Cold-War Era SH5

[tater]

But any storyline is by definition a fantasy.

I'm interested in the naval history of ww2. To the extent I can understand more of the history with simulation, it interests me.

Take flight sims. Without having played flight sims (or if you were actually a fighter pilot in RL), you can read every book written about ww2 air combat, and you frankly don't have the first clue when they start talking about dogfights (I had read a huge library of such books before I ever played a flight sim, and after a few years of such sims, I understand exactly what they are talking about when recounting engagements in a way I never did before).

So sure, if I was really interesting in cold war subs, knowing more might jazz me, but I'm not, so it doesn't.

<shrug>

tater

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by tater

So sure, if I was really interesting in cold war subs, knowing more might jazz me, but I'm not, so it doesn't.

<shrug>

tater

I think that's what a lot of it is for players like me is. If it interests me, I'd like to simulate it and dive into what it was like. When I read recounts of WW2 sub combat, in both the Pacific and Atlantic theatres, it makes me wish for a more in depth simulation where I can see how I stack up against real captains when given the same set of constraints, all while knowing what I know about the history and how the boats operated. When I read about Cold War stuff, it's like "eh, yeah, that's nice" but it doesn't inspire me to want to go try it out myself, as I never really read about the nuts and bolts of the equipment used and don't have a lot of interest in doing so.