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AngusJS · 11-05-07, 06:11 AM

I love SH3, both unmodded and with GWX. When I finally got a computer that could run it, I played it for 6 months straight, until my career ended on a convoy attack near Iceland in 1942. I think that's the longest I have ever played a game.

I liked how I could do so many things manually. I acquired targets and set up attack runs manually - it was great. I loved using the drawing tools to figure out how I would intercept a target. Every attack, even on single merchant ships, was a challenge. The only other WW2 sub sims that I have played are Wolfpack and AOD. Though I played AOD forever, it eventually got boring, as you were almost guaranteed success against single ships, as everything was automatic. This never happened with SH3.

I also liked how you could man the hydrophone yourself. I remember one time I damaged a ship near England on a foggy night. I was forced to wait and load some more torpedoes, by which time the ship had vanished into the fog. I ended up spending an hour trying to find it again with the hydrophone. I finally found it, only to have my first two shots fail to detonate - I had forgotten to take into account the fact that the ship was already sitting low in the water, and the magnetic torpedo harmlessly hit the side of the hull, while the impact torpedo bounced off the rounded bottom. I love that level of detail.

It is SH3's ability to produce such memorable moments that makes it such a great game for me. I'm travelling now, so I don't have access to my computer, but as soon as I do, I know I'll be starting up a new career and setting sail. For me, it's one of the greatest games of all time.

11-05-07, 06:11 AM	#30
AngusJS Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 746 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	I love SH3, both unmodded and with GWX. When I finally got a computer that could run it, I played it for 6 months straight, until my career ended on a convoy attack near Iceland in 1942. I think that's the longest I have ever played a game. I liked how I could do so many things manually. I acquired targets and set up attack runs manually - it was great. I loved using the drawing tools to figure out how I would intercept a target. Every attack, even on single merchant ships, was a challenge. The only other WW2 sub sims that I have played are Wolfpack and AOD. Though I played AOD forever, it eventually got boring, as you were almost guaranteed success against single ships, as everything was automatic. This never happened with SH3. I also liked how you could man the hydrophone yourself. I remember one time I damaged a ship near England on a foggy night. I was forced to wait and load some more torpedoes, by which time the ship had vanished into the fog. I ended up spending an hour trying to find it again with the hydrophone. I finally found it, only to have my first two shots fail to detonate - I had forgotten to take into account the fact that the ship was already sitting low in the water, and the magnetic torpedo harmlessly hit the side of the hull, while the impact torpedo bounced off the rounded bottom. I love that level of detail. It is SH3's ability to produce such memorable moments that makes it such a great game for me. I'm travelling now, so I don't have access to my computer, but as soon as I do, I know I'll be starting up a new career and setting sail. For me, it's one of the greatest games of all time.