Your Silent Hunter History

sharkbit · 08-25-09, 08:33 AM

With SH5 coming, I'm curious about people's history with the Silent Hunter series.

JU_88 · 08-25-09, 08:49 AM

Sh3 was my first (im a 'Noob' compared to some)
I bought it thinking of how much i suck at FlightSims (I always crash and burn) i figured it would be very hard to crash a U-boat

I kinda doubted that I would really get in to it, but i was hooked in matter of days - Obsessed even..

When Sh4 was announced, I was really excited too, but when I played it - sadly I just could not get in to the PTO...
It was purley a Theatre thing - not a Fleet boat thing, the US subs themselves are just as fun to play as the U-boats, in my eyes (same meat different gravy)
and After SH3 a break from Uboats was quite welcome anyway.

As a result - when the 'Far East U-boat addon' came out for Sh4, I bought it just to support the franchise, but i never even completed a single patrol

Im actually very keen to see and SH game or a high quality Super Mod where Allied Subs are playable in the ATO. Royal Navy subs had a pretty 'action packed' time in the Med and North Sea.

SHV has wet my apptite for Uboats again - just so long as Ai Subs & wolf packs in it this time, plus some other improvments. full interior and Crew looks nice.

TBH: SHV would only dissapoint me - if it turns out to be SH3 'tarted up' without any real attempt to enhance game play or AI

danlisa · 08-25-09, 08:59 AM

Voted.

Although for the life of me I can't remember if it was Silent Service or Silent Hunter which first got me hooked on Sub Sims.

If it was Silent Service, I just ballsed up your poll.

Dowly · 08-25-09, 09:03 AM

Same as Dan. Cant remember if it was SH or SS that I played as a kid.

AVGWarhawk · 08-25-09, 09:32 AM

SH2...darn thing would crash on me when starting my second patrol. This was back in the day were I was a virgin with video games on computers, crashing and patches, etc I did not know how to handle or fix. Then SH3 vanilla was purchased and loaded. Got bored with it in about 3 months after release and removed it. I reloaded SH3 about a year later to play again. I found SS and saw GWX 1.?. I was a bit more computer savvy now and loaded the GWX mod. That is all she wrote. I jumped right in and never looked back.

A large part of the interest rests right here at SS. A lot of good people enjoying a common interest.

difool2 · 08-25-09, 09:33 AM

Did SH1 years ago, steered clear of SH2 after the bad press and reviews, got the last two.

DaveU186 · 09-05-09, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikhayl

so I mostly raided harbours, deck gunning sampans along the way.

That was me as well. I was very young at the time, and just cruised the ocean gunning down Sampans before returning to base to get a telling off for it.

ETR3(SS) · 08-25-09, 09:58 AM

Got my sub-siming start on Silent Service for the NES. Then I went on to SH2 and found Subsim about the time I started playing it. SH2 started my sub modding as well. Had a lot of fun with SH2 and Destroyer Command whenever I went to sea, a couple of us on-board would play a game of cat and mouse in our off watch time. Was one of the first of the sub-simers on the boat to pick up SH3. Picked up SH4 when that came out, was really excited to see Fleet boats once more! Installed it, played it, and shelved it for a year or so due to the poor release quality. Game got patched and I started playing again. And now I'm making nuke boats for it.

Forgot to mention I also got lucky and picked up SH1 Commanders Edition out of a bargain bin somewhere and still have that today too.

Jimbuna · 08-25-09, 11:38 AM

Played em all and thousands of hours of enjoyment have been the result.

Can't quite make my mind up which version I prefer.

Desparately hoping for wolfpacks and human playable allied boats this time around.

Raven08 · 08-25-09, 12:00 PM

Started with Sierra's ACES of the DEEP. Spent countless hours with that on a friend's PC back in the 486 days. Played Silent Hunter, (skipped 2) then 3 and 4.

I also remember a friend of mine playing a game on his dad's old 'green screen' monitor called 'gato', but that is going WAY back...

scrapser · 08-25-09, 12:07 PM

I've played every sub sim ever made except Aces of the Deep. My first sub sim was "Silent Service" by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 computer back in 1984.

Schultz · 08-25-09, 12:18 PM

I played just sh3, I tried sh4 but I didn't like it

Task Force · 08-25-09, 12:45 PM

started with silent service... got silent hunter 1, then got sh3, then sh4.

pythos · 08-25-09, 12:53 PM

Instead of Silent Hunter 1, I played for eons silent service. My comp could handle nothing else. I also later got Wolf pack, my first exposure to the world of the U-boat.

My first silent hunter was SH2, which was much better than the first two sims of my experience.

Sonarman · 08-25-09, 01:04 PM

I played the C64 Silent Service, I remember buying it in Glasgow on the day of it's release, at that time Microprose games in the UK were distributed by US Gold and were sold in plastic double cassette ,instead of a fantastic Microprose manual you got an A3 piece of paper folded to the size of the box with all of the relevant maps and keycodes etc.

The game took quite along time to load from cassette. Hard to believe that was in 1985, 24 years ago -ouch!!! Up Periscope! a very overlooked and highly underrated simulation came out just after Silent Service and was accompanied by not one but two manuals.

When I bought the first Silent Hunter game in 1997 it cost £50, Nowadays SH games typical RRP is about £30 and we moan about game prices today!

View Poll Results: What Silent Hunter games have you played?
Silent Hunter 3 only.	16	8.33%
Silent Hunter 4 only.	13	6.77%
Both Silent Hunter 3 and Silent Hunter 4	66	34.38%
Silent Hunter grognard-every Silent Hunter ever released.	97	50.52%
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08-25-09, 08:33 AM	#1
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Your Silent Hunter History With SH5 coming, I'm curious about people's history with the Silent Hunter series. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

08-25-09, 08:49 AM	#2
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,803 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Sh3 was my first (im a 'Noob' compared to some) I bought it thinking of how much i suck at FlightSims (I always crash and burn) i figured it would be very hard to crash a U-boat I kinda doubted that I would really get in to it, but i was hooked in matter of days - Obsessed even.. When Sh4 was announced, I was really excited too, but when I played it - sadly I just could not get in to the PTO... It was purley a Theatre thing - not a Fleet boat thing, the US subs themselves are just as fun to play as the U-boats, in my eyes (same meat different gravy) and After SH3 a break from Uboats was quite welcome anyway. As a result - when the 'Far East U-boat addon' came out for Sh4, I bought it just to support the franchise, but i never even completed a single patrol Im actually very keen to see and SH game or a high quality Super Mod where Allied Subs are playable in the ATO. Royal Navy subs had a pretty 'action packed' time in the Med and North Sea. SHV has wet my apptite for Uboats again - just so long as Ai Subs & wolf packs in it this time, plus some other improvments. full interior and Crew looks nice. TBH: SHV would only dissapoint me - if it turns out to be SH3 'tarted up' without any real attempt to enhance game play or AI Last edited by JU_88; 08-25-09 at 10:08 AM.

08-25-09, 08:59 AM	#3
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	Voted. Although for the life of me I can't remember if it was Silent Service or Silent Hunter which first got me hooked on Sub Sims. If it was Silent Service, I just ballsed up your poll. __________________

08-25-09, 09:32 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	SH2...darn thing would crash on me when starting my second patrol. This was back in the day were I was a virgin with video games on computers, crashing and patches, etc I did not know how to handle or fix. Then SH3 vanilla was purchased and loaded. Got bored with it in about 3 months after release and removed it. I reloaded SH3 about a year later to play again. I found SS and saw GWX 1.?. I was a bit more computer savvy now and loaded the GWX mod. That is all she wrote. I jumped right in and never looked back. A large part of the interest rests right here at SS. A lot of good people enjoying a common interest. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-25-09, 09:03 AM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Same as Dan. Cant remember if it was SH or SS that I played as a kid.

08-25-09, 09:33 AM	#6
difool2 Commander Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 459 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	Did SH1 years ago, steered clear of SH2 after the bad press and reviews, got the last two.

08-25-09, 09:58 AM	#8
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	Got my sub-siming start on Silent Service for the NES. Then I went on to SH2 and found Subsim about the time I started playing it. SH2 started my sub modding as well. Had a lot of fun with SH2 and Destroyer Command whenever I went to sea, a couple of us on-board would play a game of cat and mouse in our off watch time. Was one of the first of the sub-simers on the boat to pick up SH3. Picked up SH4 when that came out, was really excited to see Fleet boats once more! Installed it, played it, and shelved it for a year or so due to the poor release quality. Game got patched and I started playing again. And now I'm making nuke boats for it. Forgot to mention I also got lucky and picked up SH1 Commanders Edition out of a bargain bin somewhere and still have that today too. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

08-25-09, 11:38 AM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Played em all and thousands of hours of enjoyment have been the result. Can't quite make my mind up which version I prefer. Desparately hoping for wolfpacks and human playable allied boats this time around. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-25-09, 12:00 PM	#10
Raven08 Seaman Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 37 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	Games Started with Sierra's ACES of the DEEP. Spent countless hours with that on a friend's PC back in the 486 days. Played Silent Hunter, (skipped 2) then 3 and 4. I also remember a friend of mine playing a game on his dad's old 'green screen' monitor called 'gato', but that is going WAY back... __________________

08-25-09, 12:07 PM	#11
scrapser Captain Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 530 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	I've played every sub sim ever made except Aces of the Deep. My first sub sim was "Silent Service" by MicroProse for the Commodore 64 computer back in 1984. __________________ Gaming Computer Specs: CM Stacker 930 DFI LP UT X58-T3eH8 i7 920 CPU TR 120 Extreme HS (lapped) 6 GB OCZ Platinum 1600 (8x175 = 1400) BFG GTX 295 Silverstone DA1000W PSU Sony GDM-FW900 24" Wide Screen CRT WinXP Pro 32-bit

08-25-09, 12:18 PM	#12
Schultz Officer Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 237 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I played just sh3, I tried sh4 but I didn't like it

08-25-09, 12:45 PM	#13
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	started with silent service... got silent hunter 1, then got sh3, then sh4. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

08-25-09, 12:53 PM	#14
pythos Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere over there Posts: 834 Downloads: 46 Uploads: 0	Instead of Silent Hunter 1, I played for eons silent service. My comp could handle nothing else. I also later got Wolf pack, my first exposure to the world of the U-boat. My first silent hunter was SH2, which was much better than the first two sims of my experience.

08-25-09, 01:04 PM	#15
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	I played the C64 Silent Service, I remember buying it in Glasgow on the day of it's release, at that time Microprose games in the UK were distributed by US Gold and were sold in plastic double cassette ,instead of a fantastic Microprose manual you got an A3 piece of paper folded to the size of the box with all of the relevant maps and keycodes etc. The game took quite along time to load from cassette. Hard to believe that was in 1985, 24 years ago -ouch!!! Up Periscope! a very overlooked and highly underrated simulation came out just after Silent Service and was accompanied by not one but two manuals. When I bought the first Silent Hunter game in 1997 it cost £50, Nowadays SH games typical RRP is about £30 and we moan about game prices today! __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software. Last edited by Sonarman; 08-25-09 at 02:31 PM.