Hi Mr_Geo

thanks for the feedback, very interesting to hear from actual gameplay.

I have not played this yet so it is appreciated. I am waiting for a couple of clarifications on this game before buying (none of which involve your mini-review).

I realise it might not be your cup of tea, but I feel I must point out that in the previous versions, there was always a bit of what you may call "wallowing" due to the nature of moving through water. It was never meant to be instantaneous.
Of course this did improve as you advanced through previous games as you had access to faster ships etc.

I would urge people not to be put off by this feature. Of course with no real time play of my own, I cant comment on the ai. However the path/geography sounds very similar to previous titles.

Mr_Geo, I do not know if you have played the first two installments. I got the original Aquanox as a tech demo for an extremely old geforce card many years ago and it was a fantastic game. The skirmish mode in itself was amazing. I hope a skirmish mode is included in this release. Anyway, I am not recommending that you try the original as it very similar to the concerns you have raised but sounds very true to the original for fans. Also, the first game is a bit of a pain to map keys on modern systems.

Anyway, I hope to hear back soon from the devs as to whether or not I can buy this game direct. Long and short to other readers, do not be too put off. If it maintains the same mechanics as the other two releases and you enjoyed them, hopefully you will enjoy this too.

I hope so myself, even though I have not yet played it.

The original Aquanox was a bad copy of Archimedian Dynasty, so that makes this a bad copy of a bad copy?

Try to focus.

Dear THQ Nordic, if developers will make the Linux version (which they said is a possibility), don't ignore GOG users please like you did with Desperados 3!

They should have called it any other way other than extended ending and no one would have been bothered. Really a bad idea, all reviews are rubbish too. Still it can't be worse that driving the submarine in Conarium.
https://youtu.be/nqYotVpH9RY?t=641

No surprise really, if the devs can't properly describe what their DLC is about and instead calls it a "extended ending" then i'm not surprised at all that they can't make a competent game, it's such a shame.

Made me lol, but good point.

While I get why you'd feel that way, how long have you people been begging gog to have review moderation and the ability to edit reviews? They don't care nor have they done anything. The only way gog is going to stop being lazy is if we bomb new releases with 1 star copy paste reviews to get their attention. Seriously, in a week we could change this. Pick a new game, bomb them with bad reviews, contact that game's developer to poke the hornet's nest, and let them scold gog for their garbage website. Or you could just keep boot licking and keep the same terrible review system intact.

Or we could all behave like sensible beings, all humans theoretically are, and actually write a normal, regular review, instead of troll-posting as if taken live from youtube comment section.
But sure, if you need to enlarge your e-penis, knock yourself out.

So you're one of the 1-star raters? Shame on you as well, you're ruining GOG experience, nothing more.

What will happen, instead, is that Gog won't change a thing as usual (sigh) and the only result you'll obtain is harming devs who will then abandom the platform.

You don't fight trolls by becoming one yourself..

Reviews of a video game should come from or be written exclusively by the owners of the video game who are those who have (presumably) already played the GOG version. And they should not come from random users who do nothing but write anything to get attention and add up to the GOG review counter. I agree that this kind of action causes great damage to the community (because many of us are guided to buy by the reviews) and to the developers (obviously because these things affect their sales within GOG's site). And of course to GOG who should take immediate action.

Some other developers are putting up misleading promo materials on their game pages so it isn't only the users doing it.

I like Archimedian Dynasty and mostly also the previous Aquanox games. But a DLC "coming soon" already on release and no Linux version doesn't motivate much to buy this sequel.

Why isn't he entitled to his own opinion about the game?

That would help a lot, but there would still be a specific GOG problem for the reviews.

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