My wife thinks I should be doing something 'more appropriate' than playing games at my age but I do find SH3 with GWX totally addictive.
The game never fails to surprise - for example, in an early patrol crossing the North Sea en route to the North Atlantic (for reference just after the invasion of Norway), the Watch Officer reported spotting an aircraft on the horizon - I looked through the binoculars and could see that it was either performing aerobatics or attacking something on the surface. I decided to investigate by altering course towards it and shortly afterwards the Watch Officer reported 'ship spotted' - as I got closer, I could see what appeared to be a Ju 88 (or it could have been an Me 210) attacking a large Norwegian merchant - the latter was already on fire and stopped in the water. As I approached the aircraft flew off back towards the Norwegian coast leaving me to sink the ship by gunfire - an easy and unexpected prize!
I think the game also has educational advantages, since starting to play, I have re-read Otto Kretschmer's biography, 'The Golden Horseshoe' and am now reading that of Captain Johnny Walker, 'The Fighting Captain' which was bought for Christmas thanks to some comments made in these forums.
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