Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
by Interplay

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
List Price: $39.95
Our Price: $0.98
You Save: $38.97 (98%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.06 (click here)
Category: Video Games
See more product details and other editions


(Click here)

Product Summary

Brand: Interplay
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2001-06-15
Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98
Model: FG-C98-1184-0
Publisher: Interplay
Product features:
  • 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. But hidden away in an island chicane in the Pacific Ocean, a cabal of old world financiers, politicians, and despots, are planning a return to the greed fuelled, hate filled past.
Accessories:

Video Game Reviews of Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

Customer Review: A great game
Summary: 1 Stars

Only the lack of multiplayer and a bit difficult doesn't give it 5 stars

Description of Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising

In 2032, an Earth that knows only peace is force to relearn the art of war. Antaeus rising combines explosive action with powerful real-time strategy. Take command of a powerful aircraft carrier/manufacturing platform. Plan your assault from within your carrier and then enter your units for some third-person mayhem!
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising is a real-time strategy-action game hybrid that takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, but, to developer Rage's credit, it manages to be refreshing and fun. Part of the reason is because it borrows under-appreciated innovations such as Battlezone's and Uprising's 3-D perspective and Urban Assault's ability to take command of individual vehicles in the heat of 3-D combat--and it uses them to great effect.

Antaeus Rising features a story written by Warren Ellis, best known for his comic book work (Planetary, Transmetropolitan, and The Authority). He spins a tale concerning junk salvage, a chain of islands, and the struggle to control them. On the side of good we have the massive Antaeus, an advanced battleship/aircraft carrier/factory that bears a resemblance to Robotech's SDF-1. The Antaeus's factories build war machines piloted by long-dead soldiers who have had their skills and personalities encoded into computer chips. These soldiers mouth off during battle (the expletives shouted by one soldier when he is about to die--again--help earn this game an M rating), and their comments make the game livelier than other strategy titles. On the side of evil we have a motley collection of bad guys, who may or may not be aided by aliens.

Throughout the mission-based campaign you'll be creating defenses and attack units (tanks, helicopters, boats, etc.,) and sending them into battle. Using a joystick or a mouse you can jump into the cockpit of any unit to personally take care of difficult objectives. This helps a great deal in the later, harder missions.

The graphics are clean, the game is stable, and the strategy is as thrilling as the action. The only thing really wrong with Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising is its lack of multiplayer options of any kind. That means, once you've finished the campaign, the game is over. Still, it's a good, long ride while it lasts. --Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

  • Great graphics
  • Thrilling and unique plot, told well
  • Refreshing twist on both real-time strategy and action gaming
Cons:
  • No multiplayer
  • No real replay value

Sci-Fi Games

Computer and Video Games
Bestsellers in Sci-Fi Games
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri ImageSid Meier's Alpha Centauri
by Brian Reynolds
Electronic Arts; Electronic Arts; Published: 1998; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $14.32
Star Wars Battlefront ImageStar Wars Battlefront
Lucas Arts; LucasArts Entertainment; Release date: 2004-09-21; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $5.95
Price in other shops: $49.99
Total Annihilation ImageTotal Annihilation
Atari; Atari; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $3.94
Price in other shops: $39.95
Best Seller Series: Starcraft Expansion Set -- Brood War ImageBest Seller Series: Starcraft Expansion Set -- Brood War
Blizzard Entertainment; Blizzard Entertainment; Release date: 2003-05-05; Macintosh; Video Games
Best price: $9.75
Price in other shops: $9.99
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic ImageStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Lucas Arts; LucasArts Entertainment; Release date: 2003-11-18; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $41.95
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis ImageJurassic Park: Operation Genesis
Vivendi Universal; Vivendi Universal; Release date: 2003-03-11; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $9.85
Price in other shops: $9.99
Homeworld 2 ImageHomeworld 2
Vivendi Universal; Vivendi Universal; Release date: 2003-09-16; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $7.58
Price in other shops: $19.99
Best Seller Series: Starcraft ImageBest Seller Series: Starcraft
by BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT
Blizzard Entertainment; Blizzard Entertainment; Release date: 2003-05-05; Published: 1998-01-01; Macintosh; Video Games
Best price: $5.39
Price in other shops: $9.99
Halo: Combat Evolved ImageHalo: Combat Evolved
Microsoft; Microsoft; Release date: 2003-09-30; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $6.41
Price in other shops: $19.99
StarCraft Battle Chest ImageStarCraft Battle Chest
Blizzard Entertainment; Blizzard Entertainment; Release date: 1999-10-24; Macintosh; Video Games
Best price: $18.98
Price in other shops: $19.99
Similar Video and PC Games
Baldur's Gate 2: Ultimate Collection (Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal) ImageBaldur's Gate 2: Ultimate Collection (Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal)
Vivendi Universal; Vivendi Universal; Release date: 2003-08-12; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $4.95
Price in other shops: $9.99
GUN ImageGUN
ACTIVISION; Activision; Release date: 2005-11-08; Windows XP; Video Games
Best price: $4.89
Price in other shops: $19.99
The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2 ImageThe Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2
Electronic Arts; Electronic Arts; Release date: 2006-02-28; Windows XP; Video Games
Best price: $8.98
Price in other shops: $9.99
BioShock ImageBioShock
2K Games; 2K Games; Release date: 2007-08-21; Windows XP; Video Games
Best price: $10.00
Price in other shops: $19.99
Fallout 3 ImageFallout 3
Bethesda; Bethesda Softworks; Release date: 2008-10-28; Windows Vista; Video Games
Best price: $43.49
Price in other shops: $49.99
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Developer's Cut) ImageThe Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay (Developer's Cut)
Unknown; Starbreeze; Release date: 2004-12-07; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $16.72
Price in other shops: $19.99
Universe At War: Earth Assault ImageUniverse At War: Earth Assault
Sega Of America, Inc.; Sega of America, Inc.; Release date: 2007-12-11; Windows XP; Video Games
Best price: $0.06
Price in other shops: $49.99
X-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse ImageX-Men Legends 2: Rise of Apocalypse
ACTIVISION; Activision; Release date: 2005-09-20; Windows XP; Video Games
Best price: $6.97
Price in other shops: $19.99
Dark Reign 2 ImageDark Reign 2
ACTIVISION; Activision; Release date: 2000-06-30; Windows 98; Video Games
Best price: $11.18
Price in other shops: $29.99
Timeshift ImageTimeshift
Sierra; Sierra; Release date: 2007-10-30; Windows XP; Video Games
Best price: $3.48
Price in other shops: $49.99
Computer games and videogames
Illustrated catalog for computer and video games.
Game Boy Advance, PC Games, Mac Games
Our prices are low