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Hydrophobia revealed News

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News by Tom Bramwell

15 January, 2007

World Snooker Championship developer Blade Interactive is working on a next-generation title called Hydrophobia.

Not much is known about the game, concept art for which appears to have been lurking inconspicuously on Blade's website since late last year, although the developer says it's been in development "for several years".

"Hydrophobia is a game like no other, utilising Blade's groundbreaking technology to deliver an experience which is set to redefine the boundaries of gaming," the description reads.

"We're not quite ready to raise the curtain fully on Hydrophobia just yet, but we promise you the wait will be more than worth it."

Concept art suggests a game where players find themselves up to their neck in trouble (and water, obviously), in environments that look like a bit like a cross between The Abyss and Alien.

Blade recently finished work on World Snooker Championship 2007, out on Xbox 360, PS2 and PSP - with a PS3 version also in development.

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space ace
15/01/07 @ 16:53
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another bioshock?!
Hunam
15/01/07 @ 16:54
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Lol @ the name considering the recent wii news reports
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15/01/07 @ 16:54
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Intriguing, sounds slightly similar to Bioshock I guess but nothing wrong with that. Might be a sub-game in the deep and that could be lovely.
kangarootoo
15/01/07 @ 16:57
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Has a bit of a Poseidon Adventure look about it. No bad thing. Plenty of scope for progress based puzzles.

Just keep away from sudden death sequences is my random advice (water is "great" for very annoying "work out what to do or drown and reload" type challenges).
Xerx3s
15/01/07 @ 17:14
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So, is the bioshock lead concept artist doing any side work by any chance? ;)
rhinoxious
15/01/07 @ 17:45
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Mmm a game with plenty of water that acts with a bit more complexity than the usual rising levels deathtrap, or prescripted flowing in channels, would be good.

I'd like to see some big ass waves crashing against stuff with lots of physics and particle effects. Still seems to be the one thing missing from 3D games assortment of nature 'effects'.

T4RG4
15/01/07 @ 17:53
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Isnt Blade a badly managed company though? It'll be turd (probably).
haowan
15/01/07 @ 17:56
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They should call it Deadlight. That's right
Badgerous_Fiend
15/01/07 @ 17:58
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Yeah I took a look at this too and I'd agree it looks intriguing. Looks like blade have added a few new images to that concept art page too. Can't find anything else about it tho >:@
Krusty
15/01/07 @ 18:50
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"...utilising Blade's groundbreaking technology..."

Hmm, did anyone else read the snooker review?
greggywocky
15/01/07 @ 18:52
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Yes, that review wasn't very good.
kangarootoo
15/01/07 @ 20:38
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@haowan

Exactly what I thought ;)

Do we know anyone at Blade?
Badgerous_Fiend
15/01/07 @ 21:07
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Deadlight was the next game after Stolen right? I remember that being unfortunately awful. Terrible reviews and the like. But when I played it, there were definately some good ideas, just poor execution.

I can certainly see the correlations between the two concepts but I'm gonna reserve judgement until I start seeing screenies etc.

I wonder where the guys from Blue 52 ended up :O
Waldo
15/01/07 @ 21:31
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I wonder if this is that game called "W.A.T.E.R." that was announced years back and then nothing more was heard about it?
NeedMoreSocks81
15/01/07 @ 22:02
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Certainly looks interesting - especially since every other next-gen game anounced seems to be generic army/war/racing bollucks, this at least looks like it has the potential to be different. Time will tell I guess... think I'll keep my eye on it
SBfistfun
16/01/07 @ 09:31
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"utilising Blade's groundbreaking technology"

The Blade shit game engine?
Murbal
16/01/07 @ 09:42
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I thought hydrophobia was linked to rabies somehow?
Badgerous_Fiend
16/01/07 @ 11:15
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Well yep, hydrophobia is usually associated with the later stages of rabies (thanks Wikipedia! :P ) whereas aquaphobia is a more fitting term. However, I think most people associate hydrophobia with a fear of water (and it sounds way better than aquaphobia).
BadBoyBonner
16/01/07 @ 12:28
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This looks like a remake of Hydrofool off the Spectrum & Amstrad lol
Lucozade
16/01/07 @ 14:56
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Obviously from the shots they've shown us its too early to say if it'll be any good or not - but it definatly has me intreagued. These days too many games give bored players more of the same old thing - some kind of water puzzle action adventure thing could be cool - certainly better then another game about fighting aliens etc.
Badgerous_Fiend
16/01/07 @ 17:17
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Plot! I need storylines and plot!

No more "The planet has been taken over by (enter irrelevant word here) aliens! You must grab your trusty plasma rifle and...." *yawn*
Lucozade
16/01/07 @ 17:26
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Damn right Badger!

Games could be the next big format, like film, or T.V, but in order to reach that point they need to provide indepth storylines told through interactions - I mean story lines that are actually interesting here, with cool characters and intersting locations! Think Zelda! (And like you say badger boy, lashings and lashings of real horror show ultraviolance)
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NeedMoreSocks81
23/01/07 @ 10:05
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Just checked this out again and it looks like there's a few new concept images - the latest seems to be a soldier model of some kind, looks pretty damn mean. Looking forward to some kind of official explanation of what it's all about, it looks like it has the potential to be sweet.
SuperBas
11/04/07 @ 16:13
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Looks like a survival horror game.

http://www.bladeinteractive.com/images/h...

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