After exploring the city and facing threats along the way, he finds Sophie, his childhood friend, and love interest, on a rooftop. He wakes up near a cryptic and violent doctor who says he cannot trust Simon. Progressing further, as the apartment building slowly grows more run-down (and eventually covered in blood), a monster attacks him with a chainsaw that decapitates itself upon defeat, prompting Simon to vomit and pass out. When he enters and searches an apartment block, he finds the man dead in his bathtub. After failing to call the police, Simon receives a text from a man pleading for help.
Waking up in an alley, Simon tries to make his way home, but deformed monsters attack him. The story begins in a dark and gloomy city in Sweden, with Simon waking up in an alley after a car strikes him as he is trying to help an injured man. Confusion due to Valve regarding Cry of Fear 's status as freeware caused the game to be delayed until April 25, 2013. Team Psykskallar decided that, since no more could be done for the mod itself, they would finish a standalone version. This update made several Half-Life mods, including Cry of Fear, incompatible with the base game. Some days before Cry of Fear 's anniversary, Valve released a Half-Life update for Linux compatibility, making changes in the folders and engine. Stamina is consumed through strenuous actions such as running and jumping, and can be recovered by resting or the use of morphine syringes.Ī separate co-op campaign is also available for up to four players, following a parallel plot where the players control a group of police officers that also get trapped in the nightmare world while investigating Simon. Health is recovered by the use of morphine syringes, which can blur the player's vision if overused. Item combination is also possible from the inventory screen. Another unique mechanic is the ability to dual-wield inventory items, allowing the use of two weapons at a time, or one weapon and a light source. Ĭry of Fear features many unique mechanics, such as the limited inventory system, which allows the player to carry only 6 items at a time and does not pause the game while the inventory screen is open. The game switches between normal gameplay levels representing the city and surrounding areas, and "nightmare" levels, similar to those found in the Silent Hill series of games. The player must navigate the city solving puzzles and fighting monsters to progress.
The player controls Simon Henriksson, a 19‑year‑old who wakes up in an alley shortly after being hit by a car. Changing the renderer allowed the developers to bypass some older limits and add new engine effects such as texture bump mapping, specular reflection and 3D skyboxes. At its beginning, Cry of Fear used the standard Half-Life renderer which was later replaced by one from Paranoia, another popular Half-Life modification. The inventory system was also reduced from 12 slots to 6. This was later changed to illuminate the area in front of the player. For example, the phone's flashlight was initially made to illuminate an area around the player.
During the 4 years of development of Cry of Fear, many ideas were scrapped while others were improved. The mod was delayed several times due to time limitations before being released in 2012.
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