After the extremely mixed reception of the original Hydrophobia, Dark Energy Digital did something not many other developers do, and listened to everyone's feedback, whether good or bad. Last week’s PlayStation Store update saw the release of Hydrophobia: Prophecy, a heavily reworked version of the game, with new sections, numerous changes to the story, and PlayStation Move support. So, was Dark Energy correct to not give up on Hydrophobia, or was all their effort in vain?
Adam Kerr of GameGrin finally gets around to his Steam backlog given the current situation, this time landing on Hydrophobia: Prophecy.
He writes: "There are plenty of games I’ve purchased almost a decade ago, with less than an hour of playtime. Abandoned so I could go back to trusted classics like Skyrim or Counter-Strike. Games that I never really gave a fair chance. Maybe there’s some hidden gems in there? Maybe there’s some hilariously bad stuff in there? All I know is, a combination of lockdown boredom and me needing some new content to appease the dark overlords at GameGrin have led us here. To my Steam backlog. To Hydrophobia: Prophecy, in fact."
Hydrophobia: Prophecy is a third person action adventure title with a highly impressive water physics engine, but is this enough to keep the game afloat?
I personally enjoyed this game. The shooting mechanism wasn't particularly good, and the final boss was quite glitchy, with a serious drop in framerate, but it was an interesting few hours of gameplay.
Hydrophobia Prophecy is what developer Dark Energy Digital likes to call a “Comprehensive Reinvention” of their initial release of the game “Hydrophobia” (or Hydrophobia Pure after the patch that was released to correct some issues) on the Xbox 360 on September 29th, 2010. Although it was met with some mixed reactions from critics, it still managed to gain a fan following. We first caught wind of this “reinvention” of Hydrophobia back in April of this year.
Fascinating...
This game is actually really fun on the PS3. It is far superior to the 360 version. It plays alot like Tomb Raider or Uncharted, but with some pretty cool water tricks to spice up the environments.
The VO is still hokey, but otherwise I really enjoyed it.
I've been having a good time with it, too. For free, the value is... well, literally incalculable. :)
I will gladly give this game 5 hours of my time.
This game is total garbage. I got it for free with plus and deleted it, not worth it. One of the worst games ever made. Its so bad it made me want to pluck out my eyeballs and go play superman n64 to cleanse my palate.