SeaBlade
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| SeaBlade | |
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| Developer | Vision Scape Interactive |
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| Platform | Xbox |
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| Genre | Shooter |
| Mode | Single-player |
SeaBlade is a video game developed exclusively for the Xbox by Vision Scape Interactive and published by Simon & Schuster Interactive in 2002, and by TDK Mediactive Europe in Europe in 2003. The game is a shooter game in which players complete missions using craft named SeaBlades that engage in combat in flight and underwater, with seamless transition between air and ocean. SeaBlade was developed by Vision Scape Interactive, a 3D animation studio with minor development experience.[1] Upon release, SeaBlade received negative critical reception, with reviewers critiquing the generic nature of the game, poor utilisation of the air and ocean navigation concept, and poor control scheme.
SeaBlade is a vehicular combat shooter game in which players control the titular SeaBlades, craft capable of transitioning between aerial flight and underwater navigation. The game features 39 missions set across six environments, where players complete objectives such as reaching checkpoints, deploying equipment, and rescuing civilians, while avoiding or engaging enemy ships and aircraft. [2] Players control their craft using the two analog sticks to strafe and turn. Combat in SeaBlade is fought against other enemy SeaBlades and turrets, and is performed using a default weapon, a gatling gun, with additional weapons acquired through collecting power-ups hidden in the level. The player can use a targeting feature in the HUD that provides the direction of the nearest attacking SeaBlade. The game also features a multiplayer mode, including 'Chaos Reigns', a deathmatch mode, 'Tag', a mode with a time bomb swapped between players that explodes in a time limit, and 'Moving Target', where players compete to first eliminate a computer controlled target.[3]
Plot
In the 24th Century, the polar ice caps have melted, leading to an outbreak of war across Earth's submerged cities between countries in the northern and southern hemispheres. The southern inhabitants in the Southern Alliance enjoy a peaceful existence, whilst the Northern Warlords, driven by war and conquest, threaten to invade the south. The player is David Pierce, a pilot and commander of a squadron of Southern Alliance pilots, tasked with putting an end to the destruction waged by the three Northern Warlords. Stationed on the warship Argosy, the Alliance pilots deploy vehicles named SeaBlades to perform rescue and reconnaissance work in the North.