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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
That time is not here for the Nazis of World War II. The German people themselves testify to that. A poor dead guard at a museum testifies to that. Until their attitudes and positions are exterminated, adopting their symbols and roleplaying their people is not appropriate. There is a line that we need not and must not cross.
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You make it sound like everyone should treat the whole subject of U-boat warfare as taboo and there shouldn't be games about it. Do you feel that way about IL2 Sturmovik? You can fly Nazi planes in that game. Does it mean it glorifies the Nazi cause? You can even fly Russian planes too...does that glorify their cause? Ask any Pole from that era about what nice guys the Russians were. Is that wrong? Should we ignore that aspect of the war with our sims?
I doubt the majority of us SH3 fans are roleplaying Nazis and sailing for the glory of Adolf Hitler. That argument is specious.
I prefer U-boats and u-boat history. Does that mean I'm glorifying the Nazi cause? No. I just find the struggles, technologies and theatre more interesting than fleet boats.
Do I want realism in my sim? Yes. I like to experience that side of warfare because I am interested in these tactics. Sim game fans are sticklers for realism and necessarily attract rivet counters. Remember when SH4 came out and people were complaining about the belt buckles on your crew being Marine buckles and not Navy buckles? That's the kind of person you're dealing with. To leave out swastikas or ignore U-boat terminology would make it less of a sim.
People play games for the challenge aspect. Just because I prefer the challenges of sailing a U-boat over the challenges of sailing a Fleet boat is no reason to beat me up over it and tell me I'm inappropriate.