Why play a U-boat sim?

[thyro]

Originally Posted by Antonin

To those of you who have SH3, why do you play? Is it just another game? An historical tool? A way to escape your RL and 'put to sea' for an evening of adventure, away from the wife and kids?

There aren't many other Sub Sims around with so good graphics. In this matter SH3 (is until now) unique.

As "historical tool" SH3 leaves much to desire... It contails simple game mechanics empty empty like its sea.

Fortunatly some Mods add some reality. However they cannot overwrite the game mechanic mistakes. So reality in SH3 is double edge sword and cannot be achieved.

As gamer I woudn't mind to have something graphically similar to SH3 which could replicate for example "cold war" subs geration. pos-cold war or even (not explored yet) subs pre-WW1.

As I said SH3 is unique but that also doesn't mean that I'm totally fanatic for it... just because its just a game which lacks a bit of realism in many aspects.

Linking history to a game... Well that would be a greate achivement if one day I see a game that gives that environment. Some SH3 mods try to give some environment however the undeground game mechanics does not allow to deviate from the basic/tedious missions (go from A to B stay there 24h and return).

Originally Posted by Antonin

Are you primarily a gamer or an historian? I'm not saying either is more 'legitimate' than the other, I'm just curious to know. Before I read the comments on Amazon it never occurred to me that a non-historian would be interested in a U-boat sim.

I'm a gamer like everyone else that play games or sim games.

Historian just a bit to bring some "virtual" reality into it.

"Why buy and why not..."

Sh3 is graphically unique and there are Mods available which bring some reality. But as I said all of them are limited to game mechanics.

SH3 could be considered CFS of subs and gives a bit more than MS flight sim.

However since I'm a gamer where my preferences go from shut-them-up (BF2), stragegy and ending up in sims games... SH3 was a nice purchase, which I have not regret to have it.... simply because is unique.

I really hope that future sea sims games bring some inovations at game play but also on graphics...

Destroyer command - I miss this one with SH3 graphics!
Enigma - Simply excellent sea sim but with out-date graphics
SHX - why not to have SH* that also includes ships in the sampe package (like enigma)....