Hostile Waters Demo

Building an utopian society may not be possible right now, but it is certainly one of the main purposes of the human kind, on the long run. However, people choose to imagine it in different ways, by adding their own notions into the mix, as well as coming up with explanations as to why it would never work. Nevertheless, there are countless books, movies and video games tackling the subject, some of which are quite inspiring.

Hostile Waters is a real-time strategy game that allows you to be a part of a world in which people have managed to come together and eliminate all problems, including hunger, disease and various other such negative concepts. However, the old political and financial leaders are still around, and they are not happy with how things progressed, given the fact that they do not have any more power now.

The story talks about an uprising organized by these ex-dictators, one that spawns a great war between them and the once peaceful society. Since this is the future, a lot of high-tech weaponry is involved in the war, as well as new types of resources that must be gathered and used to power the machinery that level the battlefields and burn everything in their path.

At its core, Hostile Waters is an RTS, which means that the basic rules still apply: gather resources, manage a base and try to create a big army to overpower the enemy. However, the game also adds some original ingredients to the formula, which are meant to diversify the gameplay and provide you with a unique experience. Thus, the units are created on a big mothership, called Antaeus, and they can be dropped in position using various air-lifting vehicles.

Moreover, since the conflict takes place on an island and your base is not on the said island, helicopters and similar carriers must also handle the resource gathering aspect. Vehicles are the main attack unit as well, although you can unlock more of them as you go through the campaign and upgrade their weaponry to deal more damage, as long as you have the required resources.

Hostile Waters can be exactly what you were looking for, if you’ve grown tired of the same repetitive formula in real-time strategy games. Moreover, the story is captivating and the objectives you have to complete are very varied, which means that each mission is different and it requires a new tactical approach.