In Cold Blood (video game)
| In Cold Blood | |
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| Developer(s) | Revolution Software |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Director(s) | Charles Cecil |
| Producer(s) | Steve Ince |
| Designer(s) | Tony Warriner |
| Programmer(s) | Jake Turner |
| Writer(s) | Charles Cecil Neil Richards Tony Warriner Steve Ince Jonathan Howard Dale Strachan |
| Composer(s) | Barrington Pheloung |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Microsoft Windows |
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PlayStation Microsoft Windows |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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| Publication | Score | |
| PC | PS | |
| AllGame | N/A |   |
| Edge | N/A | 4/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 | N/A |
| Game Revolution | C- | N/A |
| GameSpot | 7/10 | N/A |
| GameSpy | 66% | N/A |
| GameZone | 7/10 | N/A |
| IGN | 7.4/10 | N/A |
| PC Gamer (US) | 68% | N/A |
| PC Zone | 57% | N/A |
| Maxim | 6/10 | 6/10 |
| Aggregate score | ||
| Metacritic | 67/100 | N/A |
In Cold Blood is an adventure game developed by Revolution Software for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 2000 in Europe and in 2001 in North America. The player assumes the role of John Cord—an MI6 agent who is captured while on assignment and tries to figure out who betrayed him through a series of flashbacks.
After the success of the first two Broken Sword games on the PlayStation, Sony contacted Revolution Software to develop a game to be released initially on the console. Revolution wanted to move away from the style of its previous projects, making a game with a secret agent theme and set in an action environment. Director Charles Cecil stated that the game was inspired by crime films such as Pulp Fiction and The Usual Suspects. The game engine was written specifically for the title. It was released to average reviews from critics, who praised the game's story, puzzles and graphics, but criticized its controls, action scenes and animation.
In Cold Blood is a 3D adventure game played from a third-person perspective. Via a direct control interface, the player guides John Cord's movements with a keyboard or gamepad. Cord must collect objects that can be used with other collectible objects, parts of the scenery, or other people in the game world to solve puzzles and progress in the game. Cord can engage in dialogue with other characters through conversation trees to gain hints of what needs to be done to solve the puzzles or to progress the plot. Action scenes are also included.
In Cold Blood is situated in Volgia, a fictional state on the east coast of the former USSR. After the Soviet Union collapsed, Dmitri Nagarov, chief of intelligence and security, took the opportunity to overthrow existing powers and declared independence. After his coup, Volgia started to invade its neighbors. The Volgian Freedom Fighters (VFF) is a resistance movement that is run by Gregor Kostov. The VFF has learned that the Volgians have acquired some special technology and has informed the Americans. They sent a spy named Kiefer to investigate, but communications were lost while he was investigating a uranium mine. The British were asked for help, and Alpha, the boss of MI6, sends agent John Cord, a long-time friend of Kiefer, to investigate.
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