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Posted on: September 12, 2008
kaw1138
Verified ownerGames: 456 Reviews: 5
In-depth Sci-Fi RTS
Antaeus Rising is one of the greatest action/RTS hybrids. It plays kinda like Ground Control (that's what I thought once I got in game, at least). However, it also has a nice amount of good ol' shooting action, and it has strategy and resource management in a pain-free system.
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Posted on: October 1, 2008
Daya
Verified ownerGames: 269 Reviews: 2
Only one
I've played through this game many times and still search/hope for a sequel. The combination of game play is outstanding and graphics are really well done.
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Posted on: December 10, 2019
Quoyle
Games: 35 Reviews: 4
Criminally Overlooked
The idea of a Shooter-RTS hybrid had been done before, and you might suspect that a game that does both is a game that does neither very well. You'd be right in this case, but Hostile Waters still works so well because of how lean it is. Warfare is asymmetrical, as you never control a large army or build infrastructure and only ever dispatch a handful of elite units from a lone supercarrier, carrying out lightning-fast assaults on enemy facilities and salvaging the wreckage for resources. The AI, however, maintains large bases and harvests resources with which to churn out massive numbers of units that it'll use to pro-actively hunt down your carrier and units. It's deceptively simple gameplay-wise, but things get complicated quite quickly. You can end up dispatching salvage vehicles, scouting enemy territory from the air for promising targets, and co-ordinating tank assaults to destroy enemy factories, all simultaneously, and all on the way to completing a mission that initially seemed simple. It's fast-paced and seems basic initially, but punishing if you don't keep your momentum up and fight tactically. And why are you doing this? Well, you're defending the fully automated luxury communist utopia of the "future" (2012) from the resurgent and insidious forces of capitalism. That's not really reading between the lines, either - it's an endearingly goofy and far-out premise, but a sincere and explicitly political one, which was rare back then and possibly even rarer today. It's fairly minimal and a bit daft, but sombre atmosphere, tight writing and excellent voice acting give it genuine weight. Seriously, if you find anything said about this game even slightly interesting, you should buy it. Few games are this unique, and fewer still were this great.
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Posted on: November 17, 2008
genma.502
Verified ownerGames: 117 Reviews: 2
Good game but difficult.
Excellent game to play in your free time or when you want to flex your tactical muscle. The difficulty can ramp up considerably if you make a mistake but the game can be forgiving with certain mistakes. The nice balance between RTS and third person combat though the .A.I. does have difficulty navigating through certain parts of terrain and require you to micro manage them better. I do wish that you can unpause the game on the tactical map and monitor your units from there if you wanted.
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Posted on: March 14, 2014
Supereor
Verified ownerGames: 133 Reviews: 4
Least replayable game ever
Hostile Waters is a fine game. The storyline is interesting, the game play is challenging and innovative(though flawed by a bad camera angle) and the graphics stand the test of time well. Too bad when you finish it, you've experienced every single thing this game has to offer. No multiplayer, no mods, no maps, no bonus vehicles, nothing. And when you consider the fact that the game is not very long and as linear as... well, a straight line, you realize the fact that this game is worth no more than it's asking price. +5 stars for the game itself, -2 for the non-replayability.
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