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Crash Dive app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 7216 ratings )
Games Simulation Strategy
Developer: Panic Ensues Software
3.99 USD
Current version: 1.5.54, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 11 Jun 2014
App size: 163.09 Mb

WWII tactical submarine combat on your iPad!

Take command of a U-boat prowling the Atlantic in search of enemy convoys to sink. Sneak past the escorts and torpedo the transports. Or surface and use your deck gun in a night attack.
When the escorts come after you, drop decoys and sneak away before they can crush you with their depth charges.

Features:
* The first game of its kind designed for touch-screen devices.
* Smoothly blends a submarine simulator with arcade action.
* Provides the tools for both stealth and offense; you decide how aggressive you want to be.
* Multiple times of day allow for different play styles.
* Location-based damage/repair affects the performance of your sub.
* Random encounter generator for deep replayability.
* Three difficulty levels.
* Tutorial mode helps you learn the ropes.
* Global leaderboards.

Pros and cons of Crash Dive app for iPhone and iPad

Crash Dive app good for

Ive enjoyed playing this game a lot. Its very reminiscent of Microproses Silent Service and Silent Service II, which I enjoyed in my late teens, early 20s. If you are a fan on naval warfare games, Crash Dive is definitely worth the price. Waxing nostalgic for the amazing games of my youth... Priceless!
The latest update has raised the "IQ" of the escort ships, made their sonar more sensitive and given them more formidable tactics against an attacking submarine. I dont know what to think of the way in which enemy ships "collide" and bounce off each other and sometimes resultingly spin around but I guess thats because of the huge difficulty of writing a program algorithm to deal with that challenge. Its a great simulation and a lot of fun. The rest of this review is what I wrote for previous versions before most recent update.... There arent very many submarines simulation games around. This is the best one I have happened to experience since my all – time favorite submarine simulation program, which was a DOS (Microsoft operating system before Windows 95). But, alas! I dont remember the name of THAT program. So Crash Dive is the best submarine game I have ever played whose name I can remember. The developers of this game PAY ATTENTION to suggestions from their users! Therefore I will make a suggestion: I suggest that they add a protective cover over the switches for decoy launch and torpedo launch. Because on a few occasions Ive accidentally brushed too near those buttons and unintentionally launched a decoy or torpedo.
Pretty decent. Could use some ironing, not fully replaceable, but not "Junk!!!".
Ive been playing this game for more than a year. It plays great...very stable...excellent game design and physics. I recommend it!
Thats a mega-courageous game, for sure, creating a lot of atmosphere! Its to play very well and generates real high tension! Congratulations to the team for that excellent App! Best greetings - The Greywolf Torpedo-Rider (not unhappy, that the allied forces won the war)
I for one sat on the fence too long. Remember RBI 2014? I bought that too soon as I am a baseball fanatic...way too arcade...but not the case here. I have fond memories of silent service and this is a great replacement! Do not let the small download fool you ( just good programming imo) Anyone who enjoys a good sub simulator I will highly recommend. Does not hurt either the developer has promised no IAPs ....ever! That clinched it for me. And no it is not too much! Slept in this morning because of this damn game! Lol

Some bad moments

The new update has ruined everything I liked the about this game! For instance now when encountering a convoy I often find I am in the midst of a convoy and instantly detected. The deck gun aiming is now inconsistent. Enemy ship collisions change the base course of those ships permanently and radically different to the body of the convoy making it hard to re-establish the contact of the convoy after evading escorts. Worst of all now when you switch to another app and go back to the game you now lose all progress you had with the current convoy and are put back into the convoy search mode. Also, as before closing the app does not do so! You have to double-click your button to view all apps and swipe it closed even after exiting the program properly from its menu. Did the developers even try this game on an iPhone? These problems and others would have been obvious if they had. To top it off the app still does not show up in iTunes so I cannot revert to the older version which was by far much better than this new update! This update to my favourite game is so sad its unbelievable and they have ruined it! I would expect a huge fix to this app like yesterday! Surely they are not oblivious to all the problems they have now introduced!
Love this game but since the update came out the targeting system is broken! I cant even hit a ship when directly behind and in line with it! Please fix now!
The game runs horrible!! The enemy ships crash into each other and every so often, when torpedoed, they spin in circles like they were caught in whirlpool. That even happens to the ships that werent hit but close by to the hit ship. Get something else to play. Junk!!!
Good game, great artwork, terrible programming! Game freezes constantly, occasionally wont let you end patrol so you are drifting with no fuel or weapons and must exit the game, thereby losing your score, and randomly cannot access the leader board to post your score that may have taken an hour or more to accumulate. To add to the above, deck gun will not fire after surfacing and speed kicks in instantly now making it hard to modulate.
I would NOT recommend this. Many issues and they increase with time played.
Bought this game too soon. Although it has potential of being a great game, it falls short.