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GOG is working hard at bringing back a lot of great titles, be it classic or modern, into their library, and not only that, they are also adding them to their own Preservation Program, which aims to make titles released on their service available for posterity, with the buyer having complete ownership of the product that they buy.

One of the most recent additions to the GOG Preservation Program is the title "Cold Fear", a third person survival horror title published by Ubisoft for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC back in 2005, amidst the craze of the original Resident Evil 4, with many people comparing Cold Fear to RE4, even though both titles were released during the same year. Cold Fear sees a US Coast Guard, Tom Hansen, take on a rescue mission to during a heavy storm, only to find out the vessel is abandoned with no humans on sight, with something still lurking on it.

This re-release of Cold Fear on GOG brings the following features:

• Full support with Windows 10 and 11.
• Included all 7 localizations: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Polish.
• Added native support for 16: 9 widescreen monitors.
• Added native support for high resolutions including HD, Full-HD, Quad-HD and 4K.
• Added native support for high refresh rates.
• Added support for integrated graphics cards.
• Implemented resolution select fallback mode for uninterrupted reconfiguration.
• Optimized default graphics settings.
• Fixed game speed issues without locking framerate.
• Fixed broken alpha blending after Alt+Tab task switching.
• Fixed brightness/contrast sliders in graphics options.
• Added support for modern controllers (including Sony DualSense / DualShock 4, Microsoft Xbox Series / Xbox One / Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch 2 Pro / Switch Pro, Logitech F, Amazon Luna) with same button layout regardless of hardware.
• Added support for controller wireless mode and hotplugging.
• Added support for controller D-Pad and trigger buttons.
• Added support for Force-Feedback controller vibration.
• Optimized default controller button bindings based on Playstation 2 scheme.
• Fixed incorrect mouse button state after switching tasks with Alt+Tab.
• Fixed mouse cursor clipping on multi-monitor configurations.
• Fixed music playback on the title screen.
• Fixed game window responsiveness during video playback.
• Added support for Cloud saves.
• Added support for Galaxy overlay.

Cold Fear is just one of the titles that GOG recently re-released and added to their Preservation Program, with the other titles being the following:

• I Am Alive
• Rayman 2: The Great Escape
• Eternam
• Syndicate Plus™
• Epic Pinball: The Complete Collection
• Alien Rampage
• Screamer
• Dangerous Dave Pack
• Wing Commander™: Academy

If you are interested in Cold Fear, or any of the other titles listed above, be sure to visit GOG.com and purchase the title you're interested on, as this also helps to support GOG's efforts towards videogame preservation with their program.

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Cold Fear on GOG

 

[MeowthBlep]

You seriously chose whatever this is over rayman 2

 

[SanktyRG]

Well, time to play Rayman 2 again.

 

[FateForWindows]

Nice, a perfect excuse to replay Rayman 2!

 

[NitroShell]

You seriously chose whatever this is over rayman 2

Exactly like what even is this

 

[Robert Newbie]

YEEEES, I've always wanted to try Cold Fear. I heard good things about I Am Alive back in the day, so that has my attention too.

EDIT: I know I'm the only one excited about Cold Fear, but what can I say, I like hidden gems from the olden days.

 

[Wolfy]

YEEEES, I've always wanted to try Cold Fear. I heard good things about I Am Alive back in the day, so that has my attention too.

EDIT: I know I'm the only one excited about Cold Fear, but what can I say, I like hidden gems from the olden days.

I wouldn't say the only one, although many would recognize Rayman over the plethora of third-person games that didn't have a wide following. I'm quite interested for at least a third of the list and once again thank the people at GOG for working on bringing old games back from the dead.

 

[Ambers_Crimson_8K]

Already have on Ubiconnect, but the GOG improvements are great, can't wait to play it again.

 

[ShadowOne333]

I knew Rayman was gonna get more attention haha, but then again, Cold Fear was the main featured title from GOG's news article.

Reminder for next time, put Cold Fear and Rayman 2 in the title

 

[xtrem3x]

Cold Fear deserves to be the headline. I remember playing it back in the day, it was awesome and one of a kind, unlike Rayman 2. Definitely one that everybody should play if they like survival horror style games.

 

[Robert Newbie]

Cold Fear deserves to be the headline. I remember playing it back in the day, it was awesome and one of a kind, unlike Rayman 2. Definitely one that everybody should play if they like survival horror style games.

I always did get a hidden gem feeling from the screen shots. It was a game that was on my radar, but like many years, 2005 was big for the PS2: Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, TimeSplitters 3: Future Perfect, Shadow of the Colossus, Resident Evil 4, etc. The PS2 days were unique because it was easy for even mid-tier games to get lost in the shuffle.

 

[tglaria]

I guess I'm the only one interested in Epic Pinball

 

[rudras]

Really not a bad game at all....
Actually it's part of my Second top tier list of good Survival Horror to not ignore with other titles like: The thing, Curse of Isis, Kuon, Echo Night Beyond, The Suffering....

 

[RedBlueGreen]

I'll let have to check this one out. I've got the Steam version but it's a massive PITA to play on modern hardware.

I hope they preserve Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut (worst version of the game but better than nothing).

 

[Earthshine]

Cold Fear absolutely deserves the headline. It's a fantastic hidden gem and is imo far superior to Rayman.

 

[DJ-Yoshiman]

I guess I'm the only one interested in Epic Pinball

Not to worry - I will join you in this isolation.

Though I don't have memories of the other boards - I just kept playing the shareware version as a kid.

 

[LoggerMan]

This kind of preservation the community would do for free if these corporations would let us.

 

[petran79]

it runs fine on Steam too in high res with widescreen fixer

 

[doorbell8423]

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[emmanu888]

Please tell me Rayman 2 is finally fixed through and through. New rendering options is nice and all!

But, is the anti-piracy check completely patched out? As in I won't be interrupted by Razorbeard's face taking up the entire screen?