Why do you play Silent Hunter?

[sunvalleyslim]

The interest in subs for me started when I was a young boy. I built a submarine model of U-505, and watched a lot of a TV series called "The Silent Service" which was about U.S. Subs during WWII.
When the Vietnam War was going on, I joined the U.S. Navy and volunteered for Submarine duty. I went To Key West, Florida for torpedoman school, then New London Conn. for submarine school. I was assigned to the USS Segundo SS-398 out of San Diego from '68 to '70.
Years later I played a couple of early video games for consoles, but was basically computer illiterate. When I retired from by job 2 1/2 years ago I got my first computer. My son bought me my first PC game, SH3.
It brought back my love of submarines and video games, and helps me relive those days at sea.....and all the old memories...................."DBF"..........:up :

[Ivan Putski]

I was a flight simmer till AOD came out, then I got SHII as a gift, and was hooked. When SHIII arrived on the scene I started out as everyone else, loved the eye candy, but a lot of things were overlooked in the sim. What really endured me to this sim was the mods, can`t say enough about the modders responsible for all the improvements we see today. Amost daily these guys talents are displayed on the SubSim forums. I can`t thank them enough for the many hours, and hard work they have put into the creations we all enjoy.

All that said, I spend a lot of hours playing the sim, three years ago I lost my left leg, this sim has filled a void in my life, and has got me back into model ship building again. I also love this forum, and the many helpful questions, answers, and tips it provides, all first rate. Puts

[NealT]

I have always been hooked on Subs, for real life and for gaming.

Why Silent Hunter 3? Because it is "simple" compared to the electronic's age Sub Command or 688(i) or Dangerous Waters games. I stay with it because of the variety it provides not only through gameplay but also the various mods (Supermods and smaller ones) that have come out.

Why play at all? Like Jim, I was once in Law Enforcement and found that I had to have a 'release' from the potential stresses/strains. I used computer games as well as reading to do just that. Even though I am no longer in Law Enforcement (having moved to middle management in one of the largest companies in the US) I find I still need the 'stress reliever'.

Good luck on your studies...

[Platapus]

Chicks,

Chicks dig guys who play submarine video games

[STEED]

Out of boredom and nothing else better to do.

Really I'm not pulling your leg, I just don't see the logic playing games as they wast time which I know that I will never get back.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Nice thread

- History.
- Immersion.
- Customization, mods & game settings.
- The great community here.
- Made me aware of SUBSIM.


RDP

[Blacklight]

1. It's a game that I can play without aggrivating my carpal tunnel syndrome.

2. I can also play it while doing other things in the room (and I'm always busy in here doing something).

3. The thrill of the hunt.

4. The sheer terror it generates.

5. The community here is really cool.

6. You can get some really cool stories from playing this game.

[Chisum]

I can't answer.
If I must think about this question, I'm affraid that I'll stop to play.

[NiclDoe]

Originally Posted by moscowexile

To annoy my wife.

:rotfl: :rotfl: I got in SH3 by looking for a good game to play when i was in the 5th grade. it was a fun game back then and still is now (thx to all of the GWX crew for making it better!) Ever since then I am a WWII bookworm.

[gordonmull]

I bought Destroyer Command a while back and played around with it, not getting very far (always sunk by a uboat ) and saw there was a sister game....

Got SHII and was like wow this is just like Silent Service II that I'd enjoyed as a young kid (not getting very far, never did sink the Yamoto (sp?)) but way better. Also by then I'd seen Das Boot and was kind of inspired by it.

When I saw the first vid of SHIII the graphics blew me away. Amazing after SHII! I bought it as soon as it came out. Look at that sea, look at the ships. My long suffering girlfriend was so impressed that she said she might even have a shot.

I continue to play it because it presents a challenge, in terms of control, thought, tactics. Just when its another run of the mill attack, it all goes haywire and you have to get youself out of the situation.

Sure it's given me an interest in the history and I've learned a great deal about that, and some of it makes me angry for the lives that were thrown away later in the war, but what keeps me playing, really? A desire to get past 1942 without ending up

[Grayson02sept1980]

I just like U-Boats (I built two as models when I was young) and the technical aspect of the whole thing as well as history of submarines.

And I play the game (SH3) for the reason I can command a boat myself which is rather problematic in reality... it is the same as some people play FlightSims etc.
But I also like the "fight"-theme:
sneak up the enemy... set up my target..shoot... wait...bang! *cheers*
And then try to get out of there... "alife" -oh oh ... thrill - tactic - strategy etc.

If someone would ask me to analyse this I would say it is some kind of satisfaction of old prehistorical mental schemes.

What I also like about SH3 is the way one can and has to manage his crew... and the possibilty to upgrade and earn stuff.

... and of course:
Very big upgrade from SilentService2
GWX blew it up even more
OLC's GUI and some other mods add the last bit to get max realism out of it

the great community

[balto63]

Just to relax my mind, sometimes I prefer a book sometimes SH3.

Best regards

Why do I play SHIII? Hmmm......

Only got the game a few months a go. I was never really into the whole sim thing before, and only got it because it was on offer in the local computer shop. I make a habit of trawling the internet for game updates and mods before I play any new game that I buy, so I stumbled on this site.

The level of support on here is incredible - better than any other game I've ever played. The mods you can get (GWX and OLC for me) combine to make the game massively immersive. I never thought I would enjoy a game so much where you are doing almost nothing for 90% of the time, but I do. I enjoy the intellectual challenge of manual targetting, plotting intercept courses etc, I enjoy the claustraphobic feel of having to go deep with destroyers calling out for you, and I enjoy the fact that you have to be cautious and that you generally have more time to think in this game than others I play.

Cheers,

Wibbs

[ReM]

I'm a sucker for all military sims: flightsims, tanksims, helosims, subsims, strategy games, you name it. Have always had a special interest in U-boats and the battle in the Atlantic and SHIII gives you the chance to immerse yourself into that experience to some extent. Must admit that I had lost the will to play it until GWX came around; it surely extended the lifespan for SHIII. The new S-boot mod is great as well and a whole new experience!

The big minus is that SHIII gobbles up large amounts of time, even for a single mission; time that I should be spending with the wife and my 2 boys, although the elder one loves to pull the trigger when daddy KaLeun has a target lined up for a kill.

[Boris]

Thanks for all your replies guys, you've all been a great help

I won't be needing any more material, but I guess you can keep posting for interests sake...