I’m not accustomed with quite varying subgenre of “submarine simulators”, but I think that Archimedean Dynasty belongs to more arcade representatives of it. The role of deepness levels is not important here and the current plays minor role in some missions. Overall, the game feels like slightly less sophisticated arcade sim – just like Wing Commander series, the big name in 90s. The controls are operating the same way, torpedoes are very much like missiles from space sims and the guns… you know what I mean. In general, this game keeps up with contemporary state of the art. All that I said doesn’t mean that Archimedean Dynasty is “bad” or “derivative”. It was very enjoyable for me. The postapocalyptic underwater setting (something like Waterworld but below water surface) is clearly underused in all medium, and the gameplay is very dynamic and engaging if somewhat frustrating in overlong missions from last 2-2,5 hours of game. Archimedean Dynasty is not open-world, but consists of several hubs in which we are performing main missions and side missions – which are usually all combat missions. The tasks are varying: escort missions (not as bad as you may think), base assaults and base defending, convoy ambushes etc. While you can press “H” button in game to see “Help” section with listing of all controls, I wish there was manual included. Also the game could be unstable without dedicated “Augmented Mod” (you can search for it here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/archimedean-dynasty-augmented-mod, and there’s useful topic on GOG forum: https://www.gog.com/forum/archimedean_dynasty/augmented_mod_12). Perhaps you also may wish to update nGlide package. Overall, very good submarine combat sim, and I will definitely play Aquanox games that continue it.
