The Bridge

[Penelope_Grey]

Do you know one of the things that struck me most when I played SH3 I thought it was extremely cool. I suppose because I am easily pleased it was a nice feeling to think I was standing on the conning tower of MY sub. It was very nice.

You know, it really pulls you in, especially when you have German language on and your watch officer calls out ship spotted or you are sailing along on a calm day with clear skies. I really do feel like the captain, I sort of cant help feel I should have a captains hat on and be smoking a pipe!

I like going up to the bridge that was my best feature before I discovered "ALLLLARRRRMMMMMM"

[Captain Norman]

Yeah, its quite a cool feeling, especially during major storms and such with ur boat rocking back and forth.

[fredbass]

In GWX, you can actually get seasick, which has been confirmed by numerous players in the past.

[Einbaum]

Penelope, I think that's true for a lot of people...this game is very, very popular, even for people who hate sims. I know Quake gamers, who have the attention span of 15 seconds, who play this game. As for me, I also love the feeling of controlling your own sub...and I'm addicted to the exploding ships, I know it's a bit morbid but I just love seeing ships go under.

This must be the most "real" feeling game I ever played. Even Flight Simulator 2004 doesn't feel this real and that's supposed to be a geniune flight sim. SH3 has made sub sims "cool", something which I wouldn't have thought possible even a few years ago.

p.s. I think ladies would've made excellent Kaleuns...pity BDU never thought of it...

[Iron Budokan]

Yes, I liked that immersive quality myself.

[robbo180265]

Just done two hours at 180 meters with two destroyers trying to DC me - now that's immersive!!!!

Mind you it was worth it. We got the Nelson Tomorrow we'll have another go

[Brag]

I enjoy going out of harbour. The problems one runs into are IDENTICAL to the real thing. The only thing missing is the cool breeze. Going out on my last patrol, the escort boat did it's normal 180 then suddenly went full astern, changed course and I had to do some fast work to avoid collision.

I also love to spot a smudge on the horizon before my lookouts do.
GWX does a pretty good job of putting you where the action is.

[Camaero]

The whole appeal to this stuff for me is the immersion. I couldn't care less about arcade like action and huge tonnage scores. I just want it to be realistic! SHIII really did a good job. Actually, it did an ok job. The modders turned this game into something so much more then how it was shipped.

By the way Penelope, if you like to immerse yourself, maybe you should check out www.wolvesatwar.com! Talk about a fun and immersive environment!

[Dantenoc]

The bridge and command room are two of my favourite rooms, unfortunately, the game is designed to be played in the nav-map view mostly, mainly because of time compression/crew-fatigue issues, but also because some information, like "radio" received contacts, is only detectable by the player when in the nav-map view.

Still, spending time on the bridge is always aluring.

[Boris]

The immersiveness is what got me hooked to SH3 from the get-go. Everything just looked and sounded so cool.

I played pretty much everything else, but I wasn't ever a subsimmer before I discovered SH3.

[AVGWarhawk]

The bridge is the best spot. I have always said this game needs a player with a good imagination. Reason being, the only scripted part(if you can call it that) is going to the assigned grid. After that, it is up to you and your mind to take you the next step. Only you and your decision keeps your the crew dead or alive.

[bigboywooly]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

. Only you and your decision keeps your the crew dead or alive.

Dead in your case AVG
:rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

That reminds me of the fishing trip in the film 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest' :rotfl:

[Penelope_Grey]

That is what got me, the immersiveness. I thought my brother was positively mental the way he would curse the stinking weather or when he would yell in joy when his torpedo punched the side of a ship or when he would be sat at the PC and would literally sometimes be sweating slightly as he tried to evade Depthcharges. I mean, I though, yeah, lights are on but nobody is home!

Till I of course had a go and now SH3 is just one to add to my many addictions. lol I do all the exact same things he does now, we are two nutters united in our appreciation of a certain submarine simulation. Everything is so well done, the water is beatufiul in it.

Originally Posted by Einbaum

p.s. I think ladies would've made excellent Kaleuns...pity BDU never thought of it...

I don't really know if I would agree with that, because I think it would have been quite difficult for a woman to command a boat with 50 men on board. Also, there is the danger aspect, I know you have women soldiers today, but imagine being inside a metal tube 500 feet underwater with depthcharges dropping all round you that is scary, I just don't think the average woman, despite equal rights and all that would be up to it. I know I wouldn't. Then again... how many of the boys here think they could cope in a U-boat?

[Sailor Steve]

The correct answer to that question is that no one ever knows what they are capable of until they actually go through it. Many people who talk big chicken out when the time comes, and many who think themselves weak stand up to the worst of it. A lot of times when asked about their bravery in battle, soldiers have said things like "I wasn't brave; I was just too afraid to have my friends think I was a coward, so I acted brave instead."

When the chips are down you always surprise yourself.