why do you like sh3 so much

[Klaus_Doldinger]

I like SHIII for various reasons.

First of all, I think that the combination SHIII+SH3Commander+GWX 1.03 is a totally different game from stock SHIII.

Second, because you can -if you like subs, specially german subs- play it as inmersive as you like, not only thanks to the game itself, but also for SH3Commander and GWX. You can know every member of your crew, you can acquire experience with them as missions pass...

Also I like the ending careers with SHIII Commander; you can be sent to command a office when you´re in the zenit of your career, but... that´s a order.

You can evaluate risks and take the adequate decision in every moment. Up to 1942, I´m proud to have survived in a lot of careers simply applying common sense, and not making temerary/stupid things. It´s very pleasant to have attacked a convoy -with more or less fortune, say you only hit a ship- and then slip unnoticed to the escorts... or in the worst case, to avoid them after one, two... three hours of being depthcharged and pinged, hearing the explosions more and more distant... One more time you and your crew have survived to a horrible "death".
Not to say the surprises you find -I always play without external camera- when you hit, say, one ship, hear one or two more explosions and emerge to see one or two merchants dead in the water waiting for your following torpedoes...

I like also that every missions can be different from the previous one. You can bore to death crossing two, three or five thousand NM without seeing a single ship (worse still, a neutral argentinian or irish "mini-convoy" plenty of big merchants and tankers) or... receive lots of convoy sightings, many times in the worst atmospheric conditions, making interceptions or attacks very difficult. And in every mission you can learn or put in practice the advertisements you read here or in other forums from more experienced players, from the simplest things to the most complex.

And also... I like to set TC x1, put a record on the gramophone, take a look to the last radio messages, and go to the bridge to look at the stars.

There are many reasons to enjoy with this game...