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A sinking ship

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: December 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Ok..I origionally reviewed this game after having played through single player and had some fun with a friend of mine with multiplayer. The singleplayer was so-so as far as action goes. The story is very linear (e.g. NO choices to be made) and the acting is painfully bad. I mean it really stinks. However, I did have fun with multiplayer so I gave the game high marks based on that. MAN! would my eyes be opened!

I came to learn that this game has serious multiplayer problems. First of all there is a real paucity of servers. The ones that are out there are based in Germany and have high pings and are usually empty. If you do manage to get into a game you experience lag if there is one person in the game with a ping higher than 150..come on! With any other game out there 150ms aint too shabby. Here it makes the game stink for everyone in the session. People appear to zoom all over the place, you cant get pick ups, shots fired from nowhere kill you. Patches to date have not addressed this problem and the developement team doesn't seem to be working on the problem. So at the moment multiplayer is pretty much not playable.

I wanted to love this game. I really did. It has some redeeming qualities but not enough to overcome the problems. I will keep it installed and now and then look for new patches, but for now its just going to collect dust.

Never seen graphics this good

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: November 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Aquanox is a great game combining the FPS and RPG genre with a twist. Its like an RPG in the sense that you talk to so many NPC's and your missions are kinda like the quest in RPG's. It also is oviously a FPS because of the way the game is played making this game somewhat of a combo. The think that amazed me most about this game was the graphics. Ive played many games with great graphics, Alice, Halo, Giants etc... but NOTHING has been as pretty as this game. The detail is amazing on all the terrain and vehicles. Also the multiplayer aspect adds alot and makes the replay value go up. Aquanox is a great game for ne FPS fan.

AQUANOX - THE GRAPHIC SUPERIOR SHOOTER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 16
Date: August 19, 2001
Author: Amazon User

THEME: Year 2666. Humans live deep in the oceans... You play as a mercenary Emerald "Dead Eye" Flint, fight your way through the stunning, photo-realistic underwater environments and hi-tech cities while participating in glorious battles.
GRAPHICS: Oh yeah! The visuals are magic, superb, brilliant... just cannot be described in words! AquaNox leverages the GeForce3 nfiniteFX engine to deliver photo-realism in real time. Over 160 Vertex Shaders are used to implement special effects such as layered fog, caustics, photo-realistic materials, radiosity lighting, and real-time shadows. Higher order surfaces are used to create organic enemies, and Pixel Shaders are utilized for bump mapping and volumetric lighting effects. Only by using NVIDIA's hardware Vertex Shaders and Pixel Shaders, are they able to achieve their unique lighting solution at great frame rates. AquaNox and its technology, the krass'engine is the most advanced and impressive yet.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Geforce 3 or higher here is a necessity! And even forget about this killer game unless you have at least a 0.9 ghz processor! No offense, but you are the most stupid gamer ever if you don't have at least 128 MB RAM and even thinking about buying ANY games at this point, definetely not the thrilling Aquanox. The developers were working very closely with NVIDIA, so don't be disappointed when your Radeon or Voodoo 5 or whatever will give you a headache at the game's highest settings. So get yourself some NVIDIA gear and get started... YOU WILL GET BLOWN AWAY!

Conclusion: Aquanox delivers you exciting gameplay, SUPERIOR graphics and great sound at blazing 60 fps (with Geforce 3 GPU and a CPU that is close to 1 ghz of course). It will take you much beyond the game...unless you do not have the right machine for it.

An OK title

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The premise of Aquanox is pretty interesting. Because of the destruction of our planet's atmosphere, humans are now forced to live deep underwater, in the oceans of the world. You are Flint, a mercenary with ethics and issues: your sub, along with all of it's equipment has been stolen. Now, you have to take on pretty much any mission that will get you some credits, all the while you're trying your best to track down the bastards that stole your submarine.
The graphics are OK given the date of release of the game but I'm not a big fan of the soundtrack, way too "heavy", to the point that the screaming male voice gets annoying and you end up turning the volume down.
The game is cheap nowadays but still my recommendation to you is to just go for Aquanox 2. Much better.

great graphics..bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When are game developers going to realize it takes more than graphics to make a great game? "Eye candy" is all this game has to offer. The game play was just so-so, certainy nothing you can't find in just about any other shooter with the exception of being able to move in all three dimensions (no loop or roll though). The "story" is lame and uninvolving. The accents and voices the "actors" use are so bad I had to turn the sound off during dialog. There is simply no reason to buy this game with so many other much better choices out there.

deep ocean cool, great for FPS fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

First off this game is beautiful, awesome graphics and great water effects. Very nice story line, actors arent all that good, but when you turn the voice off and read the subtitles, happiness is. The gameplay in this game is great, gripping action and awesome battles, ships and weapons are very nice too. Great game and a must buy for FPS fans out there, like me. The soundtrack is very atmospheric, goes in with the game. So overall this is a kick ass game, and it's fun for just about anyone to play.

ccgr.org's review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game was easy to install. It's easy to learn, nice interface. The graphics are great, nice water effects. You can even see plankton if you wish. Good sound effects and music. The first mission has cool techno music. The game will run in most Windows formats. It did crash to my desktop a couple times. It's a very fun game I would highly recommend it. Only if you have a good enough system though. The system requirements are minimum and not recommended. If your system can handle it, it's well worth it.

Aquanox - Where You Never Leave Your Ship

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Aquanox is one of those games that makes you wonder if some game designers have any idea of what their competition is making. It's like getting dressed without looking in the mirror. I look at terrific games like Splinter Cell, Ghost Recon, Half Life, or even The Sims and this game just can't hold a candle to them. (Probably because it takes place under WATER.) With all the time spent in my ship and never really going into the docking stations visited, I got downright claustrophobic. Air! Air!

Pros:
The graphics were nice.
The game setting, underwater, is original.

Cons:
Horrible voice acting.
The feeling that you are watching a filmstrip when the rest of the world is watching DVDs.

Great Sci-Fi Concept - So-So Execution

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I really liked the concept - a society forced to live deep under a mostly dead ocean; but the gameplay needs work. In Aquanox, a mixture of underwater combat and trading, you fight for pay that you use to upgrade your ship.

The one thing that struck me about this game was the interface; it reminded me of Elite, an old favorite. The control setup has a bug in it however, the game likes to reset your joystick settings, but proper setup is crucial for a successful sortie in your sub.

I agree with most of the reviewers about the voice acting: it's really goofy. Some actors are really good, others are terrible. The sub combat phase of the game is fun, although not very innovative. The weapons are fairly fun to use, I liked polishing off enemies with torpedoes.

In conclusion: Its worth the discounted price, but don't expect anathing new.

Sweet action

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: January 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This Game is Gorgeous, the game play is fun, but the game is just amazing

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