Depressing? Nope. I go out not looking to get sunk. I go out planning on bringing in the booty. As TDK stated, just a game. It is an escape from reality. Sure get sunk, crew lost. Your platoon gets shot up in another game. Your plane goes down do to flak in another game. Just another escape from the real world. Besides, you can always restart the game, over and over and over.
CTD after a great mission.....now that's depressing