COLD WAR

GAME DETAILS :-

Developer : Mindware Studios

Publisher : DreamCatcher Games

Engine : MENG

Genre : Historic First-Person Shooter And Stealth

Release Date : September 27 , 2005

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS :-

Operating System : Windows 2000 / Windows XP

CPU : AMD Athlon XP 2100+ / Intel Pentium 4 Processor

Memory (RAM) : 384 MB

Graphics Hardware : DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card with 64 MB Memory

[NVIDIA : GeForce FX 5200 Series
ATI : Radeon X300 Series]

Hard Disk Space : 1.5 GB

GAME FEATURES :-

The game takes place in the mid-'80s, toward the end of the titular conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. You play as Matthew Carter, who arrives in Moscow to chase the lead of a lifetime. But Carter unwittingly becomes part of a sinister plot when his camera is replaced with a high-tech surveillance device at customs. Soon enough, Carter is framed for conspiracy to assassinate the Soviet president and must join forces with the president's enigmatic confidant to clear his name and escape with his life. The story in Cold War unfolds using graphic-novel-style cinematic cutscenes in between missions, as well as some other cutscenes and voice-over during the missions themselves. The dialogue and voice work aren't remarkable, and the story takes some implausible turns, but it ultimately offers some good twists and a satisfying resolution when all is said and done. As Carter, you'll mostly need to stick to shadows, sneaking around in the darkness and waiting for your foes to turn their backs to you so you can run up and knock them out. Soon enough, you'll replace the knockout punches with gunshots to the head. You can crouch and creep along carefully to remain quiet and hidden, but even when you're running at full speed, you'll move quite slowly. During the course of the game, you'll find documents that earn you tech points, with which you can unlock new gadget formulas. You can build things like remote-detonated bombs or mines that release knockout gas, but then again, you can just shoot your way through the vast majority of situations. You'll never face more than several foes at a time, either, and while they'll fire at you from behind cover if they notice you, that's about the extent of their sophistication. Their reaction times and accuracy are sometimes inhumanly good, so they can certainly be deadly, but the foes in Cold War are not very impressive on the whole. You'll hear them spouting the same catchphrases as they search for you, and there are only a few different-looking enemy types in the game.

The environmental security hazards in Cold War are even less impressive. You'll encounter a handful of video cameras and laser fences, but these are all easily bypassed. Despite how the game takes place in some highly restricted locations like the Kremlin, a prison, and a nuclear power plant, you just don't get the impression that these places are well equipped to prevent an intrusion...even by a scrawny, ill-equipped interloper like Carter. Carter looks like a dope when he's running around, and he seems to just slide around instead of walking or running when his weapon is drawn. But when you're just exploring the environments, preferably with the help of your X-ray camera, you'll find that Cold War is pretty to look at, if nothing else. Patrolling Spetsnaz troopers also thankfully look rather intimidating in their night-vision helmets--and you'll be seeing a lot of these guys later on. The game's audio is serviceable but nothing special, from the voice acting, to the sound effects, to the music--the latter of which is rousing and everything, but it starts and stops very suddenly whenever Carter gets into combat. Cold War makes it far too easy for you to tell when you're no longer in danger just by listening to when the music cuts off. If the musical cues weren't so blatant, you might have needed to use that X-ray camera a bit more often to determine when the coast is clear. Cold War does a reasonable job of copying conventional stealth action gameplay while presenting a few twists and a story that's got some payoff at the end. If this style of tactical trial-and-error gameplay is what you're into, then Cold War can be worth the eight-or-so hours it takes to play from start to finish for the first time. Cold War, a competent but unremarkable stealth action game that puts you in the middle of a Soviet conspiracy.

GAME REVIEW :-

6.5/10

Cold War Trailer :-