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Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

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4.5/5

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4.5

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Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
Description
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war. Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders. Twenty years have been spent building a near Uto...
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( 68 Reviews )

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Product details
2001, Rage Software, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows XP or Vista, 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with D...
Time to beat
13 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
14 h All Styles
Description
In 2032 an Earth that knows only peace is forced to relearn the art of war.

Twenty years have passed since the population of Earth did a fine job of destroying nearly everything in one final struggle for power by the politicians and military leaders. Twenty years have been spent building a near Utopia, a society where currency and finance are irrelevant, a planet without hunger or poverty. All weapons have been destroyed to ensure peace. But hidden away in an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, a cabal of old-world magnates: ex-leaders, financiers, politicians, and despots, are planning a return to the greed fueled, hate filled past. And there in no way to fight them. Except this one last remaining Adaptive Cruiser – The Antaeus.

Antaeus Rising combines explosive action with powerful real-time strategy. Take command of powerful aircraft carrier/manufacturing platform. Create military units with your carrier using the most advanced nano-technology known by the modern world and lead an army against the forces of the Old World Cabal. Plan your assault from within your carrier and than enter your units for some third-person mayhem! The fate of world is in your hands, are you able to hold it?
  • Lead your army as a commander or take control of one of the vehicles and join the battle.
  • Customize your vehicles to make them fit perfectly into your current mission requirements.
  • Enjoy a storyline written by award-winning author Warren Ellis and narrated by Tom Baker.
Goodies
manual soundtrack quick reference card behind the scenes avatar
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
13 hMain
14 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
14 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2001-06-14T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
549 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Violence, Blood and Gore)

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Posted on: September 10, 2008

Theory

Games: 34 Reviews: 1

Don't miss out

Hostile Waters is to its peers what a laser beam is to a light bulb. It’s sleek, sexy, and gets straight to the point – that point being the conquest of a man-made island chain in the Pacific, with the help of a nanomachine factory aboard a rusting military cruiser and the chattering, digitised minds of long-dead soldiers. This is usually achieved with a war of attrition (it’s very hard to actually lose) against the cabal’s forces on each isle, yet the game remains fresh and engaging throughout thanks to its intelligent – and quite unmatched – design. Foremost in this is your ability to pilot any vehicle at any time, at which point the game effortlessly becomes one of squad-based tactics. The interface for issuing orders off the cuff is slightly fiddly, but you’ll soon get used to ordering backup from another front, then mouthing silent thanks when one of your friends diverts from their current prey to take out the VTOL bomber pounding your hull, before pulling back and dropping into a scout car to reconnoitre another enemy installation while the others clean up and begin scavenging. Things only get more exhilarating as you progress. The game’s story is the work of renowned comic artist Warren Ellis, and despite its clichéd central premise is rich, stimulating and memorable. Most of it is told through each mission’s cut-scene, and except for a few naff entries they are delightful rewards for completing the preceding island that you might just find yourself pushing onward through the tougher knots of resistance to unlock. Character writing and voice acting (Tom effing Baker!) are also top-notch for most of the game, and with each spoken personality comes AI strengths and weaknesses. Ransom is a vicious helicopter pilot (perhaps a little too vicious – keep him on a leash!), Korolev is reliable in the Scarab, and Patton knows how to keep an artillery piece’s shells landing accurately, and so on for all of the twelve or so chips you will fix up and send into battle. Unfortunately, things don’t always work out so well for the AI. Your team-mates have little understanding of the danger of flying directly over AA emplacements on their way to another destination, and this at first irritating behaviour becomes completely unsatisfactory for the game’s later, trickier islands. It’s the game’s greatest flaw, and it’s huge. Nevertheless, buy Hostile Waters! It’s a slick and immensely entertaining experience that to this day no other developer has even attempted to re-create.


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Posted on: September 13, 2008

aluinie

Verified owner

Games: 1641 Reviews: 14

A missed gem

When this was first released it was almost ignored. However if you ever enjoyed the 16 bit game Carriar Command you will love this. The storyline is good, the voice acting is fantastic Tom Bakers narrative is one of the best in any game. Graphics are very good. The gamplay a mix of rts & action only takes a few minutes to get to grips with the interface is easy enough so you can be in a vehicle one second then back to the carriar issuing orders without having 100 of key presses to do. This is pc gaming at its best.


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Posted on: September 13, 2008

peekypokey

Games: 2 Reviews: 1

brilliant game

I already said this elsewhere, but this really is an all-time classic game. The cutscenes, the voice acting, the action, the strategy, the variety of gameplay, the missions, the story-line... It's always been utterly mystifying why the original publishers Rage didn't push this game and this franchise more, especially considering the effort that clearly went into creating such a polished game. For those with some tech skills looking for a bit of extra playability, with the original you could poke around the saved game file in a hex editor and unlock a few extra personalities, as well as unlocking all your characters for all the missions. It's so much more fun having them all chattering in your ears from the very beginning. :)


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Posted on: December 12, 2008

Beebop

Verified owner

Games: 114 Reviews: 1

An Excellent Tactical RTS

More so than any game I've played this game blurs the line between RTS and tactical first person combat. Unlike Battlezone, all the vehicles are perfectly playable, distinctive, fun and useful, I never felt like my AI units were out-gunning me. In fact, if there's a major fault its that a clever player can learn to defeat the AI opponents almost alone with AI units mopping up, although this mostly just made me feel big. This game has a decent but light plot which mostly serves to set the scene for a number of missions which mostly come down to base destruction but often have other objectives as well. All the missions are fun and have enough tactical variety along with new units and weapons thrown in to keep you occupied. I personally rarely left the hot-seat of my cloaked missile-loaded hovercraft, but when I did I never felt that I was wasting my time and it was great The AI units are all competent and can take care of themselves better than you can until they are overwhelmed, at which point it all goes a bit wrong, they lack the sense to retreat, but otherwise they're great and have a little bit (a very little bit) of personality, enough to make you think of them as more than cannon fodder. There's even a bit of back-talk if you spend too much time directly controlling them. I have a couple of gripes, the enemy AI is easily manipulated once you know the game mechanics and now and then, the plot is a little random, but it was fun right to the end. I wasn't really ready for it to end (even though it's of a good length) and that's a rare thing in today's marketplace, it really is just fun to play, I thoroughly recommend this little gem.


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Posted on: September 16, 2008

Veloxi

Verified owner

Games: 934 Reviews: 25

Fantastic, Underrated Gem of a Game

This game is just delightful. It has nearly everything the action and strategy fan could want, with a great story, fantastic graphics and FUN gameplay. If you missed this the first time around, GET IT. You can thank me later. ;)


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