Cold War
Mindware Studios · 2014 · Action, Stealth, Cold War, Third Person, Singleplayer
PC
Mixed66% · 21764Metacritic
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About Cold War
Steal weapons. Improvise gadgets. Evade capture. Uncover the conspiracy.
On the run and fighting for your life, you are freelance journalist Matt Carter. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story, you've been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGB's political prison. Caught in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the U.S.S.R., you are now on your own behind the "Iron Curtain". Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, you must now evade and eliminate special Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy or risk being either killed or sent to a remote Siberian prison camp.
The Story:
On the run and fighting for your life, you are freelance journalist Matt Carter. Twelve hours after arriving in Moscow for a routine story, you've been stripped of all possessions, beaten unconscious and thrown into the KGB's political prison. Caught in the midst of an international conspiracy that aims to control the U.S.S.R., you are now on your own behind the "Iron Curtain". Using only recovered weapons and improvised gadgets, you must now evade and eliminate special Soviet forces and defeat the conspiracy or risk being either killed or sent to a remote Siberian prison camp.
Key Features:
- Spy on your enemies through walls with the powerful and deadly X-ray camera
- Complete missions in multiple ways: Stealth or Brute Force - the choice is yours
- Interactive non-linear world: Accomplish objectives in multiple ways - find hidden paths, combine in-game elements to create weapons and traps, or silently eliminate opponents
- Explore authentic recreations of real Soviet locations including: Lenin's Mausoleum, Chernobyl, the Kremlin and the KGB's Lubyanka prison
- Collect and combine objects to create useful and deadly gadgets. You never know when a screw or a dirty old rag will come in handy.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
An american journalist saves the Soviet Union from a catastrophe.2 found this helpful
Cold War, developed by Mindware Studios and published by THQ Nordic, is a third-person stealth action game that plunges players into the tense political climate of the 1980s. Released in 2005, the game casts players as Matthew Carter, an American journalist who is falsely accused of being a CIA assassin while investigating a story in Moscow. Stripped of his identity and imprisoned by the KGB, Carter must navigate a treacherous world of espionage, subterfuge, and moral ambiguity to uncover the truth and clear his name. The game blends stealth mechanics, inventive problem-solving, and a politically charged narrative to deliver a distinctive experience. The core gameplay revolves around stealth, improvisation, and creative approaches to objectives. Direct confrontation is often discouraged, requiring players to think strategically and utilize the environment to their advantage. Carter can craft a variety of gadgets from everyday objects—such as rubber bullets, gas mines, and tracking devices—allowing for multiple solutions to the same problem. This emphasis on improvisation provides flexibility in playstyle and encourages experimentation, whether players prefer silent infiltration, m…2 found this helpful
This game sucks so ♥♥♥♥♥♥ bad. The perfect example of entirely worthless blinding nostalgia.
The funniest game ever made.
A rather tedious stealth game; russian setting is nice but that's just it
the idea of the game was neat I also realy liked that it was set in the 80's but that's basicaly it
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