This or 688 or Sub Command?

[Herasteane]

Everything is in the title.

Appart from the fact that we can use planes and choppers and a boat here, is this a better submarine sim or is 688 best or Sub Command?

[Ruckdog1996]

Dangerous Water is the best.

[Louvellan]

They all feature the French navy. Buy all of them.

[BibleClinger]

I see the OP has already bought the pack I describe below, but I figured I'd add this post for anyone else looking for the same information.

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For the most part, to me, Dangerous Waters feels like it's simply an improved version of Sub Command. Granted, I haven't spent that much time in Sub Command, but they seem pretty similar. If multiplayer is your thing, you should know that running multi-station sessions (ie. the ability to share platforms by splitting up who controls what station) is supported in Dangerous Waters, but not in Sub Command.

The OP already mentioned that there are additional platforms in Dangerous Waters, so I won't get into that. Not counting the missing/additional platforms, I can't say there is a *huge* difference between the two in how they play.

Nevertheless, I'll point out some other things. One is that Sub Command is rumored to work on Windows 8 (although I can't personally confirm that), while Dangerous Waters requires a virtual machine to run on Windows 8. The second thing I'll point out is that as of this date, if you plan on making your purchase through the Steam store, you will need to buy Dangerous Waters either way, because Sub Command doesn't appear to be sold separately. So the only question is whether you want the pack that includes 688(i), Sub Command, Fleet Command, and Dangerous Waters -- or just Dangerous Waters alone.

Incidentally, both Dangerous Waters and the pack are on sale now until September 22, 2014.

[Herasteane]

Thanks for the long post!

Tried Sub Command, does work rather nicely unlike Dangerous Waters that is not going to get patched.

I used to play to DW back in the days and it was cool but I'm not up to take a virtual machine to play a game, sounds silly.

I'll go and get a few shots in Sub Command, thanks again mate!

[no talk only play]

Sub Command if you're on Windows 8/8.1. Dangerous Waters for anything else.

[Sniperturtle]

First there was 688i, then there was Sub Command, and finally there was Dangerous Waters. So DW is the best obviously, but you should make a nice cut getting the Naval Combat Pack which contains them all + Fleet Command. Although the latter performs not as well on XP or higher OS, but it is still a nice simulator if you can get it to run..

[Vitdom]

I have play all three and can say 688i and Sub Command are both excellent but 688i is more technologically primitive. In 688i you can only control an LA class sub. In Sub Command an LA-class, Akula-class and Seawolf-class.

Dangerous Waters is the most technologically advanced and features multiple playable platforms like subs, ships, airplanes and helicopters. I don't play this very often but I remember feeling it is buggy OR difficult (probably some settings / auto-crew) to grasp immediately compared to the other two games.

Get 688i last and either SC or DW, if you don't want both or all three. If you have SC you don't need 688i in my opinion.

[CMDR Sweeper]

Dangerous Waters hands down, it is the most recent simulator of modern submarines out there, even though it is old.

The other factor that counts in its favor is that you can get Reinforced Alert mod, that gives you access to a lot more drivable platforms, including SSBN submarines from both the US and Russia.