The manual has been released!
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The release was apparently today, but has just been delayed a few days due to the Steam review process.
Subsim took a look at this sim, and has some gameplay footage! A Skipjack SSN versus a soviet convoy.
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Manā¦I got a little trip planned coming up and Iād love to have this on my laptop. Itād be awesome if it got released in the next couple daysā¦
This looks so much fun. What is apparent though is the lack of crew voices.
I thought most Mudspikers have voices in their heads?
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It looks much better and more interesting than I was expecting - quite a progression from Atlantic Fleet. Only worrying thing for me was he broached twice when trying to get to periscope depth, and it didnāt look like operator error; more like the game messing up.
That said, Iāll be getting this for sure. Looks great.
It was in fact, user error. You donāt just dial in a depth and course like in the subsims of the days of old in this one. You control the diveplanes and ballast (and also the rudder) manually. He was commanding a 15 degree pitch angle on the planes with neutral buoyancy right up until he broached for the first time. During his second broach, he was commanding 15 degrees pitch on the planes right up to 55 feet, and 5 degs of pitch untill only a few seconds before the 2nd broach.
Thereās quite the discussion about this on the steam forums. The devs have stated they felt this control model was more entertaining in their opinion, keeping the sub onder control while flooding etc, but they also said if the community wanted it badly, theyād do the typical enter depth and course controls as well.
Yeah me too. Looks great, the first nuclear subsim in 12 years or so! Been playing the old subsims like 688(i), Dangerous Waters and Silent hunter 4 in anticipation of this one 
Ah, thanks for clarifying that. I think (while not having tried the game yet) Iād prefer to tell a virtual crew āperiscope depthā than try to manage dive planes etc.
Does this mean I can also order the reactor operator of that Narwhal to start or stop the reactor coolant pumps at will?
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The manual sub controls are a weird design decision though. The rational behind not having TMA and sonar is that the crew takes care of these and you as the captain concentrate on commanding. So why should the captain drive the sub himself? Iād rater just order ābring her up to periscope depthā.
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Maybe can be played both ways?
It sounds like itāll be combining being the Officer of the Deck and Diving Officer.
OUT Now on Steam.
Itās out! ā¬36,99
The download is just 1550MB
Not that Iām a good streamer, or a pro at itā¦ but streaming the tutorials if your still on the fenceā¦ 1st one already done and up, starting the othersā¦ Twitch
ENDED itā¦ guess I need to read the manual to get out of the basicsā¦
first kill screens:
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Loved and played the heck out of Red Storm Rising, so this looks really tempting, pricy though at $40 so will wait to hear reviews.
Hmmmmā¦ A quick perusal of the manual says that for a reactor scram, the ship is dead in the water. So no simulation of the battery or the diesel, or the Electric Propulsion Motor (EPM) that can answer up to an ahead 2/3s Bell?
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I spent a lot of time playing RSR on the Atari ST back in the day. This looks like a nice balance between game and sim. Downloading now!
Finally a new modern subsim to play. Exciting times. I already completed all training missions and sunk my first Victor in a single mission.
The graphics are very nice (for a subsim) and the variety of units is fantastic. There is a multitude of Soviet vessels with a lot of cool details, such as military cargo freighters with packed up APCs on the deck. I also love the variety of playable US SSN with such unique vessels as the Narwhal, or the Skipjacks, Permits and Sturgeons both in their initial 60s and upgraded 80s variants. Very nice.
I also like the sound effects and the music themes. The GUI is very nicely done with pretty paintings. All in all the game gives a very good first impression with a high production value.
I also had a first encounter with a destroyer, evading torpedoes in the external view using the direct rudder control while simultaneously getting bombarded by RBUs. This looked extremely cool and was a ton of fun. Of course it is also completely unrealistic, as at flank speed your sonar would wash out and you would run around completely blind. Still fun though
I havenāt tried the campaign mode yet and canāt say much yet about the AI. Both will be the meat of the game and make or break it, considering that the emphasis of the game is on commanding and not technical details.
What is already apparent to me is that the game desperately needs crew voices. Even though this game is about being a sub commander, currently it feels as if I am the only soul on board.
My initial impression is very good. It is clear that this is not a contender with Dangerous Waters, but it looks to be a fun sub game in a fantastic setting. It was about time we got a new subsim.
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