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  • Summary: Cry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descendsCry of Fear is a psychological single-player and co-op horror game set in a deserted town filled with horrific creatures and nightmarish delusions. You play as a young man desperately searching for answers in the cold Scandinavian night, finding his way through the city as he slowly descends into madness. Expand
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  1. Apr 30, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cry of Fear remake this game pls. Best horror game like Silent Hill i'l love this game im rating 10/10 .Thanks Expand
  2. Dec 17, 2019
    10
    This game is exactly what it portraits itself to be, it provides a horror experience with a psychological twist. These 2 go hand in hand whenThis game is exactly what it portraits itself to be, it provides a horror experience with a psychological twist. These 2 go hand in hand when used right but cry of fear takes this psychological and horror experience to another level. This game blew my mind when it came out and even now it finds new ways to amaze me every time. The gameplay can be a little sloppy sometimes but the story and psychological elements make up for it. You really have to take your time analyzing every character and every scene to understand what the story is about . this game will not have a specific storyline and your imagination is the only limit to what it can provide story wise. You will come across a lot of problems while playing it but it is normal for a game based on the Half Life 1 engine. The soundtrack and the enemies fit perfectly to the psychological atmosphere of the game. This game will always have a special place in my heart I think I see myself coming back to play it again in the future. Expand
  3. Apr 26, 2013
    10
    Cry of Fear was an audacious Half-Life 1 mod that turned into a full fledged game for release on Steam about a year after the release. InCry of Fear was an audacious Half-Life 1 mod that turned into a full fledged game for release on Steam about a year after the release. In short, this game is great. This game contains a gripping story of a young man named Simon who is lost in himself and struggling to survive when monsters appear. Cry of Fear contains a single player campaign that claims to take about eight hours time, but for my first playthrough I was about 12-16 hours of gametime. The gameplay is like most survival horror games, but you are limited, you don't have a briefcase like Resident Evil 4. you do have a backpack and your pockets but you cannot carry everything, forcing you to make sacrifices on what you want to carry and what you NEED to carry, this aspect helps produce more tension when trying to figure out, should I keep this gun even though I have one clip? Or take the melee weapon and key and continue on? The controls work well, and it's not clunky or difficult, except one section of the game which required platforming and was my sole problem with the game.

    Cry of Fear's atmosphere is great, the dark corridors, the creepy forests to a tight packed school, the environments are varied and have a great way of getting you in the mood and into the game. Another aspect of the atmosphere in sound, Cry of Fear has not only a wonderful soundtrack with scary, dark tracks to beautiful melodies, but the sound in the game. Whether they are foot steps around the corner edging closer or bumping on the walls or a scream in the distance, Cry of Fear definitely full fills the scare factor.

    On the topic of features, Cry of Fear has a good lengthed single player campaign, not like a Slender game that takes about 20-40 minutes, this game takes hours. There is also another secret campaign after beating the first, then a completely separate co-op campaign, and multiple custom campaigns along with a custom campaign and map creator that is intuitive and easy to use. Not to mention Cry of Fear's "Suicide Mode" which is basically survival, you kill enemies to decrease the amount of time on the clock to reach zero and survive, it's difficult, but fun and you can do it with friends.

    All in all, Cry of Fear is an amazing package, you get so much content and a wondrous game that was made very well for such a small team, Team Psykskallar did a great job, and did I mention this game is absolutely free on Steam? Go play and have fun! 9/10
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  4. Jul 22, 2022
    9
    The best free game you've never played. Quite literally.. If you love horror games you should definitely play this.
  5. Jul 1, 2013
    8
    A real surprise, I tried it just by the word "free", but I found a game done with pure heart, specially knowing the limitations that theA real surprise, I tried it just by the word "free", but I found a game done with pure heart, specially knowing the limitations that the developers faced creating it. The atmosphere is great, even when there are some "cheap" scares here and there, However, there are some minor issues with the quality of the animations and some models, but I think fans of games like Silent Hill or penumbra will be pleased. Expand
  6. Nov 28, 2015
    8
    Cry of Fear is a survival horror game following the main protagonist, Simon, trying to escape a deserted town and get home. In it's bestCry of Fear is a survival horror game following the main protagonist, Simon, trying to escape a deserted town and get home. In it's best moments, it proves to be an amazing psychotic roller coaster that puts you against your own insanity. In it's worst moments, makes you want to throw your computer across the room and rage quit, haha!

    To be completely fair, the pros definitely outway the cons in this game.

    [First. the pros!] -Cry of Fear is an insane rollercoaster and a heart attack thrill ride. It takes inspiration from games like Silent Hill and it definitely shows. The voice acting, to be honest, is decent, but the story itself really shines. The graphics are definitely fitting for this game, too. The atmosphere is genuinely chilling at times, along with the background ambiet noise and music, it really keeps you on your toes, the psychotic episodes Simon suffers remind me of the nightmare sequences in Max Payne. I really like the different variety of monsters and areas in the game, for a free game, it's pretty huge!

    [Now the cons...] -While loving the monster designs and areas, there are some moments where there's too many monsters in one area, leaving you dying more than once on any occasion. There's been so many times I had low health, close to death with no syringe in sight leaving me defenseless at times to the enemies that may attack at any given time. It wasn't bad, it just got over intense at times. Also some glitches did happen to occur, like going through a doorway only to be flipped around still outside the door.

    Now besides all the cons, I thought this game was amazing, finally a horror game that gets it right! The story itself is thrilling, the environments, chilling, and me nearly wetting my pants trying to see what's around each corner made this a great ride that I'll definitely revisit to see all the endings. Definitely worth checking out especially since it's free!

    I give it an 8/10 [It has flaws, but overall great experience!]
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  7. Feb 27, 2022
    0
    hated it. the story is bad, ending bad, terrible graphics. dont know why it has such good reviews.

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