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I should say, I'm knocking the mod idea for SHIV! It should go forward - I just wish they'd focused on the later 40's instead of nukes - SHIV can probably do that with high realism. Ah well, still fun to be had there, possibly excellent in the gameplay department - just maybe not simulation in the hard-and-fast sense of the word.


I also agree that DW and its kin, at least after the original 688(I), have been lacking a little in the athmosphere department. Lots of little touches that drew a crowd to SHIII/IV are amiss, but that doesn't mean it's an inferior sim. It's really something like the difference between a historical novel and a technical manual. SH's are the historical novels, DW is a technical manual. It may be a little dry, but you're certainly going to have a far, far better idea of how submarine warfare works through that.

We do need a new generation of modern subsims, though I don't think the focus should be on graphics. Maybe I spent a little too much time in 688(I) lately (I'm playing the sonalysts campaigns in order), but DW's graphics actually look good to me. And this is where the revival of Microprose that some of us have pegged hopes on can come in - and indeed try to bring us something rich like another Red Storm Rising. Hopefully without falling behind on DW's technical depth.