So if nothing else, the folks running the game are truly passionate about it, and are imbued with the independent spirit that drives great games as well as idiosyncratic ones. The dark horse is the Black Element/Bohemia Interactive combo. Can they pull it off? It’s a long way from concept art to release, and we’ve yet to hear how they plan to pull this one off.

I guess they’ll be talking more at Leipzig.

I imagine the carrier in question is going to be on the oceans of this new colony, would make sense and reflect the original better than a space borne version.

As with previous posters, my method of winning the original was to dive bomb mantas into the carriers engines, after firing off all availble air-to-air missiles, when it showed up at Thermopolyae. That would cripple it, then follow up with a stream of surface to air missiles and then a continual barrage from the carrier’s laser turret.

Ah the glory days, they better not screw this up!

Also, I’m glad someone else in the world has played hunter, a game I adored for the weird free roaming nature and multiple vehicles. My favourite was wind surfing, or alternatively going swimming and getting attacked by sharks! Or attacking the local church in an apc! There was always some kind of mission attached to hunter, which I invariably ignored.

I’ve been keeping an eye out for a modern remake for ages, but until this, the only contender has been this: http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/mod/journal/journal.asp?jn=472138 which is looking pretty sweet but is a amateur side-project sort of affair and thus may never be finished (especially now).

Edit: I loved Hostile Waters too and wished that it had a Skirmish mode in it. Good old Patton, I always used to have him heading up my tanks.