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agathosdaimon · 12-30-16, 03:06 AM

i got this a few days ago - it is very much reminiscent of silent service 2 but with better graphics. i have been playing it so far on normal difficulty and it is a little too easy i find, for finding and sinking a tonne of ships - if you do find yourself being depth charged it can be a decent challenge as destroyers can come back round for their attack run again often quicker than i can maneuver out of the danger zone.

I would though like to some more aggressive destroyer tactics such as them firing at me when i am at periscope depth - this was something in silent service which i found made it more of challenge and made it more risky to fire torpedoes down the pipe at oncoming destroyer - also destroyers dont seem to do anything to swerve out of the way of torpedoes coming directly at them and very visibly so,

i haven't played it on hard yet, but i would think some of these things should be on normal at least

Overall though it is decent and i am sure more updates will be on the way.

It has a war patrol campaign which is good, but unlike Silent Service series it has no historical scenarios included, i think it would be good to have these also.

I also think it needs a few extra sound effects such as the quintessential sonar ping of surface ships on the hunt.

12-30-16, 03:06 AM	#3
agathosdaimon Planesman Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 188 Downloads: 142 Uploads: 0	i got this a few days ago - it is very much reminiscent of silent service 2 but with better graphics. i have been playing it so far on normal difficulty and it is a little too easy i find, for finding and sinking a tonne of ships - if you do find yourself being depth charged it can be a decent challenge as destroyers can come back round for their attack run again often quicker than i can maneuver out of the danger zone. I would though like to some more aggressive destroyer tactics such as them firing at me when i am at periscope depth - this was something in silent service which i found made it more of challenge and made it more risky to fire torpedoes down the pipe at oncoming destroyer - also destroyers dont seem to do anything to swerve out of the way of torpedoes coming directly at them and very visibly so, i haven't played it on hard yet, but i would think some of these things should be on normal at least Overall though it is decent and i am sure more updates will be on the way. It has a war patrol campaign which is good, but unlike Silent Service series it has no historical scenarios included, i think it would be good to have these also. I also think it needs a few extra sound effects such as the quintessential sonar ping of surface ships on the hunt.