Crash Dive war game

Crash Dive (2015)

Categories: submarine simulators

Simple submarine simulator developed for all platforms (including mobile devices), which partly explains why the game is more an arcade game than actual simulator. We are put in charge of German U-Boot during World War 2 and we can take part in the war patrols on Northern Atlantic and waters around Great Britain. During the patrol we can encounter convoys and decide whether we want to approach them or continue patrol. The convoys consist of transport ship and / or escort, also we can refuel and repair our submarine in given locations around the map.

While all of it sounds quite good the game has some major flaws, most of them deriving from fact that mobile devices limit the interface of the game, but some of them are just down to the developers that did not took care of the details. For example you can turn your submarine around even if it is stationary, which is just weird. Another example is during the convoy encounter - when escort is alerted they rush to drop the depth bombs and usually crash into each other in the process (not to mention they often crash into the merchant ships they are escorting). Similar problem is when you try to hide under one of the ships to avoid depth charges - it won’t work, because destroyers will drop the bombs even when they are very close to another ship or will simply crash into the ship.

The game is nice offering if you are not concerned about realism of the game, as arcade game it could be quite fun for a while, especially since the convoys are generated randomly, so it is possible to stumble upon a liner, aircraft carrier or battleship.