Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive Reviews

The graphics are rich and interesting. and the music is mesmerizing. Gameplay excels in allowing a realistic sense of discovery, and even has some puzzle solving. There is even the possibility of learning due to the choice of the real world environments. There is a sense of legitimate marine preservation of valuable animals, without being heavy handed or political. This is not an action game, nor should it be; the gameplay is absolutely relaxing and delightful. I am very satisfied with BIArt's entry here. There are some bugs; I had a hard time completing certain goals. Some objects can be hard to find even with the tracker. Navigation between scenes sometimes takes longer than I want to wait. Overall, thank you BIArt for a solid, thoughtful, enjoyable entry!

Not unless it is on sale for like 75% or greater. It's more of a simulator than a game, as it takes less than 2 hours to beat and is no reason to continue playing afterward as you will have unlocked everything at that point - making coins and experience useless. I truly do not understand how this game has a mostly positive rating when it's full price is $15 USD. Baffling.

Depth Hunter 2: Deep Dive If you are looking for a casual, relaxing game that has quite easy missions, that’s your game. This game provides simple missions, a relaxing atmosphere and some fun, while you try to spot its hidden treasures. On the other hand if you want a spearfishing simulator.... well that game isn't a simulator. First of all, no human being can stay underwater for that long. In real life spearfishing you take a deep breath, you dive, you hit the fish you spotted (it is more likely to miss...) and then you get out again for a breath. Well in this game i caught 50 fishes with one breath!!! Also when you purchase the last upgrade for diving, your oxygen levels are like you got a scuba set.....I searched the map 2 times, all around, with a single breath.... Secondly you may miss some shots early in the game, but after you purchase 1 or 2 upgrades it seems that you can hit fishes that are almost 5 meters away. Finally the fishes don't react like real fishes do. In real life when the fishes spot the hunter they run for their lives.... hiding behind or under rocks or just swimming away at lightning's speed. In this game sometimes it seems they head towards you. Nonetheless, I recommend this game for casual players that want a relaxing game, where they can spend some time exploring the map, but i suggest you purchase it when is only at a great discount.

Bought this on sale for about 3 pounds, had fun for 3 hours. That's less than I'd pay to watch a movie or go to the pub for 3 hours so I'm not complaining. After 3 hours I'd got full upgrades (in fact I got most of them after the first mission after spending time collecting coins) and had played all the modes the game had - fishing, treasure hunting, taking photo's. Past that, other than more of the same on different maps the game was done for me. I guess it's possible there was a whole different game waiting to be unlocked after another hours worth of play but I doubt it. I think the main draw with this is the novelty of playing underwater (seems to be one of the next big things from what I can see). If that's what interests you then I'd try Subnautica instead. Otherwise, at sale prices this relieves a boring weekend afternoon - If I'd paid full price this would have been a negative review.

I enjoyed this game...up to a point! The last few achievements don't drop, and the game seems to have been abandoned by the devs. So, the game cannot be 100% completed.

I really like this game. It's so relaxing and calming, I can never feel tired when playing this because the atmosphere is so cool. In other reviews that don't recommend this people say that it can feel boring because everything is repetitive. In my opinion the boring part is exaggeration because the issue here isn't the gameplay, it's just a matter of taste. I don't complain when it comes to doing same things really because they're interesting to me. Other than capturing fish I take photos,find treasures and yes these are basically all there is to do in the game, but again just a matter of taste. If you like the music and the environment you won't feel bored. It's just soo refreshing to dive into ocean after a long tiring work day. To decide whetever this game is suited for you or not, just download demo. Although game could be way better than this too, sadly I must admit. So, to have a safe invesment wait for good sale, I would say 70% and beyond. Which is imminent this being 7 years old. some update: I returned to this game after long time, this time with my low end thinkpad laptop and despite lowering the graphics, it still looks soo beautiful and runs smoothly

It's basically an aquatic themed hidden objects game in 3D. Story / missions are trivial. Don't upgrade your radar, so that the locations of treasure items don't get spoiled. Prolongs gameplay. Tricky end-game+ is finding all the coins which don't show on the radar. In the end it's like watching fish in an aquarium (in a positve calming way). Has nice underwater locations to discover/explore (coral reefs, caves, wrecks, ruins etc.) All in all nice little game. Perfect for 15min zen meditation chill out before going to bed. Buy when on sale. Only two DLCs give you additional 3d locations.

This game is nice, when you're aware of what the features are. Maybe I should start with describing what this game is NOT: - It is NOT a realistic diving simulator. - It is NOT story-rich. - It is NOT challenging. So, what is Depth Hunter 2 then? It is perfect to relax. You start your tour on your boat, you get a short mission briefing and then you start to dive. You take a harpoon, a radar and a camera with you. To be successful, you have to catch some special types of fishes, find loot on the ground of the sea or take high-quality photos of reefs or animals. That's all. When you have finished all missions in one location, you unlock the next. There are 5 locations in general which vary slightly one from another. The surroundings are nice to watch, but could have been detailed more. The underwater world looks vivid, though. As I mentioned before, the game isn't challenging - you should not expect too much; The price of 15 bucks is way too high, wait until it is on sale and you can grab the complete bundle including all DLCs for around 5 €/$. As a result I can say, this game is perfect to relax and to bowl down some simple quests while you're enjoying some nice underwater-surroundings.

Great game if you want to just kill some time and relax. Music is soothing, game play is simple. If you want to take pictures, hunt for treasure and just enjoy swimming around with the creatures of the sea then, this is a good game. However, maps are small and more maps are in the version of DLCs. You have limited underwater wildlife you can hunt for and sharks don't attack. In game upgrades are all purchased with the gold you find and the credits you earn while playing the game by hunting the fish and the like. I really can't give this a rating because, this is the first underwater game I've played of this type that I can remember. I'd have to play more of them before doing so. All-in-all, I'd say it's worth the time and money if you like these type of games. It does have a few missions in the game for you to accomplish so, it's not all just swimming around in the beginning. The missions don't seem to be mandatory but, completing them allows you to unlock more upgrades. [b]Edit:[/b] [i]As for more maps, I have 3 maps plus 2 after buying one DLC. Not sure how many maps there are in all though? 5 maps are a lot of exploring. So, from what I can tell so far is, 3 of the maps are mission maps, the first three. The DLC maps are for exploration. [/i] 2 more maps come with this DLC: http://store.steampowered.com/dlc/248530/ I would also like to add that, all the pictures you take in game with the camera, it has a feature in your menu to view them and/or, make the as desktop wallpaper. That's cool. :)

After reading what this game is about, I was disappointed in what I've played and not because the game is bad in any way or form. It was just plain boring in terms of gameplay mechanic, and the simulation aspect of it all. Yes I actually just beaten this game and I banged my head against my bathtub wishing this was a more complex simulator but instead is an arcadey, tedious, and casual game that needs way more work If you're wondering why I am not playing anymore of this game, This is how long it takes to beat the entire campaign. I think this game can be better than what it is and heres why. The game starts off with you looking at the map and seeing that there are 3 Large areas you can explore in the game, You'll start in Thailand then go to South Africa reefs, the last and final reef is the Bahamas all of which is decently sized and looks great. The gameplay is about spearfishing, Aim your speargun at a fish, shoot, and watch it automatically get reeled in with camera gameplay and treasure hunting thrown in. The missions consist of the player searching for treasures around the area, look around and shoot fish or find treasures for 5-10 mins, find specific fish, or take pictures of fish. These missions will repeat most of the time. You can kill so many fish but when it comes to sharks, turtles, jellyfish, morays, stingrays and so on the game will have a don't shoot box over them. When you do try to shoot them you'll shoot AIR. EMPTY AIR, even if the game says don't shoot I SHOULD HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SPEAR THEM FOR THE HELL OF IT. If I do so I should also be punished for it instead such as being fined, or sharks coming back to bite me off. Something instead of empty air. The graphics to this game is quite nice and there is a good amount of fish to see and capture, the open area in the water and the underwatercave are pretty nicely done also and each of the maps are a decent size. The sound and music to this game is also nicely done HOWEVER The mechanic and gameplay to this game is absolutely boring and unimmersive and also very arcadelike. It is very fun during the beginning of the game for about 30 mins then it just became repetitive and boring. Whenever you shoot a fish you'll acquire xp and gold which makes this annoying coin sound as if you're playing a slot game ruining the immersion of the game completely. After earning enough gold which takes about 5 mins or less of you swimming around shooting every fish you see in sight, you can then spend to upgrade 4 different things, your camera, more usb slots to take picture of fish, speargun accuracy and length, and your swim fins, once you fully upgrade all this. You'll swim at a really fast speed and any fishy you see can easily be minced meat basically because you'll become the son of poseidon himself. You're basically done and gold will completely become useless except for spending on more usb slots to take pictures of fish. Hell even the picture taking mechanic is pretty drysince all you need to do is point it as close to the fish as possible to take a picture as long as they are in the frame, the numbers also have to be 100% or you cant get points for taking thier pictures. Theres nothing in this game that can kill you except make you lose oxygen and there is nothing challenging about the breathing in this game at all, just swim to top and your oxygen can be filled fully without a single struggle, the only way you lose is when you forget that you're not diving but snorkeling. I think the game could do much better than this in future sequel. I want to be able to control the pulling of the fish in, Taking the spear out the fish or cutting the lines once I hunt them, drag them back to the boat feeling the weight of hunting. Instead of just picking up treasures from the ground with one button players should be forced to brush off the sand and figure out how to extact the treasure out carefully. Also the fact that I should be able to shoot any animal I want and in doing so will have a consequence on my gold or what not instead. If you're going to give players levels and XP in a game it should have a reason except that it was completely pointless. Right now this game has an awsome concept, but it needs to build on that concept and make itself AMAZING. I am not easily impressed because it was downright too simple, super casual. If you think I am lieing Go download the game and play it, Congratulations you've basically played 80% of the game for free. I also want to warn you guys of the dev pulling a fast one on bundle buyers which someone has come to my attention about. http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDealsMeta/comments/2e9yqd/depth_hunter_2_has_been_greenlit_get_your_steam/ http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=saxg1h&s=8 Long story short? Dev promised to try to get keys for people on desura etc, then turned around and rebundled game into a different name and in turn changed thier tune after getting greenlight. He didn't make a different game but took the same game and change its name so he doesn't have to give them keys. I would look up more about this company before you make your purchase in the future. This is something I do not condone from developers of breaking promises. Will not be buying anymore products in the future hell don't even send it to me for free. +Great Graphics +Good sized open area +Shooting fish is satisfying +Great amount of fish to shoot at +Sport is Extreme - Gameplay mechanic too simple, gets SUPER tedious - Can't shoot jellyfish, turtles, sharks, morays, dolphins, crabs, urchins, reefs, sponges and the list goes on - No multiplayer of any kind or score comparisons - Missions are downright tedious and boring, Find treasure, shoot a certain fish, or search out a fish with waypoints showing you directly where the fish is. Sometimes the treasure quest tells you to search in a 40km area then becomes boring as sin searching 30 mins on the ground clicking. My advice is to shelf out 10 more dollars, head to early access and get world of diving.