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Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
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12 games like Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - Scripted enemy behaviour
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Both lean on reads about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 2) - minimal, mostly clicking and management
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - Scripted enemy patterns
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - Hero waves and rival keepers run on scripts.
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Both lean on variance about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Melee and bow combat inputs
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 3) - Multiplayer battles involve feints; campaign AI is mappable
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Both lean on variance about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Ledge-grab timing and kill animations need decent precision
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: variance (2 vs 3) - Battle dice, loyalty and event cards add noise
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Both lean on variance about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Shooter inputs with VATS assist
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Both lean on execution about the same (3 vs 3). Biggest difference: reads (2 vs 1) - Scripted enemies
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Both lean on variance about the same (2 vs 2). Biggest difference: execution (3 vs 4) - Wrench and Gloo timing modest.
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- Released
- 2001
- Developer
- Rage Software
- Platforms
- PC
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB critics
- 70/100
- IGDB users
- 55/100