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rascal101 · 06-22-06, 03:47 PM

SH3 Great game, great mods, great graphics etc!!!

It seems most of the gripes about the game are from folks who are critical of the speed factor, i.e. the time it takes to get anywhere or do anything. Maybe these guys should not be playing a sub game but should be into first person shooters or flight sims. Subs dont travel very fast and the whole undersea war is about stealth, deduction and tactics, with a few big bangs from time to time.

SH3 is a great game, one of the finest availble, I'm not sure of many other games with such a dedicated and creative band of modders and players still hard at it well over a year after its release. Go the modders!!

Having said that I wonder at all the fuss re the Pacific version or SH4. I really am curious as to why any one would bother with a sub sim in this theatre. A suface ship sim for this theatre of the war, based on the kind of graphics quality of SH3 would be fantaqstic, but a sub sim, why bother?

OK some people might get a thrill shooting up some Japanese or Chinese junks, or taking pot shots at the Yamamoto once in a while. The simple fact is that for the latter part of the war most of the sub action in the Pacific was picking up downed airmen and infiltrating coast watchers behind enemy lines.

I'm simply not convineced the SH4 will have much of the holding power of SH3. This is not a rant against the US Navy or the skills of its submariners, they did score some successes and there is some history there. It's what the US Navy and its Allies did with their surface forces that actually count for something, their subs were really a side show unlike the Atlantic where the UBoat war had such devastating potential.

Hope I didnt offend any one, probably did, oh well.............

06-22-06, 03:47 PM	#95
rascal101 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 769 Downloads: 200 Uploads: 0	I Love SH3 simple as that SH3 Great game, great mods, great graphics etc!!! It seems most of the gripes about the game are from folks who are critical of the speed factor, i.e. the time it takes to get anywhere or do anything. Maybe these guys should not be playing a sub game but should be into first person shooters or flight sims. Subs dont travel very fast and the whole undersea war is about stealth, deduction and tactics, with a few big bangs from time to time. SH3 is a great game, one of the finest availble, I'm not sure of many other games with such a dedicated and creative band of modders and players still hard at it well over a year after its release. Go the modders!! Having said that I wonder at all the fuss re the Pacific version or SH4. I really am curious as to why any one would bother with a sub sim in this theatre. A suface ship sim for this theatre of the war, based on the kind of graphics quality of SH3 would be fantaqstic, but a sub sim, why bother? OK some people might get a thrill shooting up some Japanese or Chinese junks, or taking pot shots at the Yamamoto once in a while. The simple fact is that for the latter part of the war most of the sub action in the Pacific was picking up downed airmen and infiltrating coast watchers behind enemy lines. I'm simply not convineced the SH4 will have much of the holding power of SH3. This is not a rant against the US Navy or the skills of its submariners, they did score some successes and there is some history there. It's what the US Navy and its Allies did with their surface forces that actually count for something, their subs were really a side show unlike the Atlantic where the UBoat war had such devastating potential. Hope I didnt offend any one, probably did, oh well.............