Crash Dive

There is NO WAY that a MOBILE PORT that I paid like $1.35 for on sale has ANY RIGHT to be this good. I knew it was going to be a winner going in due to all the reviews, yet I was still unprepared for just HOW GOOD! This is easily one of the top 10 mobile games ever created, to think that it has a NEW BETTER cousin is beyond insane. I saved that one to figure out WHICH store I would buy it on first is all, and also so I could play more of this one first to see just how much of an improvement it provides. I own ever sub game in existence. This SERIES is so beyond WORTH it as it is better than the VAST VAST majority of them which cost MUCH more (and take up way more Gb space). If you want an accessable (the tutorial IS superb) slightly arcadey mil sub sim, this one IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST on or off sale!

Crash Dive is an entertaining arcade U-Boat game. The game operates on two levels - a strategic level where you move your sub on a map of the North Atlantic, and the tactical level which has both a birds-eye map view and a first person shooter view. Unlike U-Boat sim games, Crash Dive has no ship sections, or crew. Nor does it possess any details that you find in a typical submarine sim such as torpedo types, target range calculator, oxygen meter, sonar, radar, a radio, or the ability to upgrade to newer model subs (in fact, the type U-Boat you operate isn't even given). It does have a battery meter, and a component list if your ship is damaged, but that's about the extent of its "realism." Combat is pretty simple: once you encounter an enemy convoy on the strategic map, you have the option to engage. If you choose to do so, you then you enter the tactical level. In this view (which is just the periscope if submerged or conning tower if surfaced) your ship automatically calculates the torpedo's trajectory when you point to an enemy target. You then can either fire your torpedoes or, if surfaced, your deck gun. The sub can maneuver around and/or dive on this level which will then take you to the overhead tactical map view. Crash Dive has both a single mission & campaign mode (which oddly only amounts to a single patrol) and five different difficulty levels - easy, normal, hard, sim, & custom. The difficulty primarily amounts to more escorts with an ever increasing ability to find and depth charge your U-Boat (the only difference in the "sim" mode is that your sub doesn't automatically calculate a target's range - you just have to guess the lead). Despite all these shortcomings described, Crash Dive is an entertaining game if you play it for what it is - an arcade game. And as such, it can be quite addictive. Unlike sub sims, you can quickly play thru several engagements within an hour and even a complete campaign in a few hours.