[Onkel Neal]

http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r39018.htm

I like:

Silent Hunter V: Battle of the Atlantic is a deep and complex simulation, giving you near complete control of a submarine and its assets. You’ll play through a variety of missions that will have you performing a variety of tasks as a German U-Boat captain, doling out orders to your crew and defeating enemy ships. At best, the game is a suspenseful and compelling experience for hardcore sim fans. Unfortunately, the game misses the mark more than often, has a ton of bugs and performance issues bog this one down a lot, not to mention an extremely steep learning curve that all but guarantees that newcomers will be left in the cold.

I don't like:

Silent Hunter V is a different breed of sub-sim, putting you directly into the shoes of your U-Boat captain. The game unfolds through a first person perspective, requiring you to walk around the sub and talk to your crew in order to give them orders. This is an interesting gimmick, but one that wears thin before too long, and making it take a bit too long to perform actions. Walking around your U-Boat is not very fun, and grows very tedious.

For god's sake, since when is actually being able to move about in a virtual U-boat "tedious"? I wish they would stop saying that. Sure, being forced to dash down to the engine room to order "overcharge" the diesels is unnecessary, but the complaint would be better characterized as the game does not allow the captain to give orders by "shouting them out", only by going directly to the officer in charge. The game should include alternatives to actual face-to-face interaction like there was in real life.

Anyway, a fairly good, although very short, review.