Depth
Play as a shark or a diver in a dark aquatic world and overcome your enemies by employing cunning, teamwork, and stealth. Depth blends tension and visceral action as you team up against AI or be matched with other players in heart pounding combat. As any one of 7 shark species, speed and senses are your greatest weapons. Stalk your prey from across the ocean and tear them in half with your razor sharp teeth. Be a Great White, Tiger, Mako, Bull , Hammerhead, Thresher …… or even the legendary Megalodon!
As a human diver you must explore the abyss in search of treasure to upgrade your arsenal. Defend yourself with a range of high powered gear, from spearguns and pistols to underwater assault rifles and explosive sea mines. Experience the dread that comes from swimming in the darkness of the ocean. Dynamic lighting and shadows create a unique and gut-wrenching atmosphere that will have you on edge from the moment you dive in.
Unlock exotic new weapons for your diver, or ‘evolutions’ for your shark that open up new tactical possibilities as you play the game. Persistent stat tracking and meaningful steam achievements will also give you something to shoot for (in some cases, quite literally!). Not feeling quite ready to plunge into online play? Depth allows you to hone your skills against some alarmingly clever AI enemies who can be configured in several modes of difficulty.
Depth Review
This game first came to my attention via word of mouth and from youtube playthroughs mostly centering around Ohmwrecker and Gassymexican. For those of you who are on the fence on buying this game, I would like to highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a unique experience.
I would describe Depth as a refreshing first person shooter with a good mix of survival aspects and teamwork (which opens up the opportunity for an overall fun experience with friends). The overall premise of the game as you can already probably notice is that there are two modes, the first one being “Blood and Gold” where four players play as divers who are seeking treasure in the underwater DEPTHS alongside an AI driven robot called STEVE while two other players play on an opposing geam as sharks (either Mako, Great white, and Tiger) ad the second mode being Megalodon hunt which essentially takes four divers vs a “huge” (not really huge as this was more of a design choice for easire movement) megalodon.
The movement and combat sytle for each team is great, and the mechanics of the game is well balanced with both teams having a set amoutn of 30 respawns they can burn through and sharks having specific skill perks you can purchase through your kill points, and divers having the opportunity to buy and earn better weapons through picking up treasure individually and delivering it to STEVE for the cash bonus.
From shaking your mouse as a shark to tear divers apart once you grab hold of them, to replenishing health via eating seals, to the game taking advantage of what can be called “Drawing distance” to add suspense and adrenaline rushes as divers try to peer out into the distance or shadows searching for the other team before they strike (sharks distance in relation to a diver’s position is relayed to you the player through the speed of heartbeats) Depth has a lot of unique elements that I enjoy.
Compalints are that I can see some people not enjoying the fact that this game boils down to one specific formula of asymetric play which might bore people, but so far with the 10 hours I’ve put into the game I’m still really enjoying it and consider the game a great price for what I got out of it (I bought it during its week long discount of $14.99 but would recommend it still even at $24.99). Another complaint is that for a game with the visuals that Depth has, it strangely can be somewhat taxing on a system, as I believe TotalBiscuit pointed out himself on his own rig in his WTF is…)
What it boils down to, is that if you really enjoyed L4D2 multiplayer, or are greatly interested in Evolve for its unique gameplay, then you’ll really enjoy Depth.
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