Aquanox: Deep Descent

Submarines, Bionts, Dystopia and shooty shoots, what’s not to love? Buy this, slap on your cowboy hat, and stick some Linda Ronstadt on as you drive “every kind of rig that’s ever been made” in the deep blue.

Duking it out underwater is a lot of fun in this game. The visuals are well-done, it plays well, and the story is quite strong too. Very much worth a look for anyone intrigued by its premise.

Despite being among the most unique gaming series ever made, the AquaNox franchise has been absent from the spotlight for a very long time. Following the release of AquaNox 2, and the canceling of the game's PlayStation 2 remake, the underwater world has been left unexplored, and fans of the series were forced to look elsewhere to get their dogfighting fix. If this was the price to pay to get Aqua...

Aquanox: Deep Descent continues a journey into the depths of the sea started in 1996 and proves blowing things up underwater is more fun than the Bends.

We tell you, it’s a good game! It’s not average! It might have some problems here and there, but you have to admit it is a “Good” game.

Aquanox: Deep Descent works well enough to justify its existence. Performance is fine, gameplay is fine, story is fine, length and price are fine - Aquanox is just fine. It won't wow a lot of people, but the people it does impress will be enamored by it. And, you know what, sometimes that's all you want out of a video game.

The original Aquanox games were vehicle shooters set deep underwater for the PC in 2001 and 2003. Although not huge successes, they gained a cult following, and as with many cult classics, this led to a crowd-funded sequel many years down the line. Serbia-based developer Digital Arrow has developed Aquanox: Deep Descent, a reboot of the series, bringing submarine combat to modern consoles. The end...

Decent controls can't save this game from being aggressively bland, boring, and average.