Undertow (Xbox 360)

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Description

The aquatic alien race Elect escapes from its oppressors and loads all of their people into a giant space ship known as the Ark. They settle on making earth their new home planet and launch a secret attack, melting all the polar caps covering the entire planet with water. Three different groups stand up to fight the aliens and reclaim the planet. The Iron Marines are a group of humans using what is left of technology to fight back. The second group is the Nemodian race. This group, lead by captain Nemo, has been leaving in truce with the humans for more than a hundred years at the bottom of the ocean. The final group consist of the Atlantian, a remainder of the once powerful empire of Atlantis, but trapped during the last ice age until the polar caps melted.

As explained in the premise, all of the actions takes place underwater. The singleplayer portion consists of 15 missions, including cut-scenes, for one or two players in a co-op mode. As a fast-paced shooter, players command small vessels engaging different enemies. Each race has different ships, upgrades and power-ups, some of which need to be unlocked by acquiring points, through killing enemies or accomplishing team goals.

Up to sixteen players can play in the versus mode, either online or through system link.

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Part of the Following Group

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine3

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The Press Says

GamePro (US)	Mar 10, 2008	4.75 out of 5	95
GameAlmighty.com	Dec 07, 2007	9 out of 10	90
GameZone	Jan 02, 2008	9 out of 10	90
TalkXbox	Dec 14, 2007	89 out of 100	89
Gamer 2.0	Dec 11, 2007	8.4 out of 10	84
1UP	Dec 13, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Dec 09, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 25, 2008	15 out of 20	75
GamersHell.com	Jan 30, 2008	7 out of 10	70
Gaming Age	Dec 20, 2007	B-	67

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Trivia

The game was given away for free to all Xbox Live silver and gold members between 23rd and 25th January 2008, to compensate for the issues with the service during the 2007 Christmas holiday break.

Related Web Sites

• X360A Achievement Guide (X360A's achievement guide for Undertow.)