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Cold Winter | 
 enlarge | From: Vivendi Universal
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy Used: $7.47
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 10757
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 72158
Model: 20626721585
UPC: 020626721585
EAN: 0020626721585
ASIN: B00011V7ZK
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Battle your way through 15 levels combining three compelling story threads | | • | Use more than 30 real-world weapons and spy gadgets based on items used by covert operatives | | • | Explore 8 highly-detailed, hyper-realistic environments with extensive lighting, shadow and particle effects | | • | Discover multiple routes through missions and multiple solutions to mission problems | | • | Create weapons, traps and tools by collecting and combining found objects |
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Product Description
Cold Winter turns you into Andrew Sterling, a disavowed secret agent caught in the cat-and-mouse manipulations. Face Grey Wings, a shadow intelligence agencywith a chilling agenda -- pervading all aspects of politics, national intelligence and the highest echelons of human society. To defeat them, you must fight through a complex web of international intrigue, where friend and foe are impossible to tell apart. But first, there's a little matter of escape from a Chinese prison where you're being held before your execution. Experience the gritty, realistic portrayal of body damage and depth
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
COLD WINTER! HELL YEAH! April 29, 2008
I'd hadnt ever heard of this game till i saw it on amazon. I loved the graphics the weapons, the aiming. and especially kim (big boobed side kick.) the game was a ton of fun and very few complaints. but like all good there is almost alwasy bad. The bad, game had a ton of bugs. Like Chairs floating and dead bodies stuck in mid air. At one point you can see straight threw the walls. but the story line and the graphics were way above average. i wish i had a 4.5 button instead of a 4 or 5 cause this game fell perfectly inbetween. Deffiently worth playing u wont regret it!!!
Straightforward, Fun, Shooter With Solid Production Values October 8, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Cold Winter is indeed a sleeper, as other reviewers have stated here.
It will remind players of both GoldenEye (N64) and Half Life. It deserves to be kept in a first-person-shooter collection.
I'm glad I found it! Like a lot of casual console gamers, I am sticking to my PS2 until there is a must-own game for the PS3 (which will probably be GTA4). So I searched the back catalog for quality shooters to add to my game collection. I found Project Snowblind, the Socom series, Killzone, Freedom Fighters, and this gem. It could have been published in 2000, given that its traits and engine are strongly influenced by Half Life (my favorite FPS ever).
Cold Winter has 8 medium-sized environments, split into 15 levels total. An experienced gamer could breeze through the game in under 14 hours. There is nothing groundbreaking in its puzzles, interactive environment, or graphics. But Cold Winter does everything very well. Smooth frame rates, great voice acting and sound effects, fair cut scenes, descent story, good AI, excellent real-world weapon inventory, and most important, excellent gameplay and intuitive controls. You will be engaging in firefights within minutes of saving your profile.
As is the case with older, less sophisticated first person shooters, being stealthy only delays the inevitable - you are going to have to engage the enemy and get into serious firefights. But at least with being stealthy you can take-out the bad guys more swiftly (usually with a grenade or a shotgun). The bonus objectives are hit-and-miss. One early bonus objective is to pick your way into an armory to obtain an AK-47. But you'll end-up with an AK-47 in the next level (possibly minutes later) when you encounter enemies using them. The tools and weapons you can build from found objects adds a simple puzzle feature to the game (not annoying but not essential to building a winning strategy). During the game you will gather intelligence, which adds nice details to the story. Sound design and mixing are top-notch, if a little dated. So is art and character design. And the ability to search bodies for tools and armor is a welcome addition to the genre.
Like Half Life, you will feel like the action is unfolding on a giant Hollywood set. For example, there's a battle in a town square that is a highlight of the game. How you get through that battle depends on how well you use the environment and seek higher ground. It's simple by today's standards, but the execution is awesome. The comparisons to GoldenEye were right on the money. It is a very fun game you will want to replay (assuming it hooks you early).
This is the kind of game where finding enough ammo will get you through most levels. Or you can build tools and time bombs and find alternate ways to win. But either method will take you through the same storyline.
Voice talent as mentioned before is very good. Actors include Nathaniel Parker, Colin McFarlane, Enn Reitel, Kristy Wu (from Buffy), and Tom Baker (from Doctor Who), who adds his famous velvet baritone as the villain. Great work.
If you liked the gun battles against the Marines in Half Life, you will certainly enjoy this game. And I found the action to be far better and more replayable than Red Faction (Red Faction II is a big improvement over the original). I sold Red Faction. I am keeping this one. It is a great find.
Cold Winter does something that has been done before and does it extremely well. It is fun, engaging, and cinematic at times. Go get it!
 A great underrated game February 4, 2007
I got this game when it came out and thing it was only 20 bucks. I must say that this is one of the best FPS games I have played in some time. On-line game play is great also. The control and feel of the game reminds me of the old Goldeneye game on the N64. A must by on the PS2.
Who would have thought? November 27, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Who would have thought this would turn out to be one of the most fun games I have played recently. I picked it up the other day because it was cheap. I was very surprised and have to agree with the other reviews I have read. It was a sleeper. It has a great story line, blood and gore, and plenty of bad guys to blow away. It could be compared to Soldier of Fortune for the PC as body parts get blown off of the bad guys when you shoot them. It is a great game, but don't let the young ones see it as it contains very harsh language and extreme violence. Should be rated R.
Graphics: 4 out of 5.
Control: Pretty easy to get used to.
Overall: Great unexpected shooter with the ability to interact with the environment to include flipping over items to make cover from enemy fire. I wasn't able to find any faults. Definitely a must have for any FPS fan.
Manky Fingers!!! June 6, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game is a pretty cool actioner with a nice variation of weapons and gadgets to use in your missions. The music is good and doesn't end up annoying you as you play through the game.
The sound effects are really good also and the graphics are quite stunning.
I found the dialogue pretty funny in places and when you get any swearing it's not just for the sake of it, it's always justified. Overall the game is a lot of fun to play, my only gripes would be that it's a little on the short side, and sometimes you tend to get a little bit of slowdown on screen, especially when a lot is going on, but it really doesn't detract too much from the gameplay.
I would definitely recommend this to anyone who likes first person shooters as this is a bundle of fun, and if you can get hold of it cheaply, then you've got a great bargain!
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