Subsim review of Crash Dive - Page 4

Onkel Neal · 09-08-14, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by SilentOtto

Not my gaming platform, but any news about new sims are good news, also a reason to drop by, had been quite long for me!

Thanks Onkel!

You last visited: 10-21-2013 at 08:46 AM

Always good to hear from old friends. I got email from some guys who have not been here since 2004

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Originally Posted by Malakie

This game has you running a nazi germany uboat right? No American or British subs?

Yes , German u-boats

jimmie · 09-08-14, 09:07 AM

Good news and review, thank you! I might try the game. I hope someone create a very simulation (hardcore) uboat game, not weighing on graphics for the priorities. Price it high for targeting only hardcore customers in the first place. Of course awesome graphics would be awesome but let's have a sim whose focus is to listening...

francho1961 · 09-09-14, 06:05 AM

Thank you very much for your information, I am grateful for that.

danlisa · 09-09-14, 08:49 AM

Hi All, received an interesting mail shot which brought me here:

Nice review Neal, based on this write up, I bought it last night.

Still to put time in on it but first impressions are impressive, especially for a tablet. I hope Panic Ensues can expand and develop this gem of a title further.

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...screenshots in this review were taken with a tool external to the game...

On your Kindle 7, press & hold the Volume & Power Button down. Native screen capture. Sometimes, in your review, your "external tool" was wonky. (DSLR or Camera Phone?)

I did chuckle.

flag4 · 09-09-14, 11:20 AM

...just downloaded it. and I like it so far. and for £4.16 I cant complain. doesn't work on my small htc, but that's no fault of the game - the screens too small.
I think with some polish and a few changes ie depth charge red square doesn't need to come 'over' the screen - but this a niggle. the ocean is pixelated - but again, just a niggle. the destroyers move way to fast as well. but all these things can be altered.
im impressed with it and have already spent well over two hours acclimatising myself with it.
nice job to the Devs...bring on the polish

Onkel Neal · 09-09-14, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by danlisa

Hi All, received an interesting mail shot which brought me here:

Nice review Neal, based on this write up, I bought it last night.

Still to put time in on it but first impressions are impressive, especially for a tablet. I hope Panic Ensues can expand and develop this gem of a title further.

Also:

On your Kindle 7, press & hold the Volume & Power Button down. Native screen capture. Sometimes, in your review, your "external tool" was wonky. (DSLR or Camera Phone?)

I did chuckle.

Hey, you 're just trying to trick me into shutting down my kindle

Thanx for the feedback. Lol. Yeah, "external tool" = camera phone.

It's hard to keep the tablet lined up and play the game.

I was hoping someone would call me on that.

pensioned · 09-09-14, 08:54 PM

Thanks for the heads up Neal. I read your review and decided to buy Crash Dive and was pleasantly pleased with the app. It is heading in direction that I want an app of this type to go. Hopefully there will be little updates and improvements coming from listening to the comments of other users.....escorts too quick to evade...for example. The game ran smooth but I could not get through the combat tutorial.... after locking on to the required number of ships, the game just kept on running and never continued to the next phase...what ever it is.

I did not notice a save feature.
I'm only to the medium difficulty level so far but is it possible to save a mission. Seems cruel to have to start each scenario from the beginning each time after fighting for an hour or so and then having to quit for what ever reason.

PanicEnsues · 09-10-14, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by pensioned

I did not notice a save feature.
I'm only to the medium difficulty level so far but is it possible to save a mission. Seems cruel to have to start each scenario from the beginning each time after fighting for an hour or so and then having to quit for what ever reason.

Unfortunately the game can't be saved mid-mission. Patrols can be saved any time you're on the main Patrol map, but also not in the middle of an engagement.

Happy hunting!

-Scott

pensioned · 09-11-14, 08:43 PM

Thanks for the reply.

Agrajag · 09-12-14, 03:00 PM

Sorry to be the party pooper, but this hardly compares to Silent Hunter.

It's not bad for $7 but the review really made it sounds like serious simming on my tablet which I'd love. Instead there are tons of things that just don't add up.

Where's fuel? War Patrol also seems to end as soon as resupply spots run out (quickly) forcing you to simply head back to base and stop.

The ships you take down are from a very small list of ships and you'll see the same ones even in the same patrol and even after you sunk them.

The AI is a bit weak in that corvettes will often gather together in a group on a single side of a convoy leaving it wide open to attack.

Again, for $7 it's not bad, but it's definitely not much in the way of qualifying as a sim.

Onkel Neal · 09-13-14, 11:08 AM

Agrajag, you make some good points, and I agree with you. Yes, Crash Dive is not a simulation on par with Silent Hunter 3, 4, 5. I would contend that it is comparable to SH1, though. Not as simulation based, but not too far off. Although it is not a "serious" simulation, I think it does have much of the same feel and gameplay as SH1 and Aces.

The fuel is consumed during a war patrol, there is a status bar at the top of the map screen that shows its state. I would argue that the resupplies are too frequent--real U-boat skippers usually did not resupply 3 times in a patrol,

so going back to base and ending the patrol is right.

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The ships you take down are from a very small list of ships and you'll see the same ones even in the same patrol and even after you sunk them.

Definitely agree, would love to see more variety. BTW, Scott, what is a Clickitat class tanker?

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The ships you take down are from a very small list of ships and you'll see the same ones even in the same patrol and even after you sunk them.

Again, I agree. There are areas such as this where the AI could use additional attention, but I would still say the overall AI rates good. Not great, not perfect, but perfectly playable.

I hope this does not come off as argumentative, I appreciate the feedback.

Neal

Agrajag · 09-13-14, 11:14 AM

No issues from me. Enjoyed the review. I just got a bit of a different idea in my head based on the review than what I experienced and much of that is my own heady desires overriding what you wrote.

The chance to play a real sub sim on a tablet was a real desire. Instead this is a very nice, but fairly limited, experience. Worth the money for sure.

Aktungbby · 09-13-14, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Definitely agree, would love to see more variety. BTW, Scott, what is a Clickitat class tanker?

A misspelling of Klickitat I presume,

Named after a river in Washington State: Commisioned July 1945-decommisioned 1946: Klickitat AOG-64; Her class included several vessels, not all of which were commissioned . Klickitat, a gasoline tanker was decommissioned the following year and sold to Argentina-becoming Punta Loyola. Many were sold to South American counties and China. Coast Guard operated; of short duration; and VERY dangerous!

Many are listed as "fate Unknown"-probably quietly scrapped...Klickitat, according to an Coast Guardsman's obituary, did serve in the European theatre.

Onkel Neal · 09-14-14, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

A misspelling of Klickitat I presume,

Named after a river in Washington State: Commisioned July 1945-decommisioned 1946: Klickitat AOG-64; Her class included several vessels, not all of which were commissioned . Klickitat, a gasoline tanker was decommissioned the following year and sold to Argentina-becoming Punta Loyola. Many were sold to South American counties and China. Coast Guard operated; of short duration; and VERY dangerous!

Many are listed as "fate Unknown"-probably quietly scrapped...Klickitat, according to an Coast Guardsman's obituary, did serve in the European theatre.

Oh well, that's certainly something I did not know, thanks!

PanicEnsues · 09-14-14, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

A misspelling of Klickitat

Quite right, and a stupid misspelling at that, since I spelled the individual ship name correctly about 3 lines below that in code.

When I was looking for a T1 Tanker to add to the game, as soon as I saw pictures of the amazingly un-seaworthy-looking Klickitat I knew that had to be the one. I can't imagine crossing the Atlantic in something with such a low freeboard...

USS Klickitat AOG-64

09-09-14, 06:05 AM	#48
francho1961 Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alicante - SPAIN Posts: 249 Downloads: 972 Uploads: 0	Traducir Thank you Thank you very much for your information, I am grateful for that.

09-09-14, 11:20 AM	#50
flag4 Watch Officer Join Date: May 2007 Location: as far away as possible Posts: 1,625 Downloads: 147 Uploads: 0	...just downloaded it. and I like it so far. and for £4.16 I cant complain. doesn't work on my small htc, but that's no fault of the game - the screens too small. I think with some polish and a few changes ie depth charge red square doesn't need to come 'over' the screen - but this a niggle. the ocean is pixelated - but again, just a niggle. the destroyers move way to fast as well. but all these things can be altered. im impressed with it and have already spent well over two hours acclimatising myself with it. nice job to the Devs...bring on the polish __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] ' We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.' Kurt Vonnegut

09-09-14, 08:54 PM	#52
pensioned Watch Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 28 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Crash Dive Thanks for the heads up Neal. I read your review and decided to buy Crash Dive and was pleasantly pleased with the app. It is heading in direction that I want an app of this type to go. Hopefully there will be little updates and improvements coming from listening to the comments of other users.....escorts too quick to evade...for example. The game ran smooth but I could not get through the combat tutorial.... after locking on to the required number of ships, the game just kept on running and never continued to the next phase...what ever it is. I did not notice a save feature. I'm only to the medium difficulty level so far but is it possible to save a mission. Seems cruel to have to start each scenario from the beginning each time after fighting for an hour or so and then having to quit for what ever reason.

09-11-14, 08:43 PM	#54
pensioned Watch Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 28 Downloads: 82 Uploads: 0	Save Games Thanks for the reply.

09-08-14, 09:07 AM	#47
jimmie Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Japan Posts: 259 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Good news and review, thank you! I might try the game. I hope someone create a very simulation (hardcore) uboat game, not weighing on graphics for the priorities. Price it high for targeting only hardcore customers in the first place. Of course awesome graphics would be awesome but let's have a sim whose focus is to listening...

09-12-14, 03:00 PM	#55
Agrajag Watch Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Sorry to be the party pooper, but this hardly compares to Silent Hunter. It's not bad for $7 but the review really made it sounds like serious simming on my tablet which I'd love. Instead there are tons of things that just don't add up. Where's fuel? War Patrol also seems to end as soon as resupply spots run out (quickly) forcing you to simply head back to base and stop. The ships you take down are from a very small list of ships and you'll see the same ones even in the same patrol and even after you sunk them. The AI is a bit weak in that corvettes will often gather together in a group on a single side of a convoy leaving it wide open to attack. Again, for $7 it's not bad, but it's definitely not much in the way of qualifying as a sim.

09-13-14, 11:14 AM	#57
Agrajag Watch Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 26 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No issues from me. Enjoyed the review. I just got a bit of a different idea in my head based on the review than what I experienced and much of that is my own heady desires overriding what you wrote. The chance to play a real sub sim on a tablet was a real desire. Instead this is a very nice, but fairly limited, experience. Worth the money for sure.