by "awmaster10" (awmaster10)
Published 11/05/2017 at 21:18
by "awmaster10" (awmaster10)
Published 11/05/2017 at 21:18
Tags: boatlopnik
; boats
; games
STARS: 1
Finally found a fun boat racing game after playing random free roam games like GTA to get my boating fix. Its called aquadelic GT and its only $5 on steam. Not much about it is realistic but the idea is that you can roam freely around a bunch of different large maps that are littered with small missions, races, boat shops, and houses that you can buy. Think of it as Test Drive Unlimited for boating.
There are a bunch of boats available ranging from a small runabout to twin engine speedboats. You have to complete races to advance to new locations which have new boats and other events. Most of the races are an appropriate difficulty and are neither easy nor frustratingly impossible. I already have the most expensive boat in the game after about 2 days of playing but I still find it entertaining to cruise around the various maps or just do single races for money.
Id say its pretty much essential to have a gamepad to have any fun, and a wheel would be a blast, but I havent tried with the keyboard so im not sure. Races are kart style and have boost and weapon pickups that seem well balanced except for maybe the huge jumping heat seeking explosive frogs...
Graphics are nothing special but the game runs well and the water effects are actually pretty well done. Here is an ingame race screen from early in the game when I was sponsored by a bubble gum company:
In conclusion: If you like boats and having fun, take a look at this game.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/05/2017 at 21:30, STARS: 2
if you want a realistic simulator, check out Design it, Drive it : Speedboats on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/501090/Design_it_Drive_it__Speedboats/
it’s not a racing game, it’s meant to be a realistic simulator. I’ve only tried the tunnel-hull hydroplane, but having driven an actual hydroplane it’s pretty realistic except for the g-forces.
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
11/05/2017 at 21:43, STARS: 0
Yeah I had my eye on it but felt like it would be more realistic but somehow less fun. Is there actual game substance besides just messing around with cool physics? If not then its a lot like BeamNG Drive but for boats which I like but got bored of.
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
11/05/2017 at 22:31, STARS: 1
This was the last best boat game I played. It rocked
Freaking loved this game as a kid
"awmaster10" (awmaster10)
11/05/2017 at 22:46, STARS: 0
Honestly the only other boat games I’ve played are sonic racing transformed and diddy kong racing
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
11/05/2017 at 23:04, STARS: 1
Neat! I’ll have to check it out. I spent time playing this game as a little kid:
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"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
11/06/2017 at 06:45, STARS: 0
Cobra Triangle was awesome. I could only ever get up to a certain point though. Never did beat that game.
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
11/06/2017 at 07:41, STARS: 0
That looks dreadful! But, boat games are slim pickings.
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
11/06/2017 at 09:13, STARS: 1
Eh, it wasn’t too far of the mark for game type simulations in 1990. I had a stockcar simulator (to date the game) from around the same time that wasn’t really much complex than this, nor was the Indy 500 simulation. We were still three or four years out from the original Indycar racing game by papyrus. Flight simulator 3 was probably the high watermark from this time, but I recall having to play it on my Dad’s work laptop because our home PC at the time didn’t have the horsepower.