I'm not happy. US WWII uboats are weak. I wish this graphic level would be in SH3...
(Though I should upgrade my PC then, now I have only 30 FPS in average in SH4).
And of course the bugs are awful...

Add me to the happy camper list!

I am. It's nice to have a choice between sailing the cold, gray North Atlantic and crusing the balmy South Pacific. :sunny:

Besides that, I've always had a thing for the U.S. Navy, since both my grandfathers were Navy men.

(If that's the case, then how did I end up in the Army?)

We call them Submarines on this side of the old Pond..:lol:

Im Happy!!!!!

// off topic// As was previously noted, we call them "S U B M A R I N E S." AND historical records prove without a doubt that they were FAR from weak. A thought, I'm sure, that was shared by the Japanese Empire at the time. Maybe you should spend a little time reading the history of that theatre of operations before making such a statement. :stare:

// ON TOPIC//

I'M THRILLED TO DEATH THAT WE'RE BACK IN THE PACIFIC! :rock:

I! My Uncle served in the silent service(Nuke) and so I feel a conection with US subs.

I think I knew him ... was his name Sam ... :lol:

Im happy to have any subsims coming out.

The old Silent Service II hooked me way back when, and to quote CSN&Y, "It's been a long time coming...":rock:

I don't see how the planes are different. The manufacturer has its own designation for an airplane, but when it's called e.g. P-51, it's the Air Force designation and it's fully payed for with US tax dollars.

There is a similar stir in modelling community where some companies want royalties for their airplanes and there was a try to organize people to call their congresmen to support a bill which would prevent manufacturers to ask for royalties for military designated aircraft which are paid for by tax dollars already. Not sure about the outcome, though..

Theres the crux, you can use TBF Avenger all you like, thats the USN desegnation, but the second you call it the Grumman TBF Avenger, you're using corporate property and intellectual property, like you couldn't make a commercial emulator called Atari as a modern emulator and market it without their permission.

I'll be happy to be back in the Pacific whenever my pre-order decides to show up and if my computer dont choke on it.

The pacific theatre seems so much more interesting for a submarine game when you look at maps. Islands all over the places, sounds, straits, belts. Japanese warships and carriers too.

While I found it a great challenge to cruise the atlantic, there were times when it started to feel a bit monotonous chasing the same convoys in the same water all the time.

I think that the Pacific offers more of an opportunity for that exiting Hollywood effect that many sims can lack. It also doesn't hurt that for alot of the war the US is kicking ass, which is the opposite of Germany.

But then again some of the most exiting moments in all of gaming for me have been while cruising the depths of the Atlantic just outside of a convoy that I've just attacked, slowly creeping away, wondering if I was found... waiting... then siddenly I hear a faint ping, then louder then louder... "DEPTH CHARGES IN THE WATER!"

FLANK SPEED! HARD TO PORT!

Then the sound of the DD's engines as he rolls over me and leaves a white wash on the cold dark water... the silence of the u-boat after my burst of speed... wondering about when the charges go off if I've avoided them or just sailed right into my own hell...


BOOM! Breaking glass... the ships bellows and howls as its tossed under the waves. Darkness as the lights break and then I wait for more...


To me the Pacific feels like a bright and shiny tropical paradise, like FarCry in a boat. The Atlantic feels eerie and brooding. Its like everytime I leave port I feel like I'm sailing into a chapter of Moby Dick.

But I'm gonna give SH4 a good go. If only to give me a reason to read up on the Pacific Theatre in real detail.