<s>
Cold	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2005	O
survival	O
horror	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Darkworks	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Ubisoft	O
's	O
first	O
horror	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Darkworks	O
 '	O
second	O
game	O
,	O
after	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
centered	O
on	O
Tom	O
Hansen	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Coast	O
Guard	O
,	O
who	O
comes	O
to	O
the	O
aid	O
of	O
a	O
Russian	O
whaler	O
in	O
the	O
Bering	O
Strait	O
and	O
finds	O
a	O
mysterious	O
parasite	B-Device
has	O
turned	O
the	O
crew	O
into	O
zombie-like	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discovering	O
the	O
involvement	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Russian	O
mafia	O
and	O
the	O
CIA	O
,	O
Hansen	O
sets	O
out	O
to	O
ensure	O
the	O
parasites	B-Device
do	O
n't	O
reach	O
land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cold	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
critics	O
comparing	O
it	O
unfavorably	O
to	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cold	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
played	O
from	O
either	O
a	O
third-person	O
fixed	O
camera	O
perspective	O
or	O
an	O
over-the-shoulder	O
camera	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
preferences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
Russian	O
mercenaries	O
and	O
various	O
types	O
of	O
zombie-like	O
creatures	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Exos	O
"	O
(	O
creatures	O
infected	O
by	O
a	O
parasitic	O
organism	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
Exocel	B-Application
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exos	O
include	O
"	O
Exomutants	O
"	O
(	O
mercenaries	O
infected	O
with	O
Exocels	B-Application
)	O
,	O
"	O
Exoshades	O
"	O
(	O
creatures	O
which	O
can	O
see	O
perfectly	O
in	O
the	O
dark	O
)	O
,	O
"	O
Exospectres	O
"	O
(	O
which	O
can	O
turn	O
transparent	O
for	O
brief	O
periods	O
of	O
time	O
)	O
and	O
"	O
Exomasses	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
hugely	O
strong	O
but	O
deformed	O
creature	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
failed	O
experiment	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
exos	O
carry	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
exocel	B-Application
within	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
exo	O
is	O
killed	O
,	O
the	O
exocel	B-Application
may	O
emerge	O
and	O
attack	O
Hansen	O
,	O
or	O
,	O
if	O
there	O
are	O
any	O
other	O
dead	O
bodies	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
,	O
infect	O
and	O
re-animate	O
that	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exocels	B-Application
are	O
fast	O
,	O
but	O
very	O
weak	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
killed	O
with	O
one	O
gunshot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hansen	O
soon	O
learns	O
of	O
a	O
creature	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
exocel	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
accidentally	O
discovered	O
by	O
the	O
crew	O
of	O
a	O
Russian	O
oil	O
rig	O
,	O
the	O
Star	O
of	O
Sakhalin	O
,	O
owned	O
by	O
Colonel	O
Dmitriy	O
Yusupov	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Russian	O
mafia	O
,	O
and	O
staffed	O
by	O
Major	O
Yuri	O
Anischenko	O
and	O
his	O
team	O
of	O
mercenaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yusupov	O
came	O
to	O
realize	O
the	O
exocels	B-Application
were	O
parasitic	O
organisms	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
other	O
living	O
organisms	O
as	O
hosts	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
he	O
brought	O
Dr.	O
Viktor	O
Kamsky	O
to	O
the	O
Sakhalin	O
to	O
begin	O
experimenting	O
with	O
infecting	O
various	O
species	O
with	O
exocel	B-Application
serum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
experiments	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
discovery	O
that	O
exocels	B-Application
could	O
re-animate	O
recently	O
deceased	O
humans	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
antidote	O
to	O
counter	O
infection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yusupov	O
had	O
brought	O
her	O
to	O
Sakhalin	O
to	O
blackmail	O
Viktor	O
into	O
turning	O
the	O
exocels	B-Application
into	O
biological	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
Viktor	O
and	O
his	O
colleague	O
,	O
Dr.	O
Pavel	O
Bakharev	O
,	O
began	O
to	O
experiment	O
on	O
live	O
human	O
infection	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Spirit	O
was	O
on	O
its	O
way	O
from	O
the	O
Sakhalin	O
to	O
collect	O
the	O
next	O
batch	O
of	O
human	O
specimens	O
supplied	O
by	O
the	O
Mafia	O
when	O
the	O
exocel	B-Application
outbreak	O
occurred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
exocel	B-Application
then	O
bursts	O
out	O
of	O
Yusupov	O
's	O
chest	O
,	O
killing	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hansen	O
learns	O
that	O
Kamsky	O
and	O
Bakharev	O
were	O
under	O
orders	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
exocels	B-Application
as	O
dangerous	O
as	O
possible	O
,	O
which	O
they	O
had	O
succeeded	O
in	O
doing	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
any	O
way	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
resulting	O
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
back	O
in	O
touch	O
with	O
Bennett	O
,	O
Hansen	O
is	O
told	O
he	O
must	O
find	O
Kamsky	O
's	O
laptop	O
and	O
transmit	O
the	O
exocel	B-Application
research	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Anna	O
is	O
rescued	O
from	O
the	O
sea	O
by	O
a	O
large	O
creature	O
and	O
left	O
in	O
a	O
lab	O
,	O
where	O
she	O
is	O
infected	O
by	O
an	O
exocel	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
soon	O
discovers	O
that	O
Kamsky	O
infected	O
himself	O
with	O
a	O
strain	O
of	O
exocel	B-Application
DNA	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
wishes	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
same	O
to	O
Anna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Hansen	O
plants	O
the	O
charges	O
,	O
he	O
learns	O
Kamsky	O
had	O
gone	O
completely	O
insane	O
;	O
after	O
infecting	O
himself	O
with	O
exocel	B-Application
serum	O
,	O
he	O
released	O
the	O
imprisoned	O
exos	O
on	O
the	O
rig	O
and	O
planted	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
exocels	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Eastern	O
Spirit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
went	O
into	O
hiding	O
to	O
await	O
his	O
metamorphosis	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cold	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
at	O
E3	O
in	O
2004	O
when	O
the	O
title	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
upcoming	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
publishing	O
the	O
Darkworks	O
developed	O
game	O
in	O
March	O
2005	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
Ubisoft	O
's	O
first	O
horror	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Darkworks	O
 '	O
second	O
game	O
,	O
after	O
Alone	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
New	I-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
animation	O
was	O
produced	O
with	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Max	I-Language
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inverse	B-General_Concept
kinematics	I-General_Concept
were	O
then	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
nine	O
directional	O
animations	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
engine	O
calculating	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
character	O
compensation	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
angle	O
of	O
the	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cold	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
all	O
three	O
platforms	O
;	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
holds	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
68	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
thirty-nine	O
reviews	O
,	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
71	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
forty-one	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
66	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
thirteen	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
's	O
Carrie	O
Gouskos	O
scored	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
6.9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
and	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
7.2	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
argued	O
:	O
"	O
Atmospherically	O
,	O
Cold	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
is	O
derivative	O
and	O
predictable	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
shame	O
considering	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
,	O
at	O
times	O
,	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
action	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
was	O
also	O
highly	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
map	O
and	O
the	O
autosave	B-General_Concept
feature	O
,	O
feeling	O
the	O
save	O
points	O
were	O
unevenly	O
distributed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpy	O
's	O
Will	O
Tuttle	O
scored	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
and	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
3.5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
too	O
criticized	O
the	O
length	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
map	O
and	O
the	O
autosave	B-General_Concept
feature	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
found	O
too	O
random	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
's	O
Ed	O
Lewis	O
scored	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
7.2	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
and	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
7.6	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
