Pure PlayStation: Don’t do it. There’s never any pleasure in playing a bad game and calling it bad. Even less enjoyment in describing how terrible it is through multiple paragraphs. Alas, here I am with another Energy Hook-like experience to go through so you don’t have to. Submersed hasn’t been generally well received everywhere, but I can guarantee that didn’t influence my opinion. The game itself did that in the very first chapter. Which is grossly disappointing because less than a half hour into Submersed you realize that a Deep Blue Sea mixed with The Last of Us is what could have been. There are no words in any human language to describe how far from that my playthrough was.
KeenGamer: "Submersed places you underneath the waves in a mysterious underwater research facility. You must make your way through while facing dangers from within the facility and from the murky waters surrounding it. Will it shock and terrify you? Probably not."
TSA writes: "It’s a universally acknowledged truth that sharks are really flipping scary. Whilst not an entirely rational response given their somewhat restricted geographical range outside of terrible B-Movies, they are such awesomely efficient killing machines that they have the power to terrify even when you’re sat comfortably in your lounge. However, even a sufferer of selachophobia – a fear of sharks, obviously – would have to admit that sharks have an awesome beauty to match their terrifying potential. Submersed seeks to use this unique blend of beauty and terror to bring a new slant to survival horror, but does it pull it off?"
Michael Kitchin, "Submersed ultimately makes some key decisions which will frustrate. Enemies are relentless and inventory management feels botched, leading to you require prior knowledge to advance. Stealth is functional but, more often than not, you're tasked with running from foes that are simply quicker and deadlier than you. There's a punishment on offer here that doesn't fit the crime and, whilst the game tries to do well with a small budget, it can't execute on much of it."
