My answer would be an unequivocal no. We're good at playing a game that maybe simulates maybe a tiny percentage of what went into being a real WW2 sub captain. We have way more control over the situation than a real captain would. Everything on our sub always works perfectly and crew always does their job. We don't have to worry about distractions like navigational errors, spoiled food, sea-sickness, stench, contaminated water, stifling humidity, numbing cold, leadership, morale, short circuits, responsibility for our crew's well-being, and about a million other details. We can take a break, quit the game anytime we wish and go for a walk or watch TV. We never have to deal with the myriad human and mechanical problems of a real submarine from a troublesome crew member to a broken down bilge pump for which the spare parts have gone missing all of which eventually have a bearing on your tactical decisions. We never have to deal with seeing a burned and blacken corpse float by for which we are responsible. Not to mention that the AI is only a shadow of what the real enemy would be like. I'd be embarrassed to even attempt to compare myself to a real submarine captain....and I'm glad it's just a game.
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