Software:Aquatico
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| Developer(s) | Digital Reef Games |
| Publisher(s) | Overseer Games |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | January 12, 2023 |
| Genre(s) | City-building |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Aquatico is an underwater city-building video game released on January 12, 2023, and developed by Digital Reef Games and published by Overseer Games.
Gameplay
The game's gameplay revolves around building a city at the bottom of the ocean. The player places buildings, discovers diverse biomes, gathers resources, checks temperature readings etc. It also includes a research tree to unlock various technologies and buildings such as sushi houses, oxygen retractors and similar.[1]
On April 12, 2023, it released a major update which added more mods, story content and citizen opinions game mechanic.[2]
Reception
The game received mixed reviews upon release. Ken Allsop of PCGamesN described it as Subnautica meets Cities.[3] Rock, Paper, Shotgun praised its presentation and visuals, but criticized the gameplay as being too straightforward and uncompelling.[4] PC Gamer was similar in its critique, stating that although there are 'charming details and inventive ideas', as well as a deep management system, the city itself never felt convincing, and gave it a score of 68.[5] German GameStar likewise praised its setting, but said it offers too little to compete with other similar games in the genre, giving it 70%.[6]
References
- ↑ Bellingham, Hope (30 September 2022). "This underwater city builder has you rekindling civilization among the sharks". https://www.gamesradar.com/this-underwater-city-builder-has-you-rekindling-civilization-among-the-sharks/.
- ↑ Cryer, Hirun (12 April 2023). "This underwater city builder just added opinions, bringing it one step closer to BioShock's Rapture". https://www.gamesradar.com/this-underwater-city-builder-just-added-opinions-bringing-it-one-step-closer-to-bioshocks-rapture/.
- ↑ Allsop, Ken (7 April 2023). "Underwater city builder Aquatico puts humanity's future in your hands". https://www.pcgamesn.com/aquatico/update-story-creative-underwater-city-builder.
- ↑ Armstrong, Kim (11 January 2023). "Aquatico review: a soothing underwater city builder that neglects the dangers of the deep". Gamer Network Limited. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/aquatico-review.
- ↑ Livingston, Christopher (12 January 2023). "AQUATICO REVIEW". Future plc. https://www.pcgamer.com/aquatico-review/.
- ↑ marx, Enrico (17 January 2023). Aquatico im Test: Das Unterwasser-Anno verpasst eine riesige Gelegenheit. https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/aquatico-test-steam-review-anno,3388859.html. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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