''Dangerous Waters'', also known as ''S.C.S. Dangerous Waters'', is a 2005

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developed by American studio Sonalysts Combat Simulations. It was released for Microsoft Windows in 2005, and on

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on February 7, 2006.

Gameplay

''Dangerous Waters'' is a naval warfare simulation game which features many player-controllable units deployed in the armed forces of 18 different

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. Campaign mode allows a player to control forces as the

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, Russian Federation Navy, or People's Liberation Army Navy of China. Players can perform multiple station roles such as radar and sonar, required to complete missions manually, or have those stations played in AI mode with simulated crew members manning non-command functions. The multi-player mode allows multiple players to occupy individual crew stations on the same vessel, i.e. to control the same vessel together. Players can control the , the

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, the

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Helicopter, the

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. Some controllable assets are available in different versions. Dangerous Waters allows the player to create scenarios using an included mission editor which includes a scripting language. Dangerous Waters can use and import scenario scripts from these other games: '' 688(I) Hunter/Killer'', '' Sub Command'', and ''

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''. In 2009, a community-made mod titled ''Reinforce Alert'' was released, which added new playable naval, surface, and air units to the game.

Release

The game was initially not sold in stores, and was only available through the websit
www.battlefront.com
In December 2005, ''Dangerous Waters'' was made available at

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s by publisher Strategy First. In early January 2006,

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announced it would be selling ''Dangerous Waters'' via its

content delivery system. The preload began January 24, 2006, and was released a few weeks later, February 7. ''Dangerous Waters'' was published in Europe by BlackBean Games and was in UK stores on May 26, 2006. It included exclusive European content on a second DVD (also available on the company's website. A 90-page printed manual was included in the box (consisting of the first four sections of the 570 page manual, plus appendices), with the full manual as a PDF file.

Reception

The game received "favorable" reviews according to video game

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References

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