why do you like sh3 so much

[von hally]

well, well ,well

its good to know there are other sad b****** out there just like me !!

ive played many wwII games on the pc....but nothing like this!
i too know the feeling of the sore back, eyes and eventually ears (as my girlfriend reminds me ive been here for the last four hours) but man its worth it. theres no other game that keeps me coming back for more than silent hunter....i know that illusion is the key ingredient in any sim but i have to admit that i fall for it in sh3....that swaying ocean around my boat really gives me the felling of a mutch larger world, while i know in reality im fast forwarding time till a contact is made and i let it pass my scope and attack, but its everything else that goes with it thats amazing...the growing realisation that the game was deeper than i ever imagined possible was brilliant..even in stock sh3....i happened to give my sonar man a radio qualification and seen his efficiency treble!!!. that among other things is when i began to notice how very good this sim was... this was before i even knew about this great community here and the supreme grey wolves mod, which by the way has opened up a whole new game for me....just as i was getting a little tired of stock sh3. i too dont use the manuall targeting option, but i know when i do eventually get round to learning it...a whole new chapter in sh3 will begin...it doesnt get any better than this!!
i myself cant find the same passion for sh4 ( i havent bought it)....maybe as u said, its the doomed heroism, the eventual historic outcome of this conflict and the knowlege ure ze enemy that keeps me inthralled!
basically i could go on all day...but probably wont find the words to exactly encapture the reason sh3 will be running silent and deep on my pc for a long time yet
p.s big thanx to all the guys who add these mods, there work is amazing!!1

[Rykaird]

For me, SH3 isn't a sub sim, it's an RPG.

From the photo I use in SH3 Commander, to knowing the names of my crewmen, to swearing "Verdamnt!" under my breath when a wave goes over the periscope right when I'm going to shoot, the immersive elements of the game make playing SH3 as an RPG very easy.

That's why I like the Captain's Cabin - I lay there at 128TC, listening to old German music from the 30's and 40's on the grammophone, waiting for my sonarman to shout out a contact. It just feels right.

And as in any RPG, the character you play must be interesting. And what could be more fun than RPing a U-Boat Captain? You know you're doomed, you and your crew are mostly likely going to die, your leaders are madmen - but you're a soldier, your homeland is being bombed to bits, and so you carry on, despite the horror, the death, the stink, the fear.

It is this last element - the U-Boat skipper element of the RPG - that keeps me in SH3 and not in SH4. Nothing wrong with that game, and this isn't a comment on the valour or contribution of real US skippers, but for me a U-boat captain is just more interesting to roleplay. Probably the doom factor, plus the shades of grey in the morality.

[Jimbuna]

SH3 (with GWX) of course, is the best sub sim I've played

I hope I can say that of SH4 as well in the not too distant future

[flag4]

hi hunters

i like what i'm reading from you's out there. it's interesting to know what makes it tick for others.

also, and a big also, i like the fact that i can play as the german. it's such a relief not to HAVE to be the u.s.a. i also think that a sim like the Sturmovik games got it right by alowing the choice for any side to take part: i flew for Finland too !!

i'd love to see a russian silent hunter - somewhere in the arctic territories. imagine the music and voices and languages, the way the subs looked, the scenery.

we've returned to the americans again in sh4, wich is fare enough - just does'nt quite grab it for me though.
i have it ready for some point in the future, but for now i'm immerced in No.3

flag4

[BulSoldier]

Well i almost didnt played simulators of any kind before,but then i finnaly bought i pc that can run the game (my old one is stugling just to use firefox ) i installed it and was amazed.Soon it began boring me but when i incidently discovered this great forum and the incredible community and mod it really bring a whole new game.And it was much better game.

This game really show a part of real captains though noone exept them could tell what is like to hear explosions when you are 200 meters below surface of water in a stell can.I play at 100 cause i realy like it that way,it isnt easy but i think i have some strange skill to find some strange ways to go away from the hunters.
I play only at night,during the day sun is too bright to play especially at night(in the game) and i dont like when its sunny to close everything like a prison.I use headphones and i really get scared when some unexpeted explosions happens, like someone says ship spotted and a second later the sub get struck by the shells.

And i must tell everyone that better use the manual targeting system,yes it may be sometimes really hard and almost imposible to get even something like a solution but it makes you think other ways to hit the target.I never used the automatic (exept in the begining to undestand the basics) and i think the strugle to undestand it only by practicing and learning your mystakes really make the game even better (though in real life mystakes was equal to death).

So in the end i just would say i play it because it makes me feel part of something that nowday people cant experience other way.And one more thing,thank you all who are here and sharing your fun and interesting experience with everything here