29 Jan 2025: Ok, so now we are in full release mode, and a recent update has brought more good stuff to the game.

There have been several major improvements.

- you can remove all map contacts, and play almost full real.
- you have a full real TDC replica to fiddle with and wonder at.
- Type IIA IID and VII/41 subs are now included
- realistic sinking mechanism
- several quality of life improvements
- some bug issues dealt with
- Type IX is in development

The devs are out there on the Steam forums nearly every day answering questions, and also looking for the community to shape new ideas such as realistic damage/sinking claims.

You will still find occasional oddities, but the usual cause for issues in the game is the use of mods that bugger things up. What's new? As vanilla, I am 99% happy, and don't use mods.


UPDATE with the B129 unstable release, the game is getting better, and the developers have released a series of hotfixes based on community feedback. This in itself is a good thing, as the game is alive and kicking, and the community is on the whole constructive and pretty well informed on how u-boots worked and fought historically so it's a good combination.

I've gone back to SH V to see what that's like and UBOAT is slowly catching up with SH V and I am hoping will overhaul it in the next 12 months.

At the time of writing, UBOAT still lacks certain reality aspects - eg your hydrophone plots on the game map show all the ships, direction, etc, so you can make torpedo launched from below periscope depth based on hydrophone data alone. However the crew management, damage control and manual torpedo attack systems are great.

There's no TDC as per SH III or SH IV to mess with, but if you like mods, there is an active modding community that has bling like this to add to your vanilla game.

Overall - if you like the experience of beta testing games, I'd say this is now worth buying!

29 Jan 2025: Ok, so now we are in full release mode, and a recent update has brought more good stuff to the game. There have been several major improvements. - you can remove all map contacts, and play almost full real. - you have a full real TDC replica to fiddle with and wonder at. - Type IIA IID and VII/41 subs are now included - realistic sinking mechanism - several quality of life improvements - some bug issues dealt with - Type IX is in development The devs are out there on the Steam forums nearly every day answering questions, and also looking for the community to shape new ideas such as realistic damage/sinking claims. You will still find occasional oddities, but the usual cause for issues in the game is the use of mods that bugger things up. What's new? As vanilla, I am 99% happy, and don't use mods. UPDATE with the B129 unstable release, the game is getting better, and the developers have released a series of hotfixes based on community feedback. This in itself is a good thing, as the game is alive and kicking, and the community is on the whole constructive and pretty well informed on how u-boots worked and fought historically so it's a good combination. I've gone back to SH V to see what that's like and UBOAT is slowly catching up with SH V and I am hoping will overhaul it in the next 12 months. At the time of writing, UBOAT still lacks certain reality aspects - eg your hydrophone plots on the game map show all the ships, direction, etc, so you can make torpedo launched from below periscope depth based on hydrophone data alone. However the crew management, damage control and manual torpedo attack systems are great. There's no TDC as per SH III or SH IV to mess with, but if you like mods, there is an active modding community that has bling like this to add to your vanilla game. Overall - if you like the experience of beta testing games, I'd say this is now worth buying!