[ParaB]

Yesterday I played a multiplayer game of SH4 and chatted with a couple of guys about the general gameplay. What surprised me a bit was that obviously everybody except me regularly completes 100k tonnage patrols, sinking battleships and carriers left and right. When I told them that I often suffered from dud torpedoes or a bad manual aiming I got the reply "well, always save before firing your tops, then you can reload if you miss".

Errrr... this got me wondering a bit.

For me my failures are an essential part of the SH4 atmosphere. If I save/load for every attack until I get the perfect result, what's the motivation to play the game at all? Every patrol will yield the same success.

OTOH only when you miss a battleship or suffer from duds will you appreciate the feeling of triumph next time you actually hit a big target. And only if you complete a patrol with a meagre success you will come to appreciate a really good patrol.