Oddness: No new ideas

March 18, 2005, 10:00 AM

by brandon, via my feverish brain -
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I mention this because I doubt anyone else will. Cold Fear, mediocre survival horror game from Darkworks, the french developer of Alone in the Dark 4, bears a striking resemblance to Deep Fear, the mediocre AM7-developed game for the Saturn, released towards the end of its lifecycle.

Naturally, the name is the first similarity, but so too is the setting - experimental underwater/seafaring (russian?) science vessel, home to all sorts of mutated creatures. Creatures which also look very similar. DF - CF. Unfortunately you can't really tell with the CF screen, but the skin tone on the zombies is incredibly familiar - check the March issue of game informer for better shots. Also, the characters are similar as well - blue shirt, blonde hair: DF - CF (gamespot img links). Note the similar backgrounds. Likely this is all just a big coincidence, but it's certainly an odd one, and worthy of our attention.