Cold Waters

Do not have control during the game. No fun. Silent Hunter is much better. This game does what it wants when it wants. I cannot stop or go when I want. Wish I could get a refund on this game.

Pretty much the title. When it works it is fun (training), but in the actual game you are 100% auto-detected by enemies. Your torpedoes are detected at launch from 1500 miles away, and will always miss the target. Enemy ships randomly explode...

Poor UI implementation needs 5 screens(or sub screens) to accomplish one action

The game provides for playing in three eras, 1968, 1984 and 2000. The subs used are very different, as are the weapons, and therefore, the tactics differ reasonably. The game focuses on a slightly more arcade effect than some other games. In that sense, like others have noted, it feels like a prettier Red Storm Rising game. Unfortunately, some of the missing items add to artificial difficulty. When operating in shallow water, it is difficult to see ahead and figure out that you need to decrease your depth or you'll run aground. More than once, I was picking off enemy vessels, evading their return fire, only to run aground. Saving, works, but not how I would expect. When you save, there is no feedback to indicate the save succeeds. Missing: * A scenario creator to allow you to create a practice scenario of your choice. Maybe you want to try your hand at engaging a much larger enemy fleet. * Friendly units. All units are either neutrals like merchants, or hostile. Where's the "defend the convoy" or "defend the battle group" missions? * Towed sonar array control. It feeels like towed sonar is just missing except in descriptions and damage control * Active Sonar usefulness/range understanding. Knowing how far out your active sonar is reaching would be useful. Overall, a reasonably enjoyable game.

If you are looking for a game that recaptures the old red storm rising games continue on. For all the game tells in the tutorial none of that seems to apply in the campaign itself. Even worse for some reason a massive oversight is that air units do not show up on your tactical display. So engaged a massive surface force spent three hours dogging four escorts taking them out one by one, and finally sank the last one leaving the five transport ships unprotected, Come up to periscope depth and activate radar, EMS mast and periscope, lock on to the transport fire missiles. Check my EMS and I have strong radar signal, check the tactical display, see nothing, Dive just to be careful, fifteen seconds later I hear the props of a helicopter and then explode. No indication on tactical that there was aircraft nearby, no warning from the XO, nothing to hint that there was a threat. This is a critical oversight. This in addition to the fact that the game is more arcade than actual sub sim with several things just wrong about sub warfare. Not to mention how often your own torpedos jam or even arbitrarily explode even though they should be running safe before you activate them. And you must have the worst sonar man in the world becuase he can't even tell the difference between a surface ship from a submarine, and you have to waste your time trying to figure it out.