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Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

by Rage Software·published by Rage Software

2001Mature14
PCWindows

Reader score

7.5/ 10

22 votes

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About

The year is 2032. The world is at peace, after having banished war in the final battle long ago. All weapons have been destroyed to ensure peace. However, in the Pacific, a cabal of former magnates--ex-leaders, ex-tycoons, ex-military, and more--have joined together and occupied 20 islands and are building new war machines. There is no way to fight them, except this one last remaining "Adaptive Cruiser", the Antaeus. Lost in the final battle with all hands, this was one of the ultimate weapons. Complete with nano-factories that can build air/ground/naval units out of resources and energy, its crew's memory engrams have been stored on "soulcatcher" chips. Reactivation signal has been sent. Soon Antaeus will rise from the bottom, and you'll be in command. Good luck, and good hunting.

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising is a 3D real-time strategy game with several new twists. You will need to harvest resources, as you can only build new units by harvesting existing resources/energy. You then "crew" these units with these "soulcatcher" profiles you have stored. You have limited profiles (you can't "copy" them) available you are limited in the number of units you can deploy at once, so you will need to defend your cruiser as well as attack the enemy, obtain resources, and other missions.

The game is mission-based. Destroy enemy radar to prevent them from knowing where you are. Deploy harvester units to salvage enemy remains and structures. You can even capture enemy units for study. You can issue pretty complicated orders by using a set of visual icons. Multiple islands have multiple objectives for you to complete. The game is played in a 3D "behind-unit" perspective with a 3D map similar to Activision's Battlezone.

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English—

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Drivers/APIs Supported

Direct3D

Media Type

CD-ROM, Download

Input Devices Required

Keyboard, Mouse

Additional Hardware Required

3D Accelerator

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

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Single-player

Steam

Cloud, Trading cards

Save Game Methods

Internal Storage, Cloud (Online)

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium II

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

64 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 7.0a

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

8 MB

Sound Devices Supported

DirectX Compatible Sound Card

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Also known as

Hostile Waters — European title

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Facts

Developer

Rage Software

Publisher

Rage Software

Released

2001

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBMatureUSK16ELSPA15+SELL12VET/SFB11 (Square)DJCTQ12

Standing

Top 22% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Behind viewReal-timeHelicopterTankSci-fi / futuristicWar