Product Reviews Net » Hydrophobia http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Hydrophobia Prophecy Heading to Steam and PSN http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/04/27/hydrophobia-prophecy-heading-to-steam-and-psn/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hydrophobia-prophecy-heading-to-steam-and-psn http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/04/27/hydrophobia-prophecy-heading-to-steam-and-psn/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:39:06 +0000 Tina Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=128892 If you own a PC or PlayStation 3 and you’re familiar with the Hydrophobia game, which was originally released as an XBLA exclusive, then I think we have news that could be of interest to you. Dark Energy Digital has just announced that the Hydrophobia game is heading to both Steam and PSN.

However, according to a recent playstationlifestyle.net article written by Cameron Teague, the upcoming release – which is under the name Hydrophobia Prophecy – is not really a port as such, but more of a reinvention. The game features new levels, new voice acting and upgraded graphics.

Hydrophobia Prophecy will also come with new gameplay mechanics, a reworked back-story and even a new ending. For those of you that aren’t familiar with the original, Hydrophobia is a survival-adventure game that is set in the 21st century and sees players taking on the role of an engineer.

Dark Energy Digital’s Pete Jones said that the company could have just ported the Hydrophobia Pure game over to Steam and PSN, but they chose to go much further than that instead and create a bigger and better experience. The game is due to hit Steam on May 9th, and PSN after that.

You view screenshots for the upcoming Hydrophobia Prophecy game via the playstationlifestyle.net website. Have you ever played the original Hydrophobia game on Xbox Live Arcade?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/04/27/hydrophobia-prophecy-heading-to-steam-and-psn/feed/ 2 Hydrophobia XBLA Game Receives Title Update http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/12/21/hydrophobia-xbla-game-receives-title-update/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hydrophobia-xbla-game-receives-title-update http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/12/21/hydrophobia-xbla-game-receives-title-update/#comments Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:20:41 +0000 Tina Chubb http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=117828 When Hydrophobia was released onto Xbox Live Arcade back in September, it never quite got the reception that the developers had hoped for. In fact, Edge gave it a rather poor rating of 30 out of 10 and thegamersparadise.com website listed it as one of the worst games of 2010.

However, it appears that the developer – Dark Energy Digital – has been listening to gamers and critics’ feedback, and has now released a completely overhauled version of the game, according to Tom Ivan at computerandvideogames.com. Not only has the game received a title update to Hydrophobia Pure, but it’s also undergone a major change.

The full list of updated features – which you can view over at the hydrophobia-game.com website – includes much better controls, cover, combat and camera systems, improved graphics, much clearer objectives and damage feedback and new button mapping, as well as enhanced climbing.

What’s even better is that it also appears to have dropped in price. The original game sold for 1200 Microsoft Points, but the overhauled game is now available to download for 800 MS. Will you be giving Hydrophobia a second chance now that’s it’s received a few improvements?

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