New member from the UK

washishu · 04-06-10, 01:03 PM

Hello there from the UK gentlemen.

I used to play SH1 many years ago (on a Mac with a pc emulator (I wouldn't touch anything but a Mac given a choice)), then SH2 (on a pc bought for the purpose), which was absolute rubbish—the game not the pc, although I wasn't too impressed with the pc either if the truth be known. So poor was it that I went nuclear with Sub Command. Although I missed the WWII scenario I was reluctant to return to SH after such a poor experience with SH2. But recently I was checking out SH4 & SH5 in the forums and have decided I'll give SH4 a go.

My main gripe with SH2 was the historical accuracy—or lack of. Although the books (Iron Coffins, Battle Beneath the Waves etc. etc.) state very clearly that the preferred mode of attack was night-time on the surface—and the U-boat logs record getting in to less than 1000 yards on many occasions—in spite of this, in SH2 it was impossible to get closer than around 2000 yards without being spotted. I understand from my (admittedly more limited) reading of events in the Pacific theatre, that tactics were pretty much the same. So how does SH4 shape up in this respect?

Also the U-boat skippers' pretty-much foolproof method of escaping depth charges was to go deep—very deep—and get under them. ASDIC was not good at determining depth. However no matter what depth I went to the depth charges were ALWAYS at the right depth, ALWAYS—in fact you could scoot up and down and the depth charges would just follow you. Also, we (GB) were very short of escort vessels at the start and of those that were available, few were fitted with ASDIC, yet, it seems, every single DD or DE in SH2 has ASDIC from 1939 right on through. Yah-boo.

From what I've read here, SH4 sounds like it is better. So I've decided to give it a go and I've ordered it off of Amazon and am eagerly awaiting delivery.

04-06-10, 01:03 PM	#1
washishu Mate Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: England Posts: 54 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	New member from the UK Hello there from the UK gentlemen. I used to play SH1 many years ago (on a Mac with a pc emulator (I wouldn't touch anything but a Mac given a choice)), then SH2 (on a pc bought for the purpose), which was absolute rubbish—the game not the pc, although I wasn't too impressed with the pc either if the truth be known. So poor was it that I went nuclear with Sub Command. Although I missed the WWII scenario I was reluctant to return to SH after such a poor experience with SH2. But recently I was checking out SH4 & SH5 in the forums and have decided I'll give SH4 a go. My main gripe with SH2 was the historical accuracy—or lack of. Although the books (Iron Coffins, Battle Beneath the Waves etc. etc.) state very clearly that the preferred mode of attack was night-time on the surface—and the U-boat logs record getting in to less than 1000 yards on many occasions—in spite of this, in SH2 it was impossible to get closer than around 2000 yards without being spotted. I understand from my (admittedly more limited) reading of events in the Pacific theatre, that tactics were pretty much the same. So how does SH4 shape up in this respect? Also the U-boat skippers' pretty-much foolproof method of escaping depth charges was to go deep—very deep—and get under them. ASDIC was not good at determining depth. However no matter what depth I went to the depth charges were ALWAYS at the right depth, ALWAYS—in fact you could scoot up and down and the depth charges would just follow you. Also, we (GB) were very short of escort vessels at the start and of those that were available, few were fitted with ASDIC, yet, it seems, every single DD or DE in SH2 has ASDIC from 1939 right on through. Yah-boo. From what I've read here, SH4 sounds like it is better. So I've decided to give it a go and I've ordered it off of Amazon and am eagerly awaiting delivery.