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E3 08: Hydrophobia's water effects will blow your mind
7:22 PM on 07.16.2008, Jordan Grim Devore 33 comments

E3 08: Hydrophobia's water effects will blow your mind photo
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I wouldn't be posting about virtual water unless it was astonishing, so trust me when I say that Hydrophobia's physics-based water technology is exactly that.

I hadn't heard much about the survival-adventure game before, but apparently the storyline has you thwarting a terrorist attack on a ship the size of a city while the rest of the world is completely flooded. Also, you're character is afraid of water, hence the game's title. How convenient.

Very little of Hydrophobia has been revealed thus far, but if the effort that went into making sure the water acted realistically is anything to go by, it'll be a game to look out for.

You can find the teaser video after the break.


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Arttemis's Avatar
Arttemis at 07/16/2008 19:27
I hope this technology is used in more titles... Static water is getting old in games.
Tet's Avatar
Tet at 07/16/2008 19:33
Yep that definately looks like water. Anything not mind-numbing boring about this game?
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B-Radicate at 07/16/2008 19:36
Meh. I was impressed until the final seconds where the waves passed right through all the railings and floors and stuff unhindered.
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mmmpek at 07/16/2008 19:37
game of the year.
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Jack8274 at 07/16/2008 19:49
Looks really nice, but we were all creaming our pants when we saw the Bioshock water, and though impressive, not that amazing.
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Stratus at 07/16/2008 19:51
Great a game that plays on my irrational fear of deep, dark water. Can't wait to jump in......

Seriously, I had my brother do the first part of Bioshock while I cried in the corner.
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The Amazing Shenazin at 07/16/2008 19:54
hey Stratus I found the first part of Bioshock creepy as hell too :(
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BluDesign at 07/16/2008 20:07
Hopefully there's a decent story in this to make it worthwhile.
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Trevor McGee at 07/16/2008 20:16
We need a remake of S.O.S. now! Anyone else remembers that game? It was ahead of it's time.

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TheDreadHawk at 07/16/2008 20:31
She better be wearing lots of white, and I mean everything white! Oh yeah...
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Phantom Spaceman at 07/16/2008 20:32
@B-Rad: meh? lmao, you're kidding right?
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nintendoll at 07/16/2008 20:46
Ashly davis is going to love this game.
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ScreamingScarab at 07/16/2008 20:49
@Trevor: Good god, that's some retroshit Retroforce Go! needs to cover. The lost retro games...

Like Dragon Ball for NES or the Shadowruns for SNES and Genesis.

Hyrophobia sounds like a negative perk in Bioshock, by the way. It hinders your plasmid abilites when you're standing in water.
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hpv at 07/16/2008 21:34
Someone needs to throw a bucket of money at Irem so they can license this tech for the ultimate Raw Danger follow-up.
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Sharpless at 07/16/2008 21:47
This would be an appropriately named/themed game for both myself and Ashley Davis. *shudder*
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Sueng at 07/16/2008 22:12
Didn't Uncharted already do this?
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ace of knaves at 07/16/2008 23:09
Yeah, well, Alone in the Dark has great fire effects, and we all know how that turned out.
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DibbityDan at 07/16/2008 23:24
You know, we all see really cool physics demos, like water simulation and virtual destruction and skeletal animation, and I think it's great that we're actually seeing this stuff in games for real now. It was animated movie-exclusive until recently. The physics in GTA4 have me playing other games and thinking "well, he probably would have stumbled if I shot him that hard." And that video of Red Faction: Guerilla has me wet with anticipation.

However, there's nothing like flashy gimmicks without good gameplay (looking at you, BF:Bad Company)
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Cletus the Fetus at 07/17/2008 00:21
This will surely satisfy my bizarre fetish for water physics. Bioshock's lack of (non- scripted) 3d water physics was disappointing, especially since the game had so much water in it.
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Cletus the Fetus at 07/17/2008 00:28
@ Trevor McGee: Holy crap, I didn't know there was an English version of that game! I played a japanese ROM and was like, this game would be awesome in English, so I could figure out what the fuck I'm supposed to do. Sweet.
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episodic at 07/17/2008 03:16
Eee, that's a bit shiny.

Could've been a bit longer, and the ending was a bit abrupt.
Can we see some game now please? Because as shiny as this are, I can get a graphics demo anywhere. Needs more game.

..saying that, if this actually works, brilliant :)
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Burnt Meatloaf at 07/17/2008 05:33
@B-Radicate: You didn't notice that those are grid floors?
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Trevor McGee at 07/17/2008 05:39
@ Cletus the Fetus

Hell yes there is an English version, lol. I actually bought this game for my SNES a long time ago when I was still a lad at a flea market. Ah, the good old days.
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hjd uk at 07/17/2008 06:49
Unless that is running on a Wii, M.E.H.
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TrailerParkJesus at 07/17/2008 08:57
meh, water.
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Emrah at 07/17/2008 11:15
Meh?? You gotta be kidding.
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SuperD1984 at 07/17/2008 11:36
. . .


?
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Zombutler at 07/17/2008 12:33
I honestly have to go with the Meh Army here.....They look good, but nothing special.
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PhazonYoshi at 07/18/2008 06:14
I'd say 'meh', but I'm a fucking physics whore, so OH MY GOD THAT'S PRETTY.

(And yes, Crysis is like... a dream come true. I can Physic everything :D)

(Damn GTAIV not out on PC yet ¬_¬)
nebones's Avatar
nebones at 07/18/2008 10:23
That is VERY NICE water.
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