"Tedious" is right
User Rating: 3.5 | Steel Diver 3DS
Wish there'd been reviews before I pre-ordered this game, the 3D feels like a bolt on (its just the backgrounds) and the only thing that's even mildly fun is the periscope missions, but those are really just bonus rounds after completing a regular mission and while the gyroscope effect is cool, if you think about it it actually is ludicrous (just because you can spin the periscope to see a ship doesn't mean the sub would be aligned to fire torpedoes at it!). I did like the touchscreen controls, really gives a lot of options and control at your fingertips without memorizing button configurations, but there's nothing "realistic" about how the subs maneuver. Nintendo should really market this as a pure arcade type game, except its not fun like an arcade game, its boring like a sim game but without any real sim/strategy elements (sorry all you sub sim fanatics out there). Anyway believe the reviews and skip this one. Mines going up on Craigs List today if you really must own a copy.
