From the Depths

Great game, great graphics at high settings, and piss lazers.
Anyway when i bought a game i didnt know into what rabbit hole i would dig into, and honestly i like it!
You may or may not need a PHD to construct a ship, anyway buy it, i am not asking.

Pros

• Potentially can build anything you want, assuming you get past the learning abyss.
  
• Good Soundtrack.
  

Cons

Conclusion

Recent updates have been tough to adapt to but necessary, it's easy for us older players to forget but some of the previous game mechanics weren't really fit for purpose and were confusing for new players - I never quite thought about it at the time but hiding a ships wheel under the bow of a ship to control it from that point was really quite goofy. The game itself is obviously a labour of love and I've never played a game quite like it. My most recent build is a functional aircraft carrier which I've attached to my profiles screenshot section. The level of shear customisation at every level is stunning - Spending the time building a anti missile system and watching your cannons take out enemy salvos from the bridge is a perfect example of how this game stands out from the rest.

Assuming new players are willing to lock in through the early parts of the game then this game is like crack, I rate it a 5 stars and wish the devs nothing but success. Cheers

As other reviews have mentioned, this has a very long learning curve. At the time of this review I am finally starting to feel confident in my knowledge and skills in what I am doing and can make relatively decent ships.
However regardless of that, getting to this point was a lot a ton of fun as I haven’t had a game challenge my brain like this since Kerbal Space Program. If you can push through the initial awkward stage that involves learning the controls, camera, how to build things, and learning some of the janky UX/UI things (I would say it takes at least 10 to 20 hours) then I highly recommended this.

I'm a certified engineer now, thank you for the hard-knocks college certificate.

Was my favorite game for a very long time but I just cant keep going after the recent camera update, I feel so disconnected from the world and from the avatar character. It removes all of the fun I used to have in the adventure gamemode.

Would 100% recommend buying it only if you use an older version of the game, otherwise don't bother, they will probably change everything again after you learn it anyway :(

The recent camera updates are so clunky and unwelcome its making me less likely to play this game, that being said i do love boat game enough to power through. I cant stress this enough, I like the old camera system way more.

I finished my first ship!

At time of writing I have just finished my first fully functional ship. 45 hours, 5 failed prototypes, probably a few extra hours watching tutorials online, and who knows how many hours doodling plans while bored at work.
That's scary for sure. who would want to play a game where it'll be 45 hours before you can get started? Well its taught me two things:
1) while the game has more of a learning cave then a cliff once you do finally find a way out of said cave to understanding the feeling of finally finishing your creation is so very satisfying.
2) the depth this game has can be scary but once you master it you truly have control. I've seen some truly amazing creations, and now it's my goal to build things even half as impressive.

if you do not have the time and effort to sink into this game then make no mistake you will not have a good time it. but if you want something with enough depth that you can build anything from ships to submarines, planes to spaceships, mech walkers to tanks, then this game will reward you for your time and effort.

this game doesn't have a learning curve, it has a learning wall. that's covered in spikes. with lazer defence. and giant guns. and a bunch of mega nerds telling you you're doing everything wrong.

very fun and has TONS of content, but its very complicated and hurts my brain sometimes

good game but the constant screen tearing and wierd new camera just makes it painful to play

use to be a pretty hot game, but every year the devs decide to "update" their game and change something that no one asked for. newest one being camera modes. all whacked out of place

Amazing game, Like a sandbox game, mashed with a rts game for the campain

I love watching the boats I have spent hours building absolutly demolishing the enemy

This game is for people who have time to burn as it takes time to understand the mechanics.
10/10

love its really fun just making a battle ship to blow up towns from the enemys

looked like a cool game, watched some youtube videos of people playing it.

Get the game, and what in the holy hell is this building system? i can't tell what is what, everything looks like some weird hollowed box, barely figured out how to put on a propeller because there was an arrow on one of the sides of the box, get to trying to make an engine and all it can say is "rotate the object".. How am i supposed to rotate it? i have no indication of what is forward or backwards on these parts, everything looks the same, got the engine by pure luck down, and couldn't get the next piece no matter what orientation i rotated it into. Immediately uninstalled and requested a refund.

i can't recomend this game to anyone, if there was an option to see objects how they are while building rather then some weird box that looks the same as any other part, maybe i could actually build something. now i understand why it takes people hours to build anything on the videos i watched, i'm sure they had to sit there rotating things constantly trying to get something to work till they pure fustration of it gots it ingrained in your memory out of pure spite.

If you are willing to spend 250 hours+ just learning the game and basic mechanics then you can play this and have fun but trust me it takes time because its very complex. Very fun game would recommend.

this game is absolutley amazing for anyone whos into or lokking into the sandbox genre (tho maybe not that last one) the games a bit dificult when starting out but if you do the tutorials youl be fineas of wrighting this i have 113 hours and i have owned the game for about 4 dayspls if your thinking abt buying it do it

After playing for 150 hours i can confirm that i have finished the tutorial and defeated the easiest campaign. This game is very fun, it makes you tackle challenges like never before. From building humble rafts to constructing a fleet of enormous battleship, this game has it all. I really suggest consuming some tutorials on Youtube since that's the only thing that'll help you past early game. My gratitude to the community for helping me along the way, make sure to visit their discord for professional help. Great game 8.5/10

This game is my new autistic hyperfixation, it operates so far on a policy of "Do you want to build X? Cool here's an assortment of tools figure it out." that delights and excites my brain and keeps me occupied. Fantastic games if you're autistic about Boats like I am.

I've played a lot of vehicle building games and i have to say this one by far has the worst building mechanics out of any of them. I was really motivated to learn to play this and ended up refunding it 10 minutes later.

This game is incredible!

Craft your own masterpiece of destruction and see it can hold up in the fires of war. I lost so many but eventually... victory and it was sweet.

Rambot is my guy

peak autism simulator, you get to spend 30 hours building a ridiculously complex boat and watch it blow things up

It was a really fun game and I recently tried to get back into it but with all of the camera reworks it will take way to much time to get back in to the game having to rebind all of my keys(again). Also the thing I have most about the rework is the use of the number pad because it is such a unused thing on a keyboard. Overall was fun before the camera update now its not.(prob wont play too often).

The light is going out.

Yes, there's a couple of new weapon types and some reworks. Some DLC with alternate avatars and posable mannequins. Yes, the light hasn't gone out completely yet. But its fading is unmistakable now. Dying the slow death of decay and sickness.


Crystals have been a distant memory for quite a while. Now, so too fuel and ammo. Both just magically summoned from specific types of generic material storage. A feat that was already accomplishable on vehicles with the fuel and ammo processors for those who wanted it, but now mandated from on-high, with no alternatives. One resource to rule them all. The message to those who enjoyed the old systems written plainly and irrefutably in the new mechanics. "Fuck you if you enjoy mildly complex logistics. You'll do things like the zombies want to, or not at all."


Insult to injury, now we randomly have "commodities" as a new "resource", mostly for bribing the other factions. Factions who all are bizarrely keen on including the player in their weird weekly random diplomacy battles for some reason. Gone is the ability for the factions to simply not have an opinion on the tiny random no-name with a tiny "base". Gone is the ability for the factions to naturally begin to aggro as you grow and expand. Don't want to engage in the suspiciously artificial diplomacy meetings? Congrats, literally every faction will gang up on you and attack, because the random child of a meager pirate family doesn't want to engage in weird LARPy council meetings and battles with decadent aristocrats.


The character upgrades are gone too, now. Were they overpowered? Sure, but it's a single-player game, and they were fun. Doesn't matter though, brutally murdered all the same.


But, the light going out is visible in other ways as well. There's new cover art, with the obligatory suspiciously diverse cast. But, not satisfied with merely providing a face for the different factions, the robot avatar that has been with the game so long is now magically depicted as some kind of Asian woman, for literally no reason whatsoever. Rambot was merely a robot avatar for the player, staying out of the way and making no statement in any direction. Now though, it has received the same treatment that so many other things have. Dumbing down of systems that worked fine, turning a beloved thing into a "minority" to appease the diseased appetites of degenerated ex-humans, etc., etc., etc.


The light is going out. That is undeniable. There may yet be some fun to have here, stashed away in forgotten nooks somewhere. Scavenging for the last bits of fun left in a dying world.


Requiescat in pace, From the Depths; you will be missed. Though not by the vultures picking at your flesh.

Must admit for this review, the games learning curve is a literal wall.... but there are tutorials for this game that make it easier to learn to play. Once you figure things out and begin designing competitive designs, you will thoroughly enjoy this game!

it is complicated when you first start but then it gets fun

Big ships, bigger guns! :>

A mix of engineering and pure insanity, there's no other with the same versatility
Even though the tutorials are NOT helpful and generally outdated :<

I've followed this game for multiple years, put in 2k Hours and then the Camera Update happened. There was a community test build before the update, that I entirely missed because I was running mods and didn't want to be on the unstable branch because of this.

I've spent the last three months using the new system, I can work with it and I can get some of the advantages it provides. It took me awhile to rebind controls (I didnt touch the game until the Dual control hotfix) and then unlearn/relearn muscle memory because the keys to fire your weapons got changed.

There are some nice newer features such as ability to zoom in without needing Binos and I guess some people like the Orbit Cam. This does not mean I wish to continue using it, I feel disconnected from the world being a floating orb with an option to spawn in a even more useless than before avatar. I swapped to the old system today and felt much more at home with the simpler controls.

That being said, I do recommend this game to anyone willing to put in the time to learn the systems. It is a very complex game with a learning Cliff rather than a curve. Once you've overcome this it can be a way to waste away thousands of hours perfecting craft and designs. The campaign is rather fun and a good way to learn is to jump into the designer and load in then tear apart the campaign craft to learn how they tick.

I do recommend reverting your version to the pre camera update build in the steam Betas area, F3 can be used to swap to a mouse based building mode aswell. These two changes make the game alot more similar to other games such as stormworks or any other building game making the transition alot easier. There are ingame tuitorials aswell as plentiful videos out there to get you up to speed. If you want to learn more, or improve the discord folks, in most matters, are quite helpful aswell.



Also, I'm calling out the people in the discord who are going to call me a Clown for posting this. You know who you are, you can't ignore the chunk of the community who isnt happy about this update forever.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME it will only lead you to wast time on soimthing you will never achieve i wasted 4 hours of my life on a ship what tips over no mater what i do only get this game if you have a phd in engineering for ships

The best custom ship builders I have ever played, I don't really play the campaign but the sandbox is incredible in my opinion

This game has less of a learning curve and more of a learning cliff, on fire, and covered in bears. In my eyes, a fantastic use of time, a great creative outlet, and just all around a good time. WARNING, this game will take at least 150 hours for you to partially understand most of the weapons and mechanics. After 380 hours I am only somewhat familiar with the game. 10/10-PHD in mechanical engineering not included.

Funny game with emotional Somalia lore, unfortunately still don't get how the weapons work. Doubt I ever will.
Still entertaining 8/10.
Would recommend!

Lots of potential, but the camera controls are so unintuitive and overcomplicated that it has ruined the early experience of the game (even after tutorials)

so, games wonderful, but the recent camera update has made the game just assinine, do not buy the game till it gets reverted

I love this game, and have been wanting to get back into it but the new camera system is such a pain in the ass, it feels unplayable.

Pls revert to the old system. 🙏🙏

Its got a bit of a learning curve to it but there are plenty of people willing to help. The freedom and ability to build things is outstanding not to mention the explosions... oh my the explosions.

I've played too long to get used to the new camera/gun controls. I really loved this game but now I just can't seem to adapt to the new system. Please make an option to revert this change. For now maybe I'll just play the old version but miss out on future updates.

one of the greatest game to ever exist, made me buy a proper computer to run it, made me waste over 200 hours of my life. what do i have to show for all this, im sh*t at the game and don't know how to build a plane. best game would highly recommend for those late night discord calls with the homies.

Tutorial 4 broke and flipped the boat, Sorry for not providing more information but it's a bit hard to remember. Also stabilizing the boat is impossible for me no matter what i do.

Very cool, lots of mechanics but very complex, collioso.

The overwhelming complexity may seem daunting at first, but once you learn the basics and then the details From The Depths starts to get really fun and interesting.
It's a rare gem of a game that is just complicated enough for you to freely build any absurd military contraption you want and yet not too complicated that it's boring.
The campaigns' unique playstyle are well crafted to mix both RTS strategy and thrills of individual battles, along with literally hundreds of spectacularly well built craft.

An absolutely fantastic game that deserves way more credit and attention than it does now. If you like it, buy it, add a review, tell your friends, and grow this community so that more people know about it.

This game has a total learning CLIFF before you can start to enjoy it. If you're patient enough to learn it though, it is something special

Pretty complicated game if you don't understand it (I Don't) but it is still fun to build big and powerful ships and vehicles with the very easy to understand and use building system, which allows you to build with all of the deadly weapons from the start. Overall great game, worth the price. I have not mentioned the campaign as i have not played it yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Somewhat steep learning curve and Surprisingly hard on your graphics card. I've unfortunately had to stop playing because of that exact issue :(

Overall, amazing game!

Camera controls are far too ridiculous. I'm sure like anything given enough time it could flesh itself out and become playable, but over 8 hours of honest try and powering through tutorials it just simply isn't user friendly enough to want to continue playing, I feel i'm fighting with every system and things just are not intuitive.

this game makes me cum dick after i actually make good B O A T me likey advanced cannonen and likey missile me very like good big boat

so i got the game but i try and build a boat no matter what i can't move and i just cant do anything

I have yet to make a vehicle that does not look like a flying fridge and i love it. You feel like you are making crack out of milk and its delicious

very fun game, great to watch what you spent multiple hours making get blown up by something half the cost of your own ship, the only complaint is that the tutorials that are in the game are rather slow and the guy talking in them (no offence voice acting is difficult) can get on my nerves rather quickly

The camera update is horrible.
I would recommend the game but i just cannot fathom changing cameras for the sake of changing it after being out for 10 years and not allowing an option to change it back.