A linear stroll through the greatest flood ever seen
The prequel completing a truly weird trilogy, initially available only as a Netflix title, has now landed on PC and consoles as well. Those who played Golf Club: Nostalgia and The Cub will be curious to find out how things started, but will the quirks of Highwater make it interesting to wider audiences as well? Read on to find out.
The three games developed by Demagog, although are part of the same universe, could not be more different. While Golf Club presents the nostalgic elite who escaped to Mars and returns to an uninhabitable Earth to play decadent golf matches, and The Cub presents the journey of a post-apocalyptic Mowgli on the very same Earth after it was reclaimed by nature, Highwater is the origin story, the one that presents how it all started.
Different both in visual style and game genre, the common element of all these titles is the unmistakable atmosphere. And, of course, the radio station, that this time around blasts its indie tunes, being known as Highwater Pirate Radio Station. And just as with the other two games, the latest Demagog release is an acquired taste.
If you are a more mature player looking beyond the surface, chances are you will appreciate the quirks of the game. But the members of younger audiences looking for their adrenaline trips will find it boring. That can be traced back to the fact that the prequel actually presents the infamous ecological catastrophe that is the central theme of the trilogy.
The aftermath of the great flood is presented from the point of view of a ragtag group of underdogs, part of society marginalized by the elite and condemned to extinction. But Nikos along with some of his friends does not want to go silently into the night, or more precisely go under with the great flood. So, they put together a plan to get on one of the rockets leaving to Mars.
Captaining his yellow inflatable boat christened Argos, controlling mainly Nikos you will visit small islands that represent the remnants of the once bustling Earth civilization.
