i've recently picked this game up at a bargain price of 6 pounds (www.play.com). first of all, this must be one of 2005's most underrated games. last night i finished it and i can only recommend everyone who is remotely interested in FPS and/or James Bond style action to buy this little gem of a game.
Cold Winter is a Goldeneye-quality game which features outstanding attention to detail and, besides some very minor flaws, a great playabilty. to sum up, i found an above average storyline, fantastic level design and superb action and atmosphere. the feeling and handling of the different weapons is great and there's a huge amount of splatter in the game. the enemy AI is above average and there are a lot of challenging firefights. the game has a very fair checkpoint system and isn't that hard to beat on normal difficulty. last but not least the game is an overall technical showcase for the PS2. there's a pretty realistic and very useful physics engine, nice lighting and particle effects, good drawing distance, a mostly stable frame rate, good looking textures, smooth animation and high-quality voice acting and score. there's also an online and a splitscreen-multiplayer mode in the game.
i know this must sound like a PR note but i really think the game it that good. of course this is no Halo or Goldeneye and there are flaws. character models and cutscenes could look better, framerate could be higher (guess it's only 20 to 25 fps) and controls could be more responsive sometimes. also the game doesn't last particulary long with approx. 10 hours gameplay. but the flaws don't distract that much from the experience and the game was fun from beginning to end.
check it out and report what you think of it.
Cold Winter is a Goldeneye-quality game which features outstanding attention to detail and, besides some very minor flaws, a great playabilty. to sum up, i found an above average storyline, fantastic level design and superb action and atmosphere. the feeling and handling of the different weapons is great and there's a huge amount of splatter in the game. the enemy AI is above average and there are a lot of challenging firefights. the game has a very fair checkpoint system and isn't that hard to beat on normal difficulty. last but not least the game is an overall technical showcase for the PS2. there's a pretty realistic and very useful physics engine, nice lighting and particle effects, good drawing distance, a mostly stable frame rate, good looking textures, smooth animation and high-quality voice acting and score. there's also an online and a splitscreen-multiplayer mode in the game.
i know this must sound like a PR note but i really think the game it that good. of course this is no Halo or Goldeneye and there are flaws. character models and cutscenes could look better, framerate could be higher (guess it's only 20 to 25 fps) and controls could be more responsive sometimes. also the game doesn't last particulary long with approx. 10 hours gameplay. but the flaws don't distract that much from the experience and the game was fun from beginning to end.
check it out and report what you think of it.
I finished it a couple of months ago and it was one of the best games I played last year. 
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