I don't see anywhere on the DVD case for SH4 that says Silent Hunter 4 is supposed to be a tribute to US submariners. It just says 'Silent Hunter 4 Wolves of the Pacific' which could mean any nationality, as could the term Silent Hunter.
Although if we want to get really picky on stuff, if anything, the Wolf reference is more applicable to German subs than any other nation at all, since they were the ones that hunted in packs and coined the epiphet (not that they exactly darkened the Pacific horizon with U-Boat periscopes), in addition to which, there is a Rising Sun behind where it says 'Wolves of the Pacific' too, which hardly seems to fit a 'US submariner tribute' notion, although we could put that down to naff graphic design I guess, since the box also depicts a sub engaging in a major suface action with carriers and Kamikazes all over the place. As far as I'm aware, UBI pitched it as more appealing to casual players, rather than any sort of tribute.
I like both sims, I really don't see why it has to turn into a petty war about things, there's nothing stopping anyone driving a Gato alone if they want to, although to be fair, I think UBI ought to add in that wierd Yank one - the Narhwal is it? before they put an obscure Jerry one that never even got built, in numbers.
Anyway, I'd like to see Jap, British and Italian ones too, but I'm not about to start slagging forum members and developers off, just because I'm not getting exactly what I in particular want.
Edit: Hey look at my post count! I am 1337, cool, (or pehaps I mean kewl) I am teh roxxor (whatever that means)
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