Hydrophobia

Looks decent and the water looks pretty good some minor errors I'd still say. And imo the best water physics I've ever seen in a game are from bioshock.
 
Tonyator said:
Has ayone played this? It's on offer atm and I was wondering if it's worth the 400 points?
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Its a very frustrating game even after the patch & even @ 400 MSP not sure its worth it. I paid 800MPS in the xmas sale (RRP was 1200MSP!!!). Game cannot really handle the water physics it slowdown's in many places to under 15FPS. Because of this its laggy & the controls (which are appalling IMO) are not very responsive as the game is struggling to run on the 360.

The water is the only memorable thing it has the rest is only what you have seen on other games but much worse here. It also has some extreme blur filter being used which makes the gfx seem a little cloudy/hazy in places its not very sharp at all even on scenes with no water in the picture seems very blurry.

Its the sort of smash gamepad game which if it annoys you then you will never play it again as its that bad!!!!
 
I just tried the demo and thought it was quite good. Didn't really notice any slow down. It seems a bit tomb raider/Unchartered with water....
 
MOOGLEYS said:
I just tried the demo and thought it was quite good. Didn't really notice any slow down. It seems a bit tomb raider/Unchartered with water....
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Full game stutters a lot it cannot handle the water gfx/physics properly in many places it turns into quicksand & slows right down usually as you need to move the control's quickly so you end up dying a lot!!! If you like frustrating games which struggle to run properly this is the one to get thats why they have put in on sale so soon the patch did not generate much new business as its not much different from before the patch!

I cannot imagine how bad it was before the patch as after is bad enough!!!!

Camera angles are poor & often you have to fight it to avoid not seeing what you need to.

Controls are very poor as well.

I would happily pay MS 800MSP to remove it from my gamertag (if that were possible but its not!!!).
 
AWPC said:
Full game stutters a lot it cannot handle the water gfx/physics properly in many places it turns into quicksand & slows right down usually as you need to move the control's quickly so you end up dying a lot!!! If you like frustrating games which struggle to run properly this is the one to get thats why they have put in on sale so soon the patch did not generate much new business as its not much different from before the patch!

I cannot imagine how bad it was before the patch as after is bad enough!!!!

Camera angles are poor & often you have to fight it to avoid not seeing what you need to.

Controls are very poor as well.

I would happily pay MS 800MSP to remove it from my gamertag (if that were possible but its not!!!).
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Thanks, you've just saved me 400 points :D
 
so let me get this straight, the game has 'awesome water physics...', let me ask you people, who here has ever tried to run in water, I can tell you its not really that simple, plus when the character is running theres is no real splashing or anything. tell me how is the water superior to Crysis on the PC for example? :confused:
 
Gashman said:
so let me get this straight, the game has 'awesome water physics...', let me ask you people, who here has ever tried to run in water, I can tell you its not really that simple, plus when the character is running theres is no real splashing or anything. tell me how is the water superior to Crysis on the PC for example? :confused:
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Its not superior at all the water looks pretty average compared to most PC games. Check out Just Cause2 on PC with PhysX/CUDA on Nvidia graphics cards its the best looking water in any game although Two Worlds Two on PC also looks stunning :eek:

 
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