Deep Diving Simulator

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Posted on: May 28, 2019

distorken

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Games: 163 Reviews: 1

Repetitive and sharks are annoying

At first it was not bad, but then the game feels very repetitive and sharks are very annoying. even if you shoot them or use the knife they don't go away and they keep attacking you. It would be better if they add more things to do in the game, more open space, fish identify, photo mode to identify the fish and add every fish that you see and photograph in a encyclopedia and less annoying sharks please.

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Posted on: September 10, 2019

CLBrown

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Games: 1263 Reviews: 17

Arcade Game, NOT a "Diving Simulator."

This game is pretty and fun, but isn't a "simulator." Just like the arcade "flight sims" "F-15 Strike Eagle" isn't the same as "X-Plane v11." Others have pointed out major issues with realism in this game. The "timer instead of air consumption model" is especially bad. But that's not, to me, the worst issue, believe it or not. That might well be based upon a "design decision" to make the game more arcade-like and less realistic. No, the bigger issue, to me, is that the game utterly fails to approximately accurately model the actual means of controlling ascent or descent. This game is TERRIBLE in that regard. As an experienced SCUBA diver myself, I find this odd. I mean, the mechanism to control ascent and descent isn't THAT hard to understand, much less to model mathematically. You have extra weights on a belt (or in pouches) to help you stay under... they provide a constant gravitationally-based force downwards. You have a BCD (inflatable vest hooked up to your tank, with auxiliary mouth inflation usually present) which you fill with air, or release air from, to make you more or less bouyant (producing an upwards force) The air compresses with depth along a well-understood curve, and expands as you rise, so as you rise, bouyancy increases (requiring release of air from the BCD), and as you descend, bouyancy decreases (requiring air to be added to the BCD) if you don't want to drop like a stone or rise like a bubble. The "add air/release air from the BCD" and "emergency drop the weights!" functions are not, mathematically, at all complicated. So why no one can ever actually model them reasonably accurately in a game... is just bizarre. This is a fun game, but don't come away from it thinking you know ANYTHING about how diving actually works. Treat it as a game... don't imagine, for an instant, that it's actually a SIMULATOR.

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Posted on: May 30, 2019

Oatison

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Games: 123 Reviews: 1

Needs work

I'm a big fan of Everblue 2 on the PS2 (and ocean games in general). From the store page that's what I thought I was getting but the similarities end at the ocean. Disclaimer: At time of review I've only played to 4th area. Gameplay: You're placed into an enclosed area where your objective is to collect trash and treasure to gain EXP. Occasionally you'll need to avoid sharks that buzz around you like a fly using your little lazer gun to scare it off for like 3 minutes before it comes for your booty again. Very annoying. Gameplay gets pretty repetitive pretty quickly. Controls: Very floaty. Makes sense for a diving game but it feels a little too extreme. Takes ages to accelerate and ages to stop. It is fun to zip/drift around the level at 200mph though, since your diver has a top speed of a torpedo it seems. Graphics: It has its moments. Most of them are displayed on the store page however. Just like the gameplay the models and textures can get repetitive. The sand itself has a noticeable pattern, especially when looking at a distance, you can see where it repeats. And the flora/rocks seems like it was haphazardly placed doesn't really seem natural? Not sure how to describe it. -Graphic Options are minimal: Has Resolution, Shadow Quality, Shadow Distance, Some form of AA (2x - 16x), and some post processing effects. Performance: Pretty bad, at least for me. Running a 2080ti/6800k at 4K resolution. Many frame hitches, and can barely reach 40fps in some areas unless im looking at the ground. Not a smooth experience. I should note I dropped resolution to 1440p and fiddled with graphical options and fps did not change much. Rivatuner showers cpu usage at 20%ish and GPU at 50%ish. Other: Sound design is decent, animations are stiff, dialogue/voice work is meh but the worst part of this is the Splash logos on game launch are unskippable.

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Posted on: May 28, 2019

headkaze

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Games: 255 Reviews: 1

Fun and relaxing

I really enjoyed this game. It's a nice change of pace to swim around and collect and complete tasks. Very relaxing and ambient feel. Can recommend.

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Posted on: June 18, 2019

YuukaLover

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Games: 23 Reviews: 1

Fun at first, but repetitive and buggy

In terms of fun and beauty, this game is not even close to Subnautica. In terms of bugs, this game is very close to early access Subnautica. In completing the first three levels, I found such bugs as looping "threat" music if you fend off the shark too early, some infected animals continuously visible as infected on the screen after you heal them, pick-up interaction not displaying in some angles, you could go through the rocks somewhere on Pirate's Nest map, and I think there were some more, not to mention I didn't get any achievements despite completing 3 levels to 100%. The mechanics leave a lot to be desired, from gameplay (repetitive tasks) to interactions (interaction stops if you accidentally move your "crosshairs" to another object lying nearby, which is annoying). Even at the maximum settings, I wouldn't say the graphics are as good as Subnautica. Yet, the game is so poorly optimized that even on a very modern gaming system there are inexplicable lags in some places (which is not the case with other games with lower hardware requirements). Moreover, at level 4 it somehow loads my PC to the point a 1000Va line-interactive UPS can't take it after I spend some time playing the level. The killing blow was today, when I loaded the game after a several days delay to try and complete level 4 only to find out that all my progress is gone and I'd have to do the first three levels all over again. Was it the update? A cloud save error? Considering how bugged it is, maybe the fact that I changed my video settings to try to lower the load on my PC? I don't know, but at that point I was very tempted to demand my money back even if the price is insubstantial. I may play it again at some point, but right now, I'm not happy with my player experience at all and will be wary about buying something from the developer in the future. Is this a diving simulator in the end? Hard to say, but I'd rather say no than yes. The devs make their message about nature clear though.

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