Liner before the tugboat: Hydrophobia dev. talks sequel

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 22nd 2008 at 4:40PM }

Survival action game Hydrophobia has been running silent and deep since it was unveiled over a year ago for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. Recently, Sony's "semi official" Euro blog ThreeSpeech did a three-part piece on the game. Now, PS3 Attitude has an interview with the developers at Blade Interactive, revealing that the game already has a location all set for the sequel. Could we kindly get a release date for the first one?

Whereas the first Hydrophobia takes place on a sinking ship, The Queen of the World (loosely based on the Freedom Ship), the sequel will occur in a "drowned Boston." We'll now have to wait and see if the first game is any good before we commit our excitement to a sequel taking place in PAX's 2010 East Coast location.

Gallery: Hydrophobia (old)

Tags: blade, blade-interactive, hydroengine, hydrophobia

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ubiqutous Oxymoron @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:09PM

I remeber reading about this in EDGE magazine quite a while ago. I reckon it has potential, something that i would much rather play on my PS3 than my PC for some strange reason, i envisage slouching on my sofa (as opposed to at my desk).

I guess If anyone has a chance to emulate Gene hackman from the original Poseidon Adventure it can't be all bad.

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrection force) @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:27PM

I know they'll probably have better graphics in the final thing, but the water looks awful (crystal clear gushing seawater?) and the character model leaves room for improvement.

I hope the gameplay is good.

Brodie-san @ Sep 22nd 2008 6:35PM

Just wondering: are you basing your opinion on the graphics shown in the gallery attached to this post or the new shots shown over at ThreeSpeech and PS3Attitude?

http://www.ps3attitude.com/uploaded_images/PS3A_-water_cover-769728.jpg

http://www.threespeech.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/hydroscreen2.jpg

Mr Khan @ Sep 22nd 2008 5:45PM

I have a vague recollection of this game from a long time ago, and the only reason it stood out in my mind was because of a promise for especially realistic water physics, relying on a new water-physics engine, iirc

I like water-based games and wish it well, though its been a helluva long time since this has made news

Megadanxzero @ Sep 22nd 2008 6:52PM

Everything other than the water looks kinda crap to be honest. But awesome water physics are my fetish, so I'll still get it >.>

Probably jumping the gun a bit with a sequel when we haven't even seen any gameplay footage yet (As far as I know, and I've been following it relatively closely)

KeenCommander @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:03PM

Finally a game in Boston! Most underused locale.

Looks underwhelming, but it's a cool concept and I hope it comes out well - really hard to tell without playing it.

Pete @ Sep 29th 2008 1:02PM

Hi Guys,

Quite a few of you are cricising the graphics of the screenshots - quite rightly too as they are at least two years old.

If you go to www.bladeinteractive.com you'll be able to see a funky water tech demo and some much more interesting screenshots. I defy you to say the water still looks rubbish :D