Poem at the beginning?
 

Anyone know the title and/or author of the poem narrarated during the opening movie? I like the way it's presented.:D

Sounds like Shakespeare to me. But I'm not entirely sure.

"On Time" by John Milton: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/rea...me/index.shtml

Strange choice for a submarine game, but whatever! :shifty:

Heh, awesome, thanks!:)

It does make me feel like reading shakespeare, actually. :rotfl:

It is called "On Time" by John Milton.

EDIT: Opps, see it's already been posted.

I thought the opening CutScene was EXCELLENT.:up:

Its so good - I always let it run to completion on fireing up the game.

Just goes to show you diversity makes the world go 'round...and that's a good thing. You liked the film and I consider it a pretentious piece of garbage. :lol:

I loved it. Much better than pompous band music and deep voices saying "We are at war ..."

lol its so emo but yet so amazing.

I was disappointed that it was just an ingame video that was sped up. At least SH3 had a FMV of a convoy attack. That was neat. This...not so much.

I think its one of my favorite opening intros that I've seen. Its very original and I think the poem makes sense in the context that it is uses. War is useless

I think it's odd that it's a US submarine game and the narration is by an English guy. Not that I'm prejudiced against English narrators (I'm English myself), but I just felt that it would have been more in keeping with the theme if it had been read by an American.

I thoguht it was a bit melodramatic, but given the presentation of the opening movie, oddly appropriate, and very cool. I have to admit though i think "galloping ghost of the japanese coast" would have been cooler.

my guess is they wanted it to sound like milton reading it?

I rather enjoyed the opening.

Gives the game more dramatic... weight.

I admit it's odd for an intro, but it really struck me as very cool.

:up::rock:

It gives a nice level of depth and meaning to the sim, something which I always like in games.:)

Well the theme of the poem is an address to Time personified. You could then likley compare this to John Donne's Death Be Not Proud, where he addressed a death personified speaking of how death is a slave and that he is not mighty and how that when all men have died (the rapture) death will himself die as there will be no more people for death to take.

'On Time' has a similar feeling to it. It talks in a similar mode about how we all fear age and death that come with time but that we will all triumph and survive forever in heaven.
This is similar to the end of Donne's poem:
Wee shall wake eternally obviously meaning all people going to heaven.

In other parts Donne also mentions how Death is subject to the randomness of people's lives ending and that he is a slave to the chance of how death comes about. This is alluded as well in the final line of 'On Time'.

So here the choice of 'On Time' seems appropriate because it can be seen as referencing how this game is associated with the memory of those that fought in WW2, particularly for the US, and how we shant forget them as a result.

More into the Sub mindset
 

I would prefer if they depict the Pacific side of things, like the dawn raid of Pearl to start the it rolling, the simultaneous invasion of Malaya & Philippines. Then they can cut to things they did with US Subs in the war like showing the marines being put ashore, attacks on Convoys and enemy ships.

the poem is nice but very artsy for a war sim.

I like the poem myself, the inrto is well done.

Regards,

Grell

It's a wonderful intro IMO - Very original and very touching. I find the poem "On Time" very suitable despite not having anything specifically to do with subs. It is a homage to time/history - a very appropriate subject for a serious WWII simulation. It makes me ponder and appreciate the lives of the real protagonists of the Pacific war.

It's a wonderful way to set the mood for the game - it makes it feel more like an experience than just a game.