Hydro Thunder
Reviewed by Nathan Tsui
Another arcade port from Midway. This one, however, is not a
wasted effort. A wide variety of boats and tracks make this
game tolerable for a longer time period than Blitz 2000.
This game has improved graphics, even from the arcade
version. If you like racers, this one's for you. It's
interesting to note that while Midway launched four games
alongside Dreamcast on September 9th, only Ready 2 Rumble
Boxing was truly original. Blitz 2000 and Hydro Thunder are
arcade ports, and Mortal Kombat Gold is a 'classic compilation'.
GRAPHICS: 9
The visuals in this game are awesome. There's incredible
attention to detail, and many of the graphical 'extras'
will probably go unnoticed, like the hot air balloons
floating around. The water looks nice, and so do all the
boats. 2-player mode's frame rate hardly slows down at all
and doesn't lose much detail.
SOUND: 7
The music and sound FX are OK. Nothing really stands out.
The boats, splashes, and such sound good. That dude who
yells, 'Go' gets on my nerves, though. We know you said
'Go' already! Quit saying it! We don't need to hear it
three times!!!
CONTROL: 9
The control is very good. Turns are made very well and each
boat handles differently. The Turbo-Boost is pretty cool,
and being able to jump outta the water is nice too. I wish
there was a feature to turn my boat into a platypus that
lays eggs. OK, I don't really mean that.
REPLAY VALUE: 7
There are plenty of tracks and boats to choose from.
However, all the boats have the same moves: accelerate,
brake, turn, and Turbo-Boost. It would have been nice if all
the boats had their own special moves. Also, multi-player is
confined to only two players. Head-to-head racing has never
been my thing.
OVERALL: 8 out of 10
Wow, the overall is actually an exact average for once! Oh,
who cares. If you like racers you might want to buy Hydro
Thunder. For me, there wasn't anything that really impressed
me all that much with this game. If you've played the arcade
version, you've played this version.
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