This is nice, very nice :up:

http://193.47.83.222/chop/shpic3.jpg

Gentlemen, I shall say no more....:D

Nice BlackSpot:yep: Just set as my desktop:up:

I must agree with what has already been posted, but here are my 3 top favorites.

My 3 top favorites
1. Water dripping effects - awesome
2. realistic damage and after effects of such
3. the crew management system "Relieve the watch."

I like the sound of incoming gunfire. The changing watch whistle, battlestations horn and the like are very cool. The ships and the sea are very good looking. Did anyone mention the increased time compression? I love the watch system. Ummm...I enjoy the holes being blown in ships and the increased amounts of radio traffic. Speaking of traffic, it's nice to see you are not fighting the war alone. I ran across my first friendly aircraft carrier battle group today. The little movies in-between patrols are pretty nifty.

Movies? I did not see any. Where are the movies?

BTW, palm trees are a nice change from the cold Atlantic also:yep:

My favourites after just two days of playing:
1) Campaign: typewriter intro's, intro movies, special missions, radio news updates... this is simply excellent. This is like RedBaron2 with submarines :)

2) Crew animations/graphics. Crew now have many different faces and clothing, and when you are repairing damage you will see crewmen working with wrenches in the command room. I do miss being able to give orders by clicking on officers though...

3) Water and sky rendering is superb. Makes my pc upgrade worth it :)

4) The post-processing filter setting. Some people may not like it but I think it is great. It really gives the game the right mood for me.

You haven't run across any of the war briefings in between patrols? They're just like the one you see when you begin a new career.

It's immersive and pretty neat to see how the war is progressing around you.

Oh those....Yep, got them:yep: These are neat and a short history of what is going on. Very cool indeed.

I forgot this also, when leaving port the seagulls actually fly around my conning tower like I was a fishing boat. They seem to circle the sub.


Another is crew on the decks of the vessels. I had one stop after sending a torpedo that missed. As I watched with my binoculars three sailors walked to the side looking at the black thing low in the water about 1500 feet off. My next torp did not miss:smug:. Sailors on deck is very cool.

This is a nice feature:yep:

I like the briefings, it really adds something to the feeling of there being more out there. However, I think they could use a bit of improvement. I recently got one reporting the Battle of Midway. It reports that "one of our carriers" was damaged. Having a small detail like the name of the ship would have been nice.

Also, not learning about the Battle of Midway a month in advance would have been better.

@Raz

I see the movies but I did not notice some of them are ahead of the game. Still very cool though. :yep:

I also forgot.....the DVD/map/manual provided with the actual game (sorry guys in Canada, you did not get them:oops:). UBI asked what we wanted and they provided.:up: I especially like the map. I wonder if my wife will let me tape it to the wall:hmm:

I had a spirited discussion with mine over that very same issue this weekend. Damned Trading Spaces shows, now everything in the house has to be perfectly organised and feng-shooied.

Back on thread, I noticed in my big fat logbook while in port that individual shipnames were listed for my kills! I only looked once, can anyone else confirm?