The Dive
My recommendation of this game is limited to people who enjoy playing experimental indie titles. The Dive is not a good horror game, but it is certainly an interesting experience.
Approach it as if you were to approach a bizarre interactive art house film rather than an indie horror game. The game is cheap and short, but it is rich on emotions.
The game begins with an exposition: there is a submarine sending a distress signal. The submarine most likely belongs to deep sea miners of a very rare, very expensive mineral. The main character is an opportunist who plans to dive, find the submarine, get those minerals, and escape before a proper rescue crew arrives to the distress signal. He arms himself with a speargun and a diving compass.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
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Rather silly and too short, but the atmosphere is great. However, I’m a little biased because I love underwater horror games. The first section of might take a few tries to complete (you’ll know when you get there), but overall it was an enjoyable game. I hope the dev will make another underwater horror game in the future with a bit more depth (pun intended).
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
20,000 Miles Under the Sea
Become a fearless underwater explorer and reach the bottom of The Mariana Trench to win 20,000* REAL DOLLARS!
Put on your suit designed especially for deep sea diving and get ready for the longest descent in your life.
This is a simple idle horror game, and all that is required of you is to observe the life of the underwater world and wait. If you get tired - you can minimize the game and continue to go down, doing other things.
– Real player with 952.5 hrs in game
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Garbage. It’s a terrible game. It’s really bad. It crashed again and again. And I opened it again and again. It’s just a waste of my time. Although you can see the fascinating ocean, you can also see a variety of fish. But unfortunately you can do nothing except watching. So why don’t I go to see a real ocean documentary? I think it’s much funner than this game. I don’t think it’s a casual game because it doesn’t make me feel relaxed, it makes me feel irritable.
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– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game
Abyss of Neptune
Abyss of Neptune is a well designed short game, with an interesting story and decent game play. The presentation and environment is the most notable, as they are overall beautiful.
I found the aiming to be a little tedious at first, but after many tries, I finally was able to get the degree of drop off that the bolts had, and hit my targets reliably.
The motion of the character was nearly perfect. The only problem I had, was the tail off felt more like a space motion then ocean, where the character drifted with little to no reducing of her speed. The controlled motions nail down the water feel, but there should be a little more resistance when you are not actively pushing a direction. Aside from that, the character interactions and movement were a dream.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
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I really like the atmosphere of this game. It’s supposed to be an eerie underwater horror game, and the ambiance really sells it. The art is aesthetically pleasing, and everything looks really polished with the detail of the lighting. The sound design is really well done, I feel like I’m underwater, and the sound of the character breathing creates additional stress which plays well into the horror genre.
The resource management in the game is really well done. You have to manage your oxygen, which slowly depletes as you explore. It isn’t something you have to micro-manage, but it does have to stay in the back of your mind. The ammunition found in the game is fairly hard to come by, and is something that you have to carefully manage. Running out of ammo can be stressful, and stumbling upon ammo is a huge relief.
– Real player with 5.0 hrs in game
Thalassophobia
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Thalassophobia
A game that borrows inspiration from the roguelike and survival genre alike and puts you in an instant fight for survival against mysterious creatures, starvation, insanity and more.
Be prepared to fail over and over again while you keep learning how to keep a good balance of yours crews needs and safety.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
I bought this to do a review of it for YT. Never before have I heard myself so depressed after a video. It isn’t from the melancholy of Lovecraftian literature either.
Gameplay:
Aesthetically it reminds me of retro-indie games. Pretty good in that regard. However I’m not a fan of the GUI trying to move out of the way while I’m attempting to use it (infuriating to say the least). It took me about 15 minutes to learn the mechanics and I’m still not sure I have all of it with an hour of playing. I got the furnace once, but I’ve not seen it since and died soon after, considering the game doesn’t teach you how to use it. I tend to succumb to sanity being exhausted, but it’s impossible to keep my crew sufficiently saturated and not crazy. Frankly it’s not fun for me to die and die again with little to no progress being made so I don’t want to play it anymore.
– Real player with 1.0 hrs in game
Death in the Water
Stars received: 1.9/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
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Game description key-points: point to Click arena multi-player
– Real player with 5.1 hrs in game
THIS IS NOT A GAME! Think of it more like a tech demo. I knew what I was in for when I bought this because it’s one of my biggest fears “simulator”. I knew all the Jaws movies by heart at 5 years old, I grew up next to the ocean. The FIRST shark made me NOPE THE FUCK OUT! This “game” got put in it’s own collection called “NOPE”. I HATE all of this. I had to let the game idle for 9 minutes just to write this review. If getting eaten by a great white is scary AF to you, get it. If you want an actual game…maybe pass. Video is the whole game.
– Real player with 1.1 hrs in game
Depth
So is this game worth your time?
TL;DR - Absolutely! Its for those who love the team-deathmatch dynamic with a little twist (the sharks).
I have always loved ocean life, and sharks and the mystery of diving into the unknown is a huge fantasy for most. In Depth you get to explore that world with some goals set in place. Blood & Gold is the most popular game mode in Depth, so my focus will be on what this game mode offers for this review. In this game mode, the divers (4 members) enter the ocean accompanied by a ‘S’ubmersible ‘T’reasure ‘E’xtraction ‘VE’hicle or S.T.E.V.E.. The role of the diver is to scour the ocean for any and all gold, ensure that S.T.E.V.E. successfully retrieves all gold from the safes (4 in total), and protect S.T.E.V.E. through the extraction process as well as the long trek back to the pickup point. The sharks (2 members) are aware of the divers’ presence however. Sharks seek to kill all 34 divers or disable S.T.E.V.E. before their own tickets run out (32 in total) or S.T.E.V.E. escapes. While divers benefit through all gold received through the unlock of new gear/weapons, sharks benefit from every kill made (translated as evolution points) which allow them to unlock new abilities. The 3D navigation for both sides, forced movement through objectives, gradually diminishing visibility, and progression of unlocks makes for an even balance in gameplay (in my opinion).
– Real player with 1902.1 hrs in game
What I think About Depth
Big disclaimer: this whole review is not fact, it’s opinion.
This review is based off sections, so you can review gameplay reviews for diver & shark respectively. Only looking to play shark or diver? This’ll make it easier for you (BUT I seriously recommend playing both at some point!)
Shark Gameplay Review
1: It’s easier to learn shark than diver, I’ll just be straight up honest. Shark you only need to worry about accuracy for grabbing divers, and being sure to net at least two kills for every death you have; trading lives won’t work!
– Real player with 552.7 hrs in game
Narcosis
Introduction
Narcosis represents another fine example of independent game development. Even though it is the Steam debut of Honor Code, Inc. just by looking at their first game, you realize that this is far from the shy or clumsy work of a newcomer or a team whose inexperience seeps through their project’s “pores”. Indeed, I found few flaws to Narcosis and have enjoyed it thoroughly. I’d say it’s the perfect mix between a walking and a deep diving simulator.
Story
If SOMA has taught me one thing, it’s that the Abyss can be just as fascinating as a Sci-Fi setting, as Outer Space can be. It’s actually ironic how humanity prides itself as a space exploring (if not quite faring yet) species, yet Earth’s ocean floors have been mapped and reached far less than some of the planets in our Solar System. So the seabed can be as mysterious and dangerous, as many other exotic settings. And yet Narcosis does not feature a “big bad”. No sinister forces which the players must battle and defeat in their ultimate quest for survival. It’s just Man versus Nature. A lone diver against both fauna & flora which are hostile in their own way.
– Real player with 8.1 hrs in game
Premise: You are a deep sea diver outside in a heavy pressure suit when earthquake shockwaves strike your installation. Now you have to fight to stay oxygenated and escape.
I very much liked the atmosphere and graphics. You might sometimes forget the fact that it’s deep sea and not deep space because of the suit aesthetics, but it all works out, and is nice to look at, even when you’re a little lost.
The story was nice, and worth reviewing a second time once I’d gotten through it, to see how it overlaid what I saw and maybe was more focused on than the narration at the time.
– Real player with 5.4 hrs in game
Reveal The Deep
Greenlight, Indie, Horror walking simulator - Immediate question was it worth playing? Answer - YES. DEFINITELY YES. Was it worth the $1 US? It is definitely worth more than that actually.
Storyline: In 1901 the passenger/cargo ship Eurydice sunk with everyone on board and no survivors. What happened on board and why is that diver even there in the first place is the big mystery. (Unlimited oxygen supply since the player is in a dive suit walking around this dilapitated wreck going deeper and deeper into its bowels searching for answers.) Besides just who is that diver? (No spoiler, I will let the player figure it out.)
– Real player with 9.9 hrs in game
[]uSee written review below[/u] or watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hLT7Jv_Ac
TL;DR: SKIP TO CONCLUSION!
Reveal the Deep is a casual atmospheric exploration game. If you enjoy exploring the unknown, then you will most likely appreciate this game.
The game completely revolves around exploration, and finding out where you need to go, and then how to get there. You move around underwater and explore the sunken ship. Wherever you are facing with your light is all that you can see. You can turn your light off or on, and you will sometimes see different things or different paths you can take to keep progressing.
– Real player with 4.0 hrs in game
Classroom Aquatic
Scholastic. Subversive. Submerged.
Classroom Aquatic is the world’s first underwater stealth school simulator! Players play as a foreign exchange diver student in a school for dolphins, going through a semester of tests they are in no way prepared for. They must cheat, sabotage, and manipulate their way to top of the class!
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Dive into a sea-rreal world of oceanic whimsy, and experience what its like to be the only human in dolphin school!
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Get hooked on intense first person stealth! Really sneak a peek in Oculus Rift-compatible cheat-‘em-up gameplay!
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Surf-ive a semester of dolphin school! The teachers will be pulling out all the stops to try and catch you, so be on your steel-tipped toes!
Trout the free demo of our Multiple Choice Quiz level, and pre-order the game at ClassroomAquatic.com!
Fantastic Fishing
while the game isn’t very content full and only lasted an hour there is so much room for improvement and if someone puts in the effort this game could be really good. some things like:
other planets
bigger maps
harder to win
more larger predatory fish in the deep
these improvements could really help the game.
– Real player with 147.9 hrs in game
This game is so fun. it reminds me of cat goes fishing. I cant find any bugs. I think it is worth the price. Just one thing i would add is multiplayer. I got around 19 hours until i finished the game without all the achievements.
– Real player with 20.8 hrs in game