H2Overdrive (aka Hydro Thunder 2)

[A Black Falcon]

... I'm just stunned that this game actually exists. Heard about it from GAF today... it's a new arcade game from some of the original Hydro Thunder team, or at least from the team leader, and is being made at Raw Thrills.

The core Hydro Thunder people left Midway after making the game and went to form a new studio, Swinging Ape, which then made the great third person shooter Metal Arms: Glitch in the System for the GC/Xbox/PS2. They then were bought by Blizzard, tried to make a version of Starcraft Ghost, and when that was canned were absorbed into Blizzard. Evidently some have left... and went to Raw Thrills, where they decided on a sequel in all but name to Hydro Thunder.

Of course, if there are console ports, and if Midway picks it up, it could indeed become Hydro Thunder 2, like how The Fast & The Furious became Cruis'n when Midway ported it to the Wii... here's hoping. :) Actually, any home port, under any name, is what I'm hoping for. This game looks far too spectacularly great to be left just in the arcades. And the game does look amazing, simply amazing... great graphics, classic great Hydro Thunder gameplay with a few new twists like stunts while you're in the air... this game looks SO, SO much fun, just like the original. I want to play it, now. :)

The only question: Racing GOTY 2009?


http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/23452
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http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/23453





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