$4.99Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 Harpoons, divers and one very hungry Great White
Hunt other divers underwater, manage your air, and hope the sharks stay busy with someone else.
Is Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 worth it?
Shark Attack Deathmatch 2 is worth it if…
- you want quick, tense rounds you can play with a friend
- you like PvP where a third party (several tons of shark) can ruin anyone's plan
- you enjoy short survival runs chasing a leaderboard score
- you want an underwater shooter that is easy to pick up, not a deep simulation
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Grab a friend and outlast the ocean
The co-op survival challenge is the easiest way in: you and a friend against wave after wave of sharks, nothing else on the agenda. You coordinate where to swim, when to grab a fresh oxygen tank and when to stand your ground, because air runs out and the sharks do not. Sessions are short and social: join up, jump into a round, see how long you last. It is the kind of mode where a plan falls apart in seconds and you both end up laughing about it. If you would rather face the onslaught alone, single player survival does the same job solo, with a global leaderboard to climb for every encounter you survive.
Be the shark
Predator mode flips the whole game. One player takes the role of the Great White, the ocean's top apex predator, while everyone else dives in as prey. As the shark you tear divers limb from limb, and the tables turn the moment you fall: the hunter becomes the hunted, and the diver who kills you takes your place. It is a simple loop that stays tense from both sides. As a diver you know something enormous is out there; as the shark you pick your moment and close in. Few games let you be the thing everyone else is afraid of.
Six maps, six very different oceans
The maps give the fights their character. Hunt Ragged Tooth Sharks in The Boneyard, survive brutal attacks in Tsunami, a flooded New York City, fight among the carnage of Wrecks and Reefs, explore Atlantis, or battle between Russian attack subs in The Red Tide. Each has its own style and location, and the underwater scenery is a real strength: sun rays cutting through from the surface, marine life in the background, sharks modelled and animated with care. More maps are planned to arrive regularly during early access, so the pool of places to fight keeps growing.
Sharks that behave like sharks
The sharks are the reason this game gets under your skin. Six species prowl the water: Great Whites, Ragged-Tooths, Bull Sharks, Black Tip Reef Sharks, Shortfin Makos and Tiger Sharks. Their behaviour is deliberately unpredictable: swim alongside one and it may ignore you completely, then another turns and hunts you down for no reason at all. Provoked, they become your worst nightmare. In deathmatch the sharks mostly serve to keep every duel nervous, because a fight with another diver can suddenly become a fight for your life.
