Hostile Waters Antaeus Rising Computer Game

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising is a real-time strategy-action game hybrid that takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, but, to developer Rage's credit, it manages to be refreshing and fun. Part of the reason is because it borrows under-appreciated innovations such as Battlezone 's and Uprising 's 3-D perspective and Urban Assault 's ability to take command of individual vehicles in the heat of 3-D combat--and it uses them to great effect. Antaeus Rising features a story written by Warren Ellis, best known for his comic book work ( Planetary , Transmetropolitan , and The Authority ). He spins a tale concerning junk salvage, a chain of islands, and the struggle to control them. On the side of good we have the massive Antaeus, an advanced battleship/aircraft carrier/factory that bears a resemblance to Robotech 's SDF-1. The Antaeus's factories build war machines piloted by long-dead soldiers who have had their skills and personalities encoded into computer chips. These soldiers mouth off du