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6.2 out of 10

Cold War

 

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  • User Score (7)
    5.4 5.4 from 7 reviewers
  • Expert Score (38)
    6.9 6.9 from 38 reviewers
  • Value for money (3)
    3.9 3.9 from 3 reviewers
  • Gameplay (22)
    6.0 6.0 from 22 reviewers
  • Graphics (23)
    6.3 6.3 from 23 reviewers
  • Sound (17)
    6.3 6.3 from 17 reviewers
  • Storyline (3)
    6.1 6.1 from 3 reviewers
  • Multiplayer (4)
    6.3 6.3 from 4 reviewers
  • Control (8)
    7.0 7.0 from 8 reviewers
  • Appearance (2)
    7.2 7.2 from 2 reviewers
  • Funfactor (2)
    7.7 7.7 from 2 reviewers
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  • Score Distribution

Experts:
9-10
(4)
7-8
(21)
5-6
(10)
3-4
(3)
1-2
(0)
Users:
9-10
(0)
7-8
(2)
5-6
(3)
3-4
(0)
1-2
(2)
  • Expert Reviews

  1. xbox360.gamespy.com

    4.0/10
    29 November 2005

    It's a well-designed stealth-action game with challenging gameplay and a compelling story -- it's too bad it only works once in a while. Read more

    • Interesting gameplay and levels; well written and acted.
    • Countless crashes, failures to load, and assorted technical problems; weak animations.
  2. GIN

    GIN
    7.0/10
    1 October 2007

    Any true reviewer-at-heart has to love a game where an unsuspecting journalist turned “most wanted” finds himself, framed as a secret CIA spy/assassin in the middle of a huge overseas government scandal armed with nothing Read more

  3. Strategy Informer

    Strategy Informer
    5.7/10
    17 December 2005

    Cold War is a stealth action game with international espionage and excellent game mechanics. This is more or less a replication of the Splinter Cell Series, which was wildly successful. Read more

  4. VideoGamer.com

    5.0/10
    17 December 2005

    Cold War is merely competent, and in a genre packed with classics, it's just not good enough. Read more

    • Solid story, Gadget system is a great idea
    • It's all been done before, and better, Graphics are too inconsistent
  5. Game Plasma

    8.2/10
    15 February 2006

    You wake up in a dark space. Your legs and arms tied to a crude object Russians refer to as a chair. You have been captured by the KGB, tortured, and are being pried into signing a confession of an assassination you had no... Read more

  6. GameCritics.com

    22 November 2005

    Splinter Cell was a very good game. It provided solid and oftentimes revolutionary gameplay, all wrapped in high-gloss presentation. This overall quality led to it being something of a hit, and it was followed by two sequels... Read more

  7. GamersMark

    8.9/10
    29 October 2005

    I don’t know what confidences a developer has that you will keep playing their game if they add in your Xbox Live friends list during gameplay but that is one of the special features here. Read more

  8. Gamecell

    Gamecell
    5.0/10
    11 November 2005

    The only “feature” the game pulls off with any grace is the X-Ray camera that you acquire early on. Using it you can look through walls and other solid objects and see what is on the other side – the graphical touches... Read more

    • Looks nice, Has a few nice ideas
    • Feels cheap, Never lives up to its potential
  9. GameSpot

    7 November 2005

    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. Read more

    • Decent stealth action mechanics, along with some neat gadgets to play with, Storyline keeps you guessing and throws in a few good surprises.
    • Enemy artificial intelligence is predictable but isn't believable, Not much variety or interest in level design, Little lasting value.
  10. Gaming Age

    Gaming Age
    7.5/10
    14 October 2005

    A stealthy, well put-together budget title that will probably slip under the radar. Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Beware! This game is highly unstable!

    Amazon
    2.0/10
    Reviewer: J. Lundberg, Amazon
    16 March 2006 See Product at Amazon ($7.54)

    At first I thought it was just the demo but I tried to play the full version and it did the same thing. I kept getting "Not Responding" errors right before trying to play the first level over and over until I just had to... Read more or see product

  2. Mess around with gadgets behind the Iron Curtain.

    8.0/10
    Reviewer: Mutalisk, Ciao
    9 October 2009

    Not a bad little stealth\action\war game, even if it is a bit of a Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell clone. The plot is gripping, with some cool twists, despite being a bit thin and very unrealistic, and certain tasks can be a bit... Read more

    • Innovative, authentic, fun.
    • Gadget improvisation system isn't much fun, Not incredibly original.
  3. "Better than the reviewers would have you believe"

    8.0/10
    3 October 2007

    If you search for reviews of this game on the web, you'll find some real hatchet jobs: mediocre, failed imitation of the Sam Fisher games, and so on. Play it, and you may feel differently. Read more

  4. Cold War (PC): Piss about with gadgets behind the Iron curtain

    	 Dooyoo
    Reviewer: Mutalisk, Dooyoo
    20 December 2005

    A nice little Splinter Cell Clone. Has a nice feel to it. Read more

    • Innovative, authentic, fun.
    • Gadget improvisation system isn't much fun, Not incredibly original.
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  • Manufacturer's Description

Cold War follows the story of a freelance journalist who finds himself in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the U.S.S.R. Twelve hours after arrival in Moscow for a routine story, he has been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGBs political prison. Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, he must now evade or overcome elite Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy before he is sent to a Siberian p…

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