One of the best things about SH3 is the atmosphere and tension of wondering if you will survive. On a few occasions my boat has started to flood and hit the bottom with a loud thud, its really intense sitting on the bottom with the lights flickering, the creaks of an already stressed hull, water pouring in, and that pinging noise getting more frequent and louder
But just as often as those intense life or death moments you will instead get "You are dead - abandon career"
If death can be postponed until you really are dead that would be great.