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Hydrophobia Trailer

It means "fear of water."

Mar. 26 2010

Posted by: Ryan

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Hydrophobia

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Really liked this.  Would like to see it do well, and these guys get a full budget to make a full release, cleaned up.  Provided the story or characters have some hooks.
 
I do like the design on that girl.  It's like Jade Drake.

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Dead Shock

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@GunnBjorn said:
" @Daryl said:

"Fear of boredom "

Thaasophobia. "
lol, well done.
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 it reminds me of shadow complex only its in full 3d.
i'll keep my eye on this

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So it's a high tech re-skinning of Bioshock? 

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Edited By rapid

The character is very 
laura croft meets Jade (Beyond Good and Evil)

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@Ragdrazi:  hahah sure looks like it!!! lol 
 
ok mabey not so much but looks pretty average!
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@bybeach said:
" Why do ppl. keep coming up with Bioshock. Just on the water theme?  Water wasn't a problem for the protagonist in either Bioshock., really.  Anouncers voice sounds like a very hung over east Euro of some indeterminate country.  edit, Don Corliogne doing an east european accent But i liked the music, and have an open mind "
The storyline sounds pretty similar to Bioshock, the whole 'free' underwater city which falls into chaos. Also the main character was shown with an electrical arm (kinda the electricity plasmid in Bioshock).
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I saw a trailer for this a long time ago, but I seem to remember that it was set on an oil rig at the time and the trailer only showed off the water-physics.  Actually, I kept trying to find the trailer and for some reason all trace of this game had vanished.  Glad to see I wasn't imagining things. 
 
Anyhoo, this might be worth a look.  Hopefully, it won't just whore out the gimmick out too much.

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Looks interesting if nothing else; seems like a cool premise.

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Edited By dantheman1515

Looks like a PS2 game. 

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Seems like an interesting game concept. Graphically, not that pleasing but I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.  
 
With this, Battleblock Theater, Charlie Murder, Comic Jumper and more, this years's XBLA Summer of Arcade's gonna be awesome.

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Edited By yorro

Water doesn't look anything that revolutionary.

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@Ulong said:

" I still hate the title, yes it's nitpicking nerdsperging, but come on, we're talking about the games title. Hydrophobia is not the world they were looking for. Unless there's a suprise rabies related plot twist coming.  Game still looks fun though. "

Hydrophobia has nothing to do whit rabies or any fear of water at all.
A Hydrophobe is, if put simply, something that doesn't mix whit water like oil or fat.
The title is fitting since the main character doesn't mix whit water since she has aquaphobia(fear of water).
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Edited By Konanda

So it's in an apocalyptic setting and sounds kind of Russian and looks pretty janky. Does this mean we will see Dave playing it?

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Looks Russian.

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WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE RUSSIANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????????????? 
DAMN YOU RUSSIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The water looked so dam good when they first showed of this game and it still is, but its taken so long that I feel a little disappointed. 

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Why would someone who was afraid of water take a job on a cruise liner anyway?

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Edited By Besetment

That music sounds a little bit too much like wilderness music from Diablo 2.

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The water looks awesome when its sitting still but it looks weird when its rushing.

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Edited By Dogma

I remember reading and seeing this many many years ago. I thought it looked like a cool idea. It still looks quite cool but the technology has advanced since then so the mindblowing stuff they did to water is not that mindblowing anymore. I'm quite happy that it's still in development. What supprised me was that it's now an XBLA game. When did that happen? If so then the game looks nice for such a game.

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Seems like Biosho...rck.... dunno. Surely a wait and see.

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The title made it sound so cool, and then I saw XBLA...

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Could somebody please tell me why a Hydrophobe would get a job on a fucking cruise ship? If i was terrified of dogs i wouldn't go work at a kennel. Also how did she learn to swim to well?

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Looks pretty good for an XBLA game... but it seems that the developers made some cool water physics and THEN decided to make a game based on them.

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@Belonpopo said:
" Cool beans. "
Tacos are cooler than beans.
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@HooliganTuesday said:

"Could somebody please tell me why a Hydrophobe would get a job on a fucking cruise ship? If i was terrified of dogs i wouldn't go work at a kennel. Also how did she learn to swim to well? "



I'm pretty sure that the title is just a metaphore for the game, seeing how it looks to be based on a sinking ship. 
 
The water physics look pretty cool so this will deffinatly be a game keep an eye on.  If that chick is the main protagonist then i hope you can see her boobs through her shirt whenever she gets wet.  
 
Edit: I didn't read the description on the game page so i didn't know the character was really Hydrophobic.  Maybe she didn't want the job but she was really down on her luck or something. 
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@Everyones_A_Critic:
The exact same thing happened to me :(
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Kinda just looks like a Tomb Raider game set in Rapture.

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I've never liked underwater levels. And why is it starring the generic chick from the Sapphire ATI retail boxes.

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Looks like they're definitely aiming for that BioShock feel; and probably missing but I'm open to giving it a shot.

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Under water city?

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@teh_destroyer said:
" @Belonpopo said:
" Cool beans. "
Tacos are cooler than beans. "
I agree.
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Looks interesting. Actually quite amazing for an XBLA game.
 
Seems the only people hating on this are PS3 idiots...
jealous because it's not on that ass of a system.
Or it's getting hate from a bunch of teenage boys who don't want to play as a female character....
Shoulda' made it a bald space marine.  >_<
Ugh! what a bunch of twats!
GTFO and go play Modern Warfare 2.   Twats.

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Holy shit, thats some bad voice-acting right there. To think people were pissed when the first Modern Warfare 2 trailers came out and had russian slang in it... this is like 100 times worse. Dude´s not even trying to pull off a convincing accent or something they call "acting".
I´d rather have no voice-acting at all if this is what I´m gonna get. The game looks pretty cool though.

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Looks interesting especially for an XBLA game.

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@teh_destroyer said:

" @Belonpopo said:

" Cool beans. "
Tacos are cooler than beans. "
durgers are cooler than tacos.
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At first it was like $60 for this? no thanks,  then I realized it's an XBLA title.     If its a bite size little game for $15-$20 I am very interested.    Really liked Shadow Complex, and look forward to more games embracing that full game look/bite sized approach.

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i dunno, i think this looks pretty sweet for an xbla title. the thing that really bothers me here is, if the protagonist is hydrophobic, why is she working on a cruise ship..?

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@Shirogane:@Shirogane said:
" @wosifat said:
""Water is patient...  Water just waits.  While it wears down  the cliff tops, the mountains, the whole of the world.  Water always wins!"  That what I think when I think Hydrophobia. I'm somewhat intrigued to see how it turns out. "
Is that a Doctor Who reference? I don'tlike water... "
From The Waters of Mars.
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@misplacedcircus said:
" I might play if they changed the title to Hydrorgy and featured Traci Lords. "
LOL. Just...LOL.
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Unimpressed. "Poseidon Adventure Y3K"?

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Looks totally up my alley!

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Edited By finstern

Needs more Hydrophobic Wizards who's sheer loathing of water is enough to levitate them to fly over it

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Edited By OddyKnocky

I am intrigued. It gives off a unique vibe, to me anyway. And the music was awesome, if the game's soundtrack is similar I may well give this a go.

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Dumb as hell.
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Bioshock meets Mirror's Edge in third person? Or am I the only one getting that vibe? ;d

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any reviews for this yet?