Ever dream of being a merciless shark, stalking your prey and chomping them down to tiny, little, bloody bits? Just me? Oh…well, regardless Tripwire Interactive and Blindside Interactive have developed an open-world survival-horror game MANEATER, published by Tripewire and Deep Silver, where you get to play as the world's deadliest (sea) predator! Here's the official description:
Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas – a terrifying SHARK! Maneater is a single player, open world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where YOU are the shark. Devour nutrients to grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended. Become a massive shark, an apex predator of legends, to get revenge on the cruel fisherman that dismembered you. Eat. Explore. Evolve.
Now this isn't the first game where you play as a deadly shark killing people, as there were two officially-licensed JAWS games – JAWS UNLEASHED and JAWS ULTIMATE PREDATOR – where you played as the titular JAWS (or is this a situation where the shark is just "shark" and JAWS is simply the name of the movie?) Regardless, this one looks a bit more polished than the aforementioned PS2 and Wii games.
But what do you guys think? Fans of any other shark games? If so, sound off below!
Meanwhile, you'll be able to play MANEATER on consoles and PC May 22nd!