivalHorror AbandonedLaboratory.]]

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: One of the primary criticisms of the game is that it uses a lot of elements featured in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', released two months prior. Both use the same over-the-shoulder style (though ''Cold Fear'' gives the option of using a fixed camera instead), take place primarily in a European setting, and has enemies that were created using a PuppeteerParasite. On top of that, Tom himself looks a bit like Leon.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: One of the primary criticisms of the game is that it's too much like ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', which was released two months before this one. Both use the same over-the-shoulder style (though ''Cold ''Fear'' gives the option of using a fixed camera instead), take place primarily in a European setting, and has enemies that were created using a PuppeteerParasite. On top of that, Tom himself looks a bit like Leon.

* TheyCopiedItSoItSucks: One of the primary criticisms of the game is that it's too much like ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', released around the same time, by using the same over-the-shoulder style (though you are given the option of using a fixed camera), takes place primarily in a European setting, and has enemies that were created using a PuppeteerParasite. On top of that, Tom himself looks a bit like Leon.

* ScrappyMechanic: There is no way to choose when you save. The game automatically prompts you to save at certain spots, some of which can be nearly thirty minutes apart, without ever indicating when they are going to appear. They also only get activated once. If you somehow miss the prompt, or cancel the save accidentally, you're screwed until you can get to the next one.

** The first non-human enemy encounter is sure to leave an impression on a player. Tom just manages to find the brutally murdered corpse of a comrade (who's head simply rolls off his neck, might I add), when he turns around to see a man bisected at the waist start crawling towards him. Players expecting a zombie get a shock when the "zombie" lets out a pitiful cry for help, only for the ''real'' enemy, a crazed man with glowing red eyes to show up, jump on what remains of his back and sink a cleaver into his skull. Then, it comes ''running'' at you letting out an inhuman squeal and closing the distance in little over a second.

* DemonicSpiders: The crawlers, who are [[WallMaster wall masters]], can take a half dozen shells of buckshot at point blank range, and will use the ventilation shafts to get behind you and sneak up on you. As an extra little 'fuck you', they cannot be looted for health or ammo after they have (finally) been killed.

** [[spoiler: Or, you can try to get attacked, grapple him and succesfully score a Critical Hit, which kills him istantly without setting the explosives.]]

** The first non-human enemy encounter is sure to leave an impression on a player. Tom just manages to find the brutally murdered corpse of a comrade (who's head simply rolls off his neck, might I add), when he turns around to see a man bisected at the waist start crawling towards him. Players expecting a zombie get a shock when the "zombie" lets out a pitiful cry for help, only for the ''real'' enemy, a crazed man with glowing red eyes to show up, jump on what remains of his back and sink a cleaver into his skull. Then, it comes ''running'' at you letting out an [[HellIsThatNoise inhuman squeal]] and closing the distance in little over a second.

* DisappointingLastLevel: The first half of the game is a unique gem of sixth generation consoles, challenging the player with zombie gunfights on the slick decks of the rocking ship. The second half is [[spoiler:a [[SeenItAMillionTimes cookie-cutter]] SurvivalHorror AbandonedLaboratory.]]

* DisappointingLastLevel: The first half of the game is a unique gem of sixth generation consoles, challenging the player with zombie gunfights on the slick decks of the rocking ship. The second half is [[spoiler:a [[SeenItAMillionTimes cookie-cutter]] SurvivalHorror laboratory complex.]]

* ScrappyMechanic: There is no way to choose when you save. The game automatically prompts you to save at certain spots, some of which can be nearly thirty minutes apart.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Let's see: a dark, unsafe location far away from the civilized world? Check. Zombies, parasites and other grotesque freaks all over the place, some of which can make themself invisible at will? Check. The scrapped material however sells it by showing a huge number of really nightmarish scrapped models for both the exocells and mutants, including a mutated whale, mutated hounds and what seems to be a mutated zombie seal.