Retired Submariner

[fyldeman]

Well, I'm a retired civil servant actually. A few years back I really enjoyed SH3 with the Grey Wolves mod and the Commander addon. Then a computer catastrophe cut short my career. I tried again a couple of years later but by then I had a widescreen and just couldn't put up with the stretched (or is it squashed?) image. SH4 - being an American in the Pacific didn't spark my imagination in the same way as being a U-Boat kapitan. I tried SH5 (vanilla) but never really got started. Now I've retired I thought I might dip my toe in the water again and where better to start than Subsim?

My big question is SH3, SH4, or SH5? Being truthful my favourite activity in SH3 wasn't sinking ships but just scudding along on the surface with Lili Marlene on the gramaphone! So any suggestions as to which incarnation of Silent Hunter and with which starting mods I should invest my time would be very welcome. Can SH5 really be as good as SH3 / Grey Wolves?