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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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brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:23
brainderailment
Yeah, pretty good I guess. I think water has a similar Uncanny Valley problem.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:26
A New Challenger
Fun fact: hydrophobia is another term for rabies.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:27
Arttemis
I hope this technology is used in more titles... Static water is getting old in games.
Tet's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:33
Tet
Yep that definately looks like water. Anything not mind-numbing boring about this game?
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:36
B-Radicate
Meh. I was impressed until the final seconds where the waves passed right through all the railings and floors and stuff unhindered.
mmmpek's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:37
mmmpek
game of the year.
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:49
Jack8274
Looks really nice, but we were all creaming our pants when we saw the Bioshock water, and though impressive, not that amazing.
Stratus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:51
Stratus
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.
The Amazing Shenazin's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 19:54
The Amazing Shenazin
hey Stratus I found the first part of Bioshock creepy as hell too :(
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 20:07
BluDesign
Hopefully there's a decent story in this to make it worthwhile.
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 20:16
Trevor McGee
We need a remake of S.O.S. now! Anyone else remembers that game? It was ahead of it's time.

TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 20:31
TheDreadHawk
She better be wearing lots of white, and I mean everything white! Oh yeah...
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 20:32
Phantom Spaceman
@B-Rad: meh? lmao, you're kidding right?
nintendoll's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 20:46
nintendoll
Ashly davis is going to love this game.
ScreamingScarab's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 20:49
ScreamingScarab
@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.
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 21:34
hpv
Someone needs to throw a bucket of money at Irem so they can license this tech for the ultimate Raw Danger follow-up.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 21:47
Sharpless
This would be an appropriately named/themed game for both myself and Ashley Davis. *shudder*
Sueng's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 22:12
Sueng
Didn't Uncharted already do this?
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 23:09
ace of knaves
Yeah, well, Alone in the Dark has great fire effects, and we all know how that turned out.
DibbityDan's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/16/2008 23:24
DibbityDan
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)
Cletus the Fetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 00:21
Cletus the Fetus
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.
Cletus the Fetus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 00:28
Cletus the Fetus
@ 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.
episodic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 03:16
episodic
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 :)
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 05:33
Burnt Meatloaf
@B-Radicate: You didn't notice that those are grid floors?
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 05:39
Trevor McGee
@ 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.
hjd uk's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 06:49
hjd uk
Unless that is running on a Wii, M.E.H.
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 08:57
TrailerParkJesus
meh, water.
Emrah's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 11:15
Emrah
Meh?? You gotta be kidding.
SuperD1984's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 11:36
SuperD1984
. . .


?
Zombutler's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/17/2008 12:33
Zombutler
I honestly have to go with the Meh Army here.....They look good, but nothing special.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2008 06:14
PhazonYoshi
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 - Comment posted on 07/18/2008 10:23
nebones
That is VERY NICE water.
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