Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising PC
Metascore
80 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
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  1. IGN
    87
    This is a great mix of strategy and action and should keep most gamers well entertained. There's a lot going for this title even through it's AI flaws and sometimes difficult command interface.
  2. GameSpot
    85
    The game's excellent story, action elements, de-emphasis on repetitive base building, and largely automated resource collection ensure that even the most jaded real-time strategy player will find something fresh and exciting in Hostile Waters.
  3. GameSpy
    79
    It's a "one night stand" of a game, pretty but not perfect, a nice way to kill some time, and it's good for the duration as long as you don't think too hard about it.
  4. GamePro
    80
    HW:AR creates innovative and white-knuckled gameplay that will strain both your reflexes and your wits, not to mention your cool head.
  5. Game Revolution
    83
    Best taken as what it is: an experience. It is a graphically beautiful, fully engrossing story that lets the player take the role of combatant and commander.
  6. Yahoo! Games
    90
    Tremendous fun. It doesn't innovate so much as it refines and ties together a couple of different elements into a satisfying whole.
  7. Armchair Empire
    80
    Those strategists who want to work on their battlefield commanding ability will enjoy this game more than people whose greatest thrill is decimating an enemy with an unstoppable force.
  8. Gamezilla!
    45
    Ultimately, a gap-filled and very linear storyline, a lack of any sort of multiplayer or joystick support, and the relative ease of mission completion undermine any real value here for the gamer.
  9. ActionTrip
    69
    If you want an action strategy with unique moments, and you don't mind stupid camera placement, and you're not too much into online fighting, and live in Europe, Hostile Waters is a decent choice.
  10. Electric Playground
    85
    Nice single-player game progression, though, and a welcome transfusion of RTS gaming's life-blood.
  11. Adrenaline Vault
    90
    With superb graphics, sound, and music, as well as immersive and challenging gameplay, Rage has really done its job in making sure that this title has no real weaknesses. The plot development and cinematics are simply in a class by themselves.
  12. Spank!
    90
    Hostile Waters is not only a superb PC game it's actually one of the very best games I've ever played.
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  13. GamePower
    50
    A distasteful plot combined with bitterly frustrating controls saps a lot of the fun out of what could have been a real winner.
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  14. Voodoo Extreme
    88
    It’s very fast paced, yet strategic at the same time – as such, it requires lightning fast decisions to be made in order to be successful. Many action gamers, as well as strategy gamers, will enjoy it.

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User Score
8.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. JenkinS
    10
    Hostile Waters was very far beyond it's time when it was released, I still could not find anything comparable in the game world today, with it's uniformly created games always basing on Action, Horror and the graphic improvements of their predecessors. I still play it, I'm still impressed from it's depth. When I reached the end I was empty. Rage should have sold the license to anyone, who was able to create good remakes or sequels.… Full Review »
  2. [Anonymous]
    8
    Solid hybrid strategy/action game. Pretty unique, I really liked it.
  3. SuperH.
    10
    Best game ever, weesh......
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