This game, also known by it's german title "Schleichfahrt", never got the attention and appreciation it deserved when it was published in 1996. It's on par with games like Privateer and Wing Commander but at the same time very different and unique. Your character is Emerald „Dead-Eye“ Flint, a cold mercenary with his own submarine but an empty wallet. The game is very story driven but has a lot of RPG elements that give it an open world feeling. Basically it's a deep sea submarine simulator best played with a joystick. What makes this game unique and memorable for me is it's approach on real deep sea science and creating interesting factions in a pretty dark and dirty universe. The immersion the game can create is one of the deepest I ever got in a game. Using sound as a game mechanic can be the difference between life and dead, something you have to consider when buying torpedoes or scouting the area. Upgrading your submarine is important and satisfying, the system is very well designed and implemented, I dare to say it's one of the best I've ever seen. (Make sure to by a repair bot as soon as possible.) When the game was released it's graphics were top notch and could compete with every other simulation game. Even now, nearly 20 years later, it manages to give me this claustrophobic feeling of fighting in a mysterious and hostile environment. If you ask me "But what are the flaws?", I can tell you there is only one, there is no worthy successor.
