Why it would be better to Command Japanese Subs

[Saukko]

As a Japanese we could sneak in Los Angeles or San Francisco harbor, anyone remember movie "1941", directed by Steven Spielberg.

Heck, for this reason alone, I want Japanese submarines:

Originally Posted by SubConscious

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[I-25]

Originally Posted by Saukko

As a Japanese we could sneak in Los Angeles or San Francisco harbor, anyone remember movie "1941", directed by Steven Spielberg.

Heck, for this reason alone, I want Japanese submarines:

Ahh 1941 a good one jeje i laugh my head off every time i watch the toilet scene:rotfl:

[Incubus]

I agree with what other people have said. A Japanese sub campaign would have a lot more variety than other nations:

1. Operating as the forward element of the Kido Butai. Early war you could participate in famous battles like Coral Sea and Midway (imagine having a huge dogfight going on right above your head! There would be lots of big targets but also lots of danger since there would be TONS of DDs and aircraft everywhere.

2. Someone mentioned the long lance wasn't moutned in sub tubes but there was a sub torpedo far superior to allied counterparts. The Japanese used pure oxygen instead of compressed air, giving their fish a lot more range. The warheads were also heavier, meaning you have a boat with more range and more punch.

3. Sending supplies/troops in Guadalcanal and other places. People complain that would be boring until you realize that the allies had a hardon for stopping the Tokyo express, US ASW is far superior to IJN ASW, so every patrol would be like running a gauntlet of enemy ships. Plotting your course, and managing fuel/batteries would become really crucial.

4. Unique submarine types and weapons. See a fast-moving CL off in the distance? cram Bernard-san into a Kaiten (human-operated torpedo) and send him off! Also having supply/midget subs would be interesting as well.

5. Propiganda/morale missions, like shelling Los Angeles harbor and trying to set the oil tanks on fire (or just scaring them into THINKING they're under attack) or having a sub carrier launch a seaplane to firebomb some real estate in Oregon.

6. Rendezvous missions with German U-boats to exchange critical information about technologies/nuclear secrets.

[nightdagger]

Originally Posted by Incubus

cram Bernard-san into a Kaiten (human-operated torpedo) and send him off!

Someone took my idea.

[_Seth_]

An IJN-addon: Is that possibly something that the freeware modders can make, or does it have to be made by Ubisoft, considering hard coding etc.?

[LiveGoat]

"You fellas ain't gettin' Diddly *@#! outta me, except my name rank and social security number!"

--Slim Pickins

Originally Posted by I-25

Ahh 1941 a good one jeje i laugh my head off every time i watch the toilet scene:rotfl:

[Schatten]

"I bet you wanna bomb John Wayne's house doncha!"

[Theta Sigma]

There are many well written posts in opposition to this (mod?), but I don't think that this thread is neccesarily a true cross section of the market for an IJN experience within SH, nor should it be considered one. (I know that would apply to my post too, but what can you do?)

I think I make it pretty clear what side I'd like to play on, and it isn't because it's the winning side. The allies won the war, and SH is predominatly a German atlantic theatre game experience. I know there are people who feel the American experience should be next in line, but I never saw major oposition to SH3 focusing on U-Boats again when SH3 came out. It was a better experience for the fact the boats were better, yeah, but I also think there's a little of that "bad guy" desire too. We usually like to be on the bad side. It's more fun to be Khan than Kirk, you know.

I get it that some may want fulfill their recreationist dreams through the game, playing it out as it happened, with enforced limitations as to how things should turn out, but equally so, people want the enemy side experience too. I don't expect to win the war, but I'd like to try and win a few battles. At least let me have the opportunity. I'm in it for the experience, not necessarily for a fast turn, or quick dive.

It seems written in stone that I won't get IJN gameplay in SHIV, but if Ubi doesn't leak that SHV will be IJN based, then they should take part in an aftermarket IJN mod for SHIV. Yes, I'd pay for it too.

Banzai...

Originally Posted by Incubus

6. Rendezvous missions with German U-boats to exchange critical information about technologies/nuclear secrets.

Or undead human hearts from notorious german experiments.

Someone has to get that reference...