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If one were to rate Archimedean Dynasty based solely on the merits of its story, then it might not get that great a review. The story is of a future where mankind fouled up (yet again) with a nuclear war and sent countless souls either beneath the ocean waves or to their deaths. Luckily for us, Archimedean Dynasty isn't just about its story, which isn't bad overall. The main character of the story, a mercenary named Dead-Eye Flint, is also your alter ego. The game begins with Dead-Eye escorting some cargo for his present employer, El Topo. While escorting this seemingly normal cargo, you're attacked by a highly superior force, which not only takes your cargo, but also leaves you alive. I won't go into any more detail for the sake of not spoiling the story. Suffice it to say that it's pretty good. This story takes place in Aqua, which is the name of the undersea world that mankind has inhabited since the surface of the Earth became uninhabitable.

The Stoic / Deadpan Snarker: Flint (in contrast to Archimedean Dynasty, where he was more of a cheerful Loveable Rogue). Title Drop: In the first game, one conversation with a rather philosophical person will have him refer to the bad state of the world as 'Aquanox, the watery night'.

The presentation of said story occurs in two ways. The first, and more common way, is through conversations with NPCs. This is done through text-based conversation trees. While some might think this is archaic, it allows for a lot more variation in the conversation and story. Each location you'll visit usually has at least one person willing to talk to you. The interesting thing is that the characters you'll speak with will remember how you treated them, and might actually tell others about you. This means that you should be careful, as your reputation can definitely precede you. The other way the story is presented is through computer generated cut-scenes throughout the game.

If the game was only about the story, I would end this review right here. Fortunately, the game is all about combat, and in Archimedean Dynasty, combat is fast, fun, and furious. The game consists of some sixty odd missions that run the gambit from simple seek-and-destroy to escort missions. These missions are presented in one of the best engines for an underwater combat game ever seen. Archimedean Dynasty's engine fully models thermal layers, currents, water densities, and other niceties that all effect your combat performance. This fantastic engine really makes you think on your toes, as using the underwater landscape is key to success. There are few words that can describe the tense underwater slugfests that can occur among canyons, cities, valleys, and so on. The controls for your subs are both logical and easy to remember.

OSure, it fights great, but how does it look?Ó you ask me. Well, in a word, fabulous. This has to be the best visual representation of the big deep blue I've ever seen. Explosions occur as they should at depth, and your craft, torpedoes, and everything else look and act great. The game initially only used its software rendering engine, and while this was fantastic, users wanted more. Apparently, the developer, Massive, heard these pleas and later released a 3dfx enhancement patch for the game. This brought the visuals to a new high, as they look fantastic now. The visuals are one of the high points of the game.

If, however, there were a higher point to the game than the great game play and visuals, it's the sounds. This game has some of the best sound effects for its type of game. Everything, from underwater explosions to the whooshing of torpedoes sounds brilliantly effective. When ships collide, for example, the resulting clang sound is incredibly effective. The sounds really pull the player into the game, as they really are one of the game's high points.

One might think that, given my praise, this is an almost perfect game. Well, one would be mistaken. The game has a couple of blemishes that, while not serious, can be annoying. The inability to change the key commands. While the keyboard layout isn't hard, it'd be nice to be able to change it if necessary.

Overall, Archimedean Dynasty's strengths definitely outweigh its minor weaknesses. This game has it all, a good story, a likeable main character, great graphics, fabulous sound, and fun game play to boot. I'd have to say that if games like Wing Commander: Privateer, Elite, or Subwar: 2050 interest you, this game will definitely be your cup of tea.

Graphics: Gorgeous graphics.

Sound: AD has some of the best sound around.

Enjoyment: The game play is fun, but it's not easy at times.

Replay Value: The storyline is fairly linear, and while there are sub-quests, it's still pushing you in one direction.

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AquaNox is a 3D combat sim set deep beneath the ocean surface on a distant-future Earth. Though sharing basic commonalities with more conventional flight and space combat simulations, AquaNox takes place in a strange environment best accessible through more speculative imagination.

Instead of fighter jets blasting through the clouds above or starships battling in the void of deep space, AquaNox invites virtual pilots to board advanced submarines and explore a dark undersea world rife with sprawling human cities, powerful currents, ruthless pirates, and dangerously enormous creatures of mythological monstrosity.Officially, AquaNox is a sequel to 1996's Archimedean Dynasty, which was also created by Massive Development. In a continuation of the Archimedean Dynasty story, AquaNox takes place nearly seven centuries in Earth's future, when nuclear devastation has rendered the surface of the planet uninhabitable and forced humankind to build a new civilization on the ocean floor. A thick layer of rotting organic material now covers the planet's surface, protecting the ocean depths from the ravages of the nuclear disaster above but also shielding the undersea world from any sunlight. As in the original title, AquaNox players take the role of the mercenary Emerald 'Dead Eye' Flint to pilot a variety of high tech submarines through over 30 missions of volatile action and strategic political intrigue.Technically, the game is intended to set new standards.

AquaNox runs on a version of Massive Development's own krass engine, a system created to be as versatile and customizable as it is powerful. While the game is designed run on a variety of machines with a wide range of specifications, special features have been incorporated to make use of new capabilities offered by the GeForce 3 graphics chip, which became available to the public on high-end video cards a few months before the release of the game. GeForce developers nVidia used a pre-release version of AquaNox to showcase the power of the new GPU's technology.Aquanox is an first-person shooter set in a spectacular undersea world in the year 2666. Maybe you should to know that Aquanox is actually a sequel to 1997's Archimedean Dynasty, a subsim game that is similar in style to space sims like Privateer. That's why Aquanox features a similar design, as you'll return to the underwater world of Aqua featured in Archimedean Dynasty as a mercenary who gains credits by completing combat missions. However the games are pretty different, while Archimedean Dynasty was a complex, mission-based simulation with trading and privateering, Aquanox is fast paced fist-person shooter! The game features over 30 single-player-missions, 9 completely different playerships, over 40 different enemies, including gigantic creatures, solid story and detailed world with over 70 NPCs and multiplayer support including deathmatch, teambased etc.

You can tell me, that gameplay in Aquanox is too much simplistic, but I don't care:) I have been playing Aquanox for the past five days and I like this game very much. I could say it's pretty addictive shooter.Set in a bleak future after Earths surface has been shattered by nuclear warfare, AquaNox introduces a futuristic 3D world immersed deep in a massive ocean. Human survivors have created a new empire, sending gigantic submarines to plow along the world's seafloors. Gamers play the role of the roguish Emerald 'Dead Eye' Flint, the mercenary with many talents and connections in the underwater world. Flint faces a new menace that surfaces from the sunken caverns - horrifying creatures and ancient gods that were once sealed in the oceanic caves. In this dangerous yet beautiful new world, the gamer discovers glittering underwater cities, dazzling aquatic flora and fauna, and massive natural formations in jaw-dropping detail.

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