One annoying aspect of the game is that at times there are other boats that are there to cause you to slow down. The one that's red will get you more boost by about four times the amount of what you have obtained.) (The picture above is one of the boost canisters, which are either blue or red with fire wrapped around it. The fourth part of the main game deals with the Championship racing part, where you can earn more points by doing the tournament setups with the race, rings, and gauntlet games so try to get damn good before you go for the championship games, otherwise I guarantee frustration of the highest degree (and I do mean spiking the controller down, cussing, running outside to find your next door neighbors dog to kick it, and many other bad things that might get you arrested).
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(I used this a lot because I usually hit the water the wrong way and can't get the boat back on the water.) Another beauty about this game is that if you're really messing up in the middle of the race you can just restart the race from the in-game menu. I'm not saying it will get you ahead of anyone when you reset, but if you boat has blown up a couple times, I would suggest to restart the race. If you explode, don't worry on your controller adjacent from the start button on your XBOX controller is something called a back button, which will reset you and get you back into the race. Yes, if I forgot to mention, you can seriously fuck up you boat by smashing in to walls the wrong way or hitting these red barrels of death. You have to go through the races as fast as you can while worrying about your boat being blown to smithereens. The third mode out of the four is the gauntlet, and this is one hell of a way to play. (I suggest if you're having a hard time playing the main races and you can't find all the shortcuts, the ring racing is one of the main ones that will force you to go through said shortcuts to kick more ass in the game and the multiplayer.) They incorporated a boost jump for the boats so they can reach up to get rings or jump over objects to find shortcuts. Once you move up to the next difficulty, however, it keeps you on your toes. When you're in Novice mode it's usually simple to keep your boat up to a high speed while going through all the rings. It's one of those setups where you got to get your boat to go through all the rings in order to obtain the boost so when your vehicle misses this ring you lose out on your boost, killing your time 'cause you'll need to get the next ring in order to reactivate the boost mode. Next in line for the races is the Ring Races, which can be fun but also a fucking pain in the ass. Now if you're not familiar with the courses, you should learn to explore the game in order to find shortcuts in order to reach first place or have a faster time in these main races.
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Yet once you go from Novice to Pro (and last, but not least, Expert) it does get difficult. They have you start all the way back in 16th place, but that's what makes it interesting: when you start playing the game it's starts getting pretty easy to win. First is just good old-fashion race style that was in the original game.
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The gameplay is the way it should be, with a setup where you have four ways to race. The graphics are absolutely beautiful, and the gameplay is as realistic as it gets when your dealing with water and rocket powered boats. Well anyways, back to this bad-ass game called Hydro Thunder: Hurricane. Talk about space-saving, seeing as I got all my games crammed on the shelf dominating one another or collecting dust.
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I believe that's where the gaming companies are going now, though, where they don't have to deal with selling the plastic at the stores where they will market more things online so that you can download the games and save it right on to the massive hard drives.
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This is a game that doesn't bring back memories for everyone, but it sure gets me to say "Back in the day." I'm sure glad that this game has come back, although it might be only available as a download. Along with jumping from that machine to it's brother game Rush, I was always feeding my need for speed and awesome racing. Holy crap, it's Hydro Thunder! Oh how I missed you. I remember all the days of sitting in the arcade tossing quarter after quarter into your machine. Video Games Rev Up Your Engines! It's Gonna Be A "Hydro Thunder: Hurricane"!