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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
European Air War was pretty horrible, in the Death Screen department. If you were hit you could of course bail out. If you were killed in the cockpit you suddenly had a view from outside, and watched your plane spiral down. The horrible part? Until the range became too great you could see the blood smearing the canopy.
I don't know if I want to see the inside of the sub as the bulkheads burst and the water comes rushing in, but that would indeed heighten the feel at the end of the game. I do definitely want to see the report of my death, or failure to return, and I want to know how I died if it happened suddenly.
Also, in the case of an ill-advised surface action, I wouldn't cry if I got a message that I was killed and my 1WO brought the boat home safely, or that I was killed but some of my crew survived to be captured.
The only think I absolutely demand is that I, as player, know what happened.
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I don't. If I don't see what hit me, I don't want to know. Maintains that level of uncertainty that existed in real life. Rather a "what the &%^$ was that?" than a "oh sh!t, another mine; better watch out for this spot next time" for me.
With what I've seen of the first person perspective so far, it would seem odd if SH5 didn't model some sort of visual; the final crushing just before the screen goes black, or sudden rush of water through the compartment.
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Originally Posted by ryoga_77
An option giving the crew a chance to abandon ship at a reasonable depth (depths ranging from surface to periscope depth) should be seriously considered.
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Actually, I'd take this one step further and suggest that the option should be available at any depth, like it was in real life.
The decision would then sit with the Kaleun to consider whether, at any depth, he risks the likelihood of instant flooding if he decides to open the hatch while not on the surface (or even if he can due to water pressure).