Poem at the beginning?

[Charos]

I thought the opening CutScene was EXCELLENT.

Its so good - I always let it run to completion on fireing up the game.

[Iron Budokan]

Just goes to show you diversity makes the world go 'round...and that's a good thing. You liked the film and I consider it a pretentious piece of garbage.

[stabiz]

I loved it. Much better than pompous band music and deep voices saying "We are at war ..."

[ccruner13]

lol its so emo but yet so amazing.

[mookiemookie]

I was disappointed that it was just an ingame video that was sped up. At least SH3 had a FMV of a convoy attack. That was neat. This...not so much.

[spinkick]

I think its one of my favorite opening intros that I've seen. Its very original and I think the poem makes sense in the context that it is uses. War is useless

[Beery]

I think it's odd that it's a US submarine game and the narration is by an English guy. Not that I'm prejudiced against English narrators (I'm English myself), but I just felt that it would have been more in keeping with the theme if it had been read by an American.

[Spaxspore]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Just goes to show you diversity makes the world go 'round...and that's a good thing. You liked the film and I consider it a pretentious piece of garbage.

Agreed, its a nice POEM, would have been better if it went with some nice animation rather then ingame reused to death footage

[badaboom]

The first time I watched it I didn't like it at all,but after watching it now for the umpteenth time I think it's growing on me!

I'm sure the MODS are working on a new one......maybe somthing from " Run Silent Run Deep"

[Triad773]

Hey- upfront I don't consider myself much of a necromancer to Silent Hunter 4, but I really liked the intro film/poem and scratched my head trying to figure out who it was. Like others I thought maybe Shakespear; but after consulting some associates whom I'd considered who'd know I found that it reawakened an interest in me as I do feel that it relates to a certain 'timelessness.' I did a search and found this, and rather than repost redundant info, have added to what was before.

Reprinted on the consideration of a kind freind who thought as much as to send me this trascribed from an analogue copy by his own hand: ( proprietor of www.lightquarterly.com)

ON TIME by John Milton

c. 1632

Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,

Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,

Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace;

And glut thy self with what thy womb devours,

Which is no more then what is false and vain,

And meerly mortal dross;

So little is our loss,

So little is thy gain.

For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb’d,

And last of all, thy greedy self consum’d,

Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss

With an individual kiss;

And Joy shall overtake us as a flood,

When every thing that is sincerely good

And perfectly divine,

With Truth, and Peace, and Love shall ever shine

About the supreme Throne

Of him, t’ whose happy-making sight alone,

When once our heav’nly-guided soul shall clime,

Then all this Earthy grosnes quit,

Attir’d with Stars, we shall for ever sit,

Triumphing over Death, and Chance, and thee O Time.

THE END

Best of all, he thought it a decent reading of the matter, and I may in future time, have a fresh convert to computer-based submarine simulation

Cheers all

Triad

[Scurvy]

It's not that the poem, itself is bad, it's the person who recites it.

I've let it play through, only two or three times, electing to bypass it, every time, now.

To me, it only echos some modern-day hippy, who leisurly sits back and smokes his dope, while bad-mouthing his country.

Just sayin'.

[Beery]

Yeah I agree. I'm English myself (as is the fella doing the voice) but I'd have preferred an American voice. The English guy just doesn't seem to go with the game's theme if you ask me.

As for bad-mouthing a country - I'm all for that. No nation ever improved without someone bad-mouthing it. Sycophancy and petty nationalism can only make a nation worse.