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Aquanox: Deep Descent

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Aquanox: Deep Descent
Aquanox: Deep Descent cover
Developers
Digital Arrow
Publishers
THQ Nordic
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows October 16, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 69
OpenCritic 66
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Naval/watercraft
Themes Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series AquaNox
Aquanox: Deep Descent on HowLongToBeat
Aquanox: Deep Descent on IGDB
AquaNox
Archimedean Dynasty 1996
AquaNox 2001
AquaNox 2: Revelation 2003
Aquanox: Deep Descent 2020

Aquanox: Deep Descent is a first-person underwater vehicle shooter and a re-imagining of the AquaNox series, set in a period that predates the Archimedean Dynasty. It is the first game in the series to not be developed by Massive Development. Its development was publicly announced in August 2013 by Nordic Games and was followed by a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2015.[1][2]

The game is scheduled to release on October 16, 2020.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Amazon.co.uk
Requires online activation
Limited Edition.
Windows
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
GOG.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Scheduled to release on October 16, 2020.[3]
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ANX\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ANX\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/254370/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Template:Video settings

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Override anisotropic filtering[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location and open Engine.ini in a text editor.
  2. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
Anisotropic filtering quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 1 and 16.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable FXAA through a configuration file[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location and open Engine.ini in a text editor.
  2. Add the following and save the file.
[SystemSettings]
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1

Notes

Enabling FXAA will disable TAA.
Setting the value to 0 will disable anti-aliasing.

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Enable vsync in a configuration file[4]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location and open GameUserSettings.ini in a text editor.
  2. Find a line bUseVSync=False and set it to bUseVSync=True to enable Vsync.

Input

Gameplay settings
Gameplay settings

Template:Input settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
8 Versus, Co-op
Co-op is limited to 4 players only.

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i7-950 - 3.3 GHz
AMD A8-6600K - 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 560
AMD Radeon HD 7870
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/254370/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (254370) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. AquaNox reboot in development at Nordic Games - last accessed on 2020-10-06
  2. We're funded! - last accessed on 2020-10-06
  3. Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-14
    According to the post of Zyddie from THQ Nordic on Aquanox: Deeep Descent Discord.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-10-15