To each his own, but the challenge facing the Japanese sub crews is one the most appealing facets of having playable Japanese boats to me. I look at all the things you wrote and those are reasons I'd want to play them. A good sim is a way for me to learn about what those crews were up against, to 'walk a mile in their shoes' so to speak.

And I hope allied task forces and air power are in the sim regardless of whether the Jap boats are playable.

Then the cheapest and easiest way to walk a mile in their shoes is play SH3 and consider yourself sunk whenever you are detected, and for realism don't go deep or silent.

also remember to avoid allied vessels (just like Jap sub commanders did for most of the war).

Forget I asked

What's the most expensive and most difficult way?

Regardless of this poster's opinion, I'd still like playable Japanese subs, cost be damned :D

Hmm,
For me suplly to isolated island with command Japanese submarine
is very very intersting and fun.

Yeah it was wrong way of using submarine,
But imagine in the noon sneak under tropical shallow sea,
imagine in the dark night handle submarine narrow on channel
what we can only seeing is star. :up: :up: :up:
Even if you saw big enemy ship we cant attack because we dont
have torpedo.We will taste chagrin.
But when we at last rach the Island, we will fell
joy and satisfaction.

I-8 went to germany form Japan.
It is not borring.Its very very endurance mission.
Japanese submarine went around the world.
West coarst, Australia, Indian ocean, Bearing sea and so on. :yep:

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

Sweet Jeebus. Imagine launching a spread of 11 fish -- 8 from your tubes, and 3 from your torpedo bombers! :o

Yes the Japanese built some real big monster subs. :yep: