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Drown Yourself In New Hydrophobia Screens and Trailer
Written Friday, March 26, 2010 By Richard Walker
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Episodic Xbox 360 exclusive, incredibly damp action adventure Hydrophobia is heavy on the water as you'll see in this latest batch of screenshots and first ever gameplay trailer.

Using developer Dark Energy Digital's very own HydroEngine, the game uses true fluid dynamics to simulate its rather lovely-looking wet stuff, with proper physics that affect the surrounding environment.

Set in the near future, where an over-populated world means the wealthy elite get to live aboard city-sized (no wonder it's sinking) ship "Queen of the World" (a tongue-in-cheek reference to the 'king of the world' bit in Titanic maybe?), you're trapped on the doomed vessel amid increasing turmoil and strife.

Sounds interesting. Hydrophobia will be coming to the Xbox Live Arcade presumably later this year. Release date yet to be confirmed.

Immerse yourself in all eight screens in the gallery.

 
 
 



 
 

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Comment #1 by Badlandz
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:40:45 PM
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Makes me...wet.


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Comment #2 by Filter x360a
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:41:55 PM
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Looks interesting, but not really blowing me away or anything.


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Comment #3 by DeekBoy
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:44:29 PM
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hmmmmmmm.... we shall see


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Comment #4 by JustAFriend
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:47:51 PM
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saying the main idea of the game is water, the physics arent amazing on it. bioshock was alot smoother


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Comment #5 by GamesB2
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:48:04 PM
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i want this game so badly O.o ive been waiting for this for months


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Comment #6 by play-asia.com
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:48:53 PM
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i waited for "...bank of nikolai"


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Comment #7 by foamy10
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:48:56 PM
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interesting...hmmm very interesting


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Comment #8 by Gorillaz951
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:49:29 PM
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I could see a great deal of puzzles in this game :)


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Comment #9 by its delicious
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 02:50:59 PM
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What does rabies have to do with any of this?


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Comment #10 by L3DDERS
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:03:29 PM
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looks good for an arcade game


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Comment #11 by Josh Benton
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:03:34 PM
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This looks like a game where combat shouldn't be implemented. It looks rediculous underwater and out of it.
Should be a platformer/adventure and puzzle. Not combat.... Just my opinion though.


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Comment #12 by ianke_2002
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:09:58 PM
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...not to troll but......that dude's "accent" is terrible.


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Comment #13 by MakoBallistic
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:13:06 PM
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Getting a BioShock meets Portal vibe off of this.


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Comment #14 by mksystem74
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:13:17 PM
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interesting.


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Comment #15 by BlindxLink
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:13:29 PM
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lol @ 4.

Bioshock didn't really have water physics from what I recall. I didn't play that much, but I don't think the water would make waves when you blew something up.


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Comment #16 by alexsimms
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:25:18 PM
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Meh, I'm unmoved by it... something is missing. I'll reserve judgment for a review and a demo first though.


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Comment #17 by jtr1gg3r
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:26:10 PM
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this looks pretty epic imo, I gonna be up there with the best of XBLA


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Comment #18 by alexsimms
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:26:54 PM
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The guy's voice reminds me of Niko's cousin (can't remember the name) from GTA IV.


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Comment #19 by Zinsch
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:30:14 PM
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@15, beat me to it!

The whole point of this game when I read about it so long ago was the focus on making the water behave realistically, not making it look pretty for trailers and screenshots. We'll comment on the physics when we've played it, maybe?


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Comment #20 by solarhd
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:31:42 PM
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I'll be keeping my eye on this


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Comment #21 by BadMan Andy 92
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:35:35 PM
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Does the water rise and you can drown that would be awsome.


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Comment #22 by Dr Popodopolus
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 03:53:27 PM
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I'm sorry but that voice made that trailer seem like a Parody.


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Comment #23 by Nozza x360a
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:04:19 PM
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Not really my cup of tea. The water does look pretty real and I would like to see how the Hy


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Comment #24 by Damodar Thade
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:09:16 PM
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Look like it's trying to copy Bioshock but doing a rather poor job of it.


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Comment #25 by Serious Pille
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:16:30 PM
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Damodar is right the first thing i thought was Bioshock ^^
The only games I am waiting for are Fallout New Vega, Dead risin 2 and Halo XD


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Comment #26 by MartyMcFly
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:18:08 PM
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Hmm, seems interesting and an original idea for the most part.

Oh wait! I didn't even realize this was an Arcade Title. In that case this looks pretty impressive!

I'll still wait to hear reviews though.


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Comment #27 by MartyMcFly
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:19:15 PM
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@24 Yea I noticed all the Big Daddies, plasmids, and mutated humans too.

It takes place on a ship in the ocean so that makes it a BioShock clone? lol


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Comment #28 by xgonscm2
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:23:20 PM
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seeing this makes me think of shadow complex for some reason


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Comment #29 by ebrooch7
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 04:37:00 PM
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@27

It's totally a Bioshock clone! Don't you remember the cover-based shooting and the somewhat realistic water physics in the game?


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Comment #30 by oXStarKillerXo
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 05:33:52 PM
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If i recall correctly. This has been in production since before Bioshock 1.

so stfu about the Bioshock clone shit.


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Comment #31 by oXStarKillerXo
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 05:37:24 PM
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also it looks nothing like Bioshock and it's not even an FPS... it takes place in water... WOW...ITS TOTALLY LIKE BIOSHOCK!

grow up.


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Comment #32 by mmartynn
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 05:45:42 PM
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@13

im getting more of a bioshock meets tomb raider vibe from it.


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Comment #33 by AfroMan2k9
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 06:05:48 PM
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Loving the look of the water physics in this, but can't help but feel that maybe the story won't be so great?
Also @#1 Lmao!


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Comment #34 by JP1620
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 06:21:03 PM
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@30
I believe you are correct, screens of this game were shown at the end of 2006.


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Comment #35 by lu3mm3l
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 06:26:28 PM
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@15
Exactly. The Water in Bioshock (2) Looks awesome but everything that shows alot of water is just textured. The best Example would be the level from Bioshock 2 that gets flooded. You can see how everything is just a (nice) texture but the water doesn't really "flow". Maybe we'll see that in Bioshock 3 or this interesting looking game.


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Comment #36 by AlecArticuno
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 06:30:09 PM
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


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Comment #37 by mmartynn
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 06:43:18 PM
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@30/34

yeh but it got canned a few months later. now its being re-developed after BS release.


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Comment #39 by oXStarKillerXo
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 09:12:51 PM
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@37: Still the same game regardless.

Also Bioshock 1/2 are all about being trapped underwater and the feeling of claustrophobia. Most of time you can only see water in small amounts. And those diving suit bits in the sequel only last 2/3 minutes max.

This game is going to make water your enemy and your weapon. So comments about this being 'a clone' are unfounded and ridiculous.

Heck, I'd say it's more like Fracture with water.


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Comment #40 by Willsi100
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 09:23:40 PM
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For an arcade game I think this is good. I will buy :-)


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Comment #41 by FPS GLIMMER
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 09:26:58 PM
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It doesnt look very good and i was about to say something bad until i heard it was an arcade game. if its 10-15 bucks im sure you going to get your monies worth.


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Comment #42 by Kyanite
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 09:39:23 PM
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I know whenever I see water anywhere, I immediately think it's a Bioshock clone. The underwater scene from the first KotOR? Clone. The movie 'Poseidon'? Clone. My shower? Clone. Rain? Clone.

Seriously, though, this looks decent so far. Sign me up for the eventual demo.


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Comment #43 by angryassasin857
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 09:55:12 PM
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The main character reminds me alot of Jade from beyond good and evil.


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Comment #44 by SteamingClown
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 10:12:49 PM
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Unfair to compare this to Bioshock, which isn't only a full retail game, but an outstanding one.

This is arcade remember, i'm very impressed with the looks of it so far.


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Comment #45 by Atroxx70
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 10:27:03 PM
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While listening to the voice over for this trailer I was trying so hard to come up with a Don Corleone joke, but it just wouldn't come :(

Looks pretty decent, worth playing through at least a demo if not a full purchase. Although if it's meant to be a serious game, they should really rethink using that guy's voice.


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Comment #46 by xLUNCHTREYx
Friday, March 26, 2010 @ 11:09:01 PM
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I remember a trailer for this game like back in E3 2007, damn its been awhile.


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Comment #47 by strangedays
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 12:20:56 AM
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game looks like it'll be a little pricey as an arcade release


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Comment #48 by dementedlullaby
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 12:21:06 AM
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I'm with 2. It looks like it could be okay but nothing mind blowing.

Also I don't like the look of the hero (or is it heroine? I might see boobies :P).

But it's a xbla title? huh. Looks damn good graphic wise if so.


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Comment #49 by FuriousAli007
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 12:49:30 AM
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It looks really interesting . I hope Microsoft don't charge a fortune for it.


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Comment #50 by Shalaris
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 01:20:50 AM
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looks quite interesting, i just gotta say i LOVE in-game water...call me sad but i love to go swimming in Oblivion, i cry every time i go on fallout 3 knowing if i go in the water for 2 long i Die :( WATER WTF!!!!!!!!!!!


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Comment #51 by deathreaper99
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 04:42:21 AM
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good vs evil +Bioshock = this......


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Comment #52 by Rastaman20
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 05:24:24 AM
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this looks amazing for an arcade title i think i'll pick it up depending on price


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Comment #53 by Gearbolt
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 06:53:09 AM
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looks fun.


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Comment #54 by FreeMSPoints
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 06:59:44 AM
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Free Microsoft Points From Amazon!

Dont Pay For MW2 Map Packs!

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Enjoy =]


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Comment #55 by Phenoviral
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 07:15:54 AM
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Don't do that, #54.

Urgh.. I hate water already..
I think I might pick this up, so.


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Comment #56 by CraigChaotic
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 07:58:42 AM
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wtf? FreeMSPoints? NO WAYS IMMA SO GET FREE STUFF AND NOT GET SCAMMED. Fail.


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Comment #57 by NerfTurbo
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 08:14:30 AM
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haha the douche bag mentioned mw2 map packs. It was a noble strategy.


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Comment #58 by Skid Row Trash
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 08:31:38 AM
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Episodic? What does that mean, the game will be released piece by piece for a grand total of 4 times to cost of a normal game? Fuck that shit.


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Comment #59 by Preedatore
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 08:59:57 AM
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The concept seems decent and the graphics are solid for an xbl title, but I think with the amount of development time this could have been something more. With episodic content you end paying as much as a retail release, so I personally have to view it that way. When viewed in that light it looks unimpressive. And the story has a bioshock feel not simply because of water but the idea of a "utopia" falling in to chaos.


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Comment #60 by Aussie27Legend
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 09:14:53 AM
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Certainly looks Bioshock inspired.

Tbh this is the first I've heard of this game, looks good I spose.


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Comment #61 by Hell-Fighter
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 12:05:46 PM
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Looks pretty good for a XBLA Game. =)

Wonder what it will cost.


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Comment #62 by MartyMcFly
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 12:23:58 PM
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I love when people comment without reading other people's comments first (Looking @ you #60).

This will be an excellent value game as an Arcade title. Much like Shadow Complex.


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Comment #64 by Snaek
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 02:09:18 PM
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Looks like it could be quite good. I've been burned by episodic games in the past though (SiN - got canceled after first episode, HL2 - takes forever between releases).


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Comment #65 by Harrison Drake
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 02:23:48 PM
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Everybody is missing the true reason why it is like Bioshock. We are talking about taking the elites of the world and putting them on a ship. The narrator with his delightful Russ-ish accent definitely makes it sound as though this was kind of a plan to get rid of the social elites. Basically Bioshock or Atlas Shrugged (the Ayn Rand novel Bioshock is more or less based off of) written by a communist. A grand plan to rid the world of the social elites who hold the majority of the world's wealth. I'll buy it just to see if I'm right and to make fun of communists.


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Comment #66 by A7X Destroyer41
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 03:01:20 PM
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Looks like a combination of F.E.A.R. and WET.


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Comment #67 by baylor87
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 04:00:06 PM
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i think the concept is more of a rip off of 2012 than bioshock. elite/important peoplee of society get a boat and all the poor people get shafted....except kevin spacey lol but it does look like a descent XLA game not sure about episodic releases though we'll just have to wait and see


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Comment #68 by sagemda
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 04:18:21 PM
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horrible trailer voice but maybe the game will be sweet


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Comment #69 by ViNyLek
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 06:41:57 PM
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Gotta love them good looking arcade games. As long as it''s no more than 1200ms I'm sold^^


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Comment #70 by ploopknight
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 10:49:26 PM
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sold


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Comment #71 by Fata1Stryke
Saturday, March 27, 2010 @ 11:11:45 PM
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Looks really cool, but at the same time, something felt...wrong. Idk, I'll definitely look into it, but I feel a little reserved.


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Comment #72 by StarmanX22
Sunday, March 28, 2010 @ 01:28:44 AM
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how the heck do ppl think this is a rip off of Bioshock? it looks NOTHING like it!

and i think ill pass on this game..


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Comment #73 by THe Silent Assassin
Sunday, March 28, 2010 @ 05:12:52 AM
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looks very poor quality


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Comment #74 by FroZeNSouL
Sunday, March 28, 2010 @ 09:31:29 AM
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tombraider with water.
Ah glad its an arcade title, was looking at it as a full release and couldnt see it doing well.
Water alone however techy isnt going to sell a game. Story would do, but that voice makes it sound like a joke


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Comment #75 by a dying animal
Sunday, March 28, 2010 @ 02:15:27 PM
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Doesn't look bad for arcade


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Comment #76 by Theuberbangtheory
Thursday, April 29, 2010 @ 10:49:30 AM
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This game is nothing like Bioshock!. Plus its been in development way before Bio if you read up on it. Imagine being able to use this Tech in other games!!!


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Comment #77 by Icefist1
Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:25:34 AM
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I dont know in most games ive always hated the water levels...why would i want to spend a whole game based of a water level? I does look interesting however, but i will try it before i buy it...I need to experience the gameplay before im fully convinced about this one...and dont compare Bioshock's greateness to this...the only similarity between the two is the element in which sorrounds the character...water...other than that Bioshock is beyond this game's scope


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Comment #78 by Phenoviral
Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:43:03 PM
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#77

You just said that you've never played this.


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Comment #79 by ye olde shipwreck
Sunday, August 01, 2010 @ 10:29:33 AM
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cool music in the trailer. if the narration is any indication, voice over should be terrible.hopefully not as bad as the other recently released xbla involving water (aqua).


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Comment #80 by Wing X Custom
Sunday, August 01, 2010 @ 03:19:11 PM
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@#4, #24 and #25 you three should really look up on the game before you make false assumptions. Read the back story or hell look up what the games all about before you guys post dumb shit. Water physics are as much a character of this game as the heroine is. The game takes place on a ship (not an underwater installation like bioshock does, theres no mutants or biotic powers, and its a 3rd person game that uses water physics to solve puzzles where the main characters a female) that gets highjacked by terrorists and the main charcter gets trapped in the submerged lower decks. The only common themes between the two games is being underwater, but if that 1 theme makes it a bioshock knockoff then there will never be such a thing as original ideas anymore. This is an episodic game and this is just the first chapter where she has to escape the bowls of the ship. The rest of the game wont even take place underwater. Thats like the one portion of shadow complex and few sections of Shadow Complex where you swim underwater, but i assume that makes Shadow Comlpex and Hyrophobia, 2 XBLA games, Bioshock knockoffs when Bioshock 2's water physics if you can even call them that were composed of walking slowly underwater for 2 miutes at a time with not a one sequence of combat. What're ya? Retarded?


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Comment #81 by Bulkdavid 007
Wednesday, August 04, 2010 @ 02:20:23 PM
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Lol, isnt hydrophobia = rabies? i thought it was going to be something like.. zombier??


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Developer:
Dark Energy Digital

Publisher:
Microsoft Game Studios

Genre
Action

Release:

US: September 29, 2010

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