why do you like sh3 so much

U49 · 10-31-07, 06:25 PM

I can still remember the day of Red storm rising on my C64.... fascinating... I spend whole days in fromt of it.... yeees....
Ans suddenly I had this feeling with Aces of the deep , whow!
And now I have SH3

Is it the mercyless cold stormy brutal dark ..blabla..polemic...blabla north atlantic?

The storyline, the atmosphere and the point that it is new, everytime I play it,...maybe that are the fascinating items.

See my signature for my favorite add-ons to make it more entertaining

Torplexed · 10-31-07, 07:30 PM

Why do I like Sh3....or 4 for that matter?

Because this was the state of the art subsim I grew up with as a kid. Getting DCed by your kid sister makes frame rate issues seem like a trival pusuit. :p

Rykaird · 10-31-07, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Why do I like Sh3....or 4 for that matter?

Because this was the state of the art subsim I grew up with as a kid. Getting DCed by your kid sister makes frame rate issues seem like a trival pusuit. :p

Oh, man, I had forgotten all about this game. I had it also. Thanks for reviving those long lost, martini soaked brain cells.

Torplexed · 10-31-07, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rykaird

Oh, man, I had forgotten all about this game. I had it also. Thanks for reviving those long lost, martini soaked brain cells.

I think what I hated most about that game most was that yellow plastic spinner shaped like a torpedo that you used to determine hits. It always missed. Musta been based on the USN Mark 14 circa 1942.

Canovaro · 11-01-07, 02:40 AM

My thoughts:
The good thing about the game is that you keep learning no matter how often you play it.

Fenris_Wolf · 11-01-07, 03:01 AM

- So many great challenges. Getting depth charged often > never finding a destroyer.
- So many planes and flak guns! Reknown finding you instead? How fortuitous.
- Freedom of choice in the tactical operation of your boat.
- Variety in choice and in upgrading the boat and crew advancement.
- Your personal preferences as skipper / Roleplaying.
- Immersion and this one is important. So many great mods customize and make this game all it is today.
- The feeling that you're "sticking it out" or "going down on a sinking ship" because you know (even virtually) you're losing the war but you're not humbled -- that's valour!

- Last but not least -- Sinking tommies!

Ivan Putski · 11-01-07, 02:55 PM

It`s the challenge, and a break from flight sims that appeals to me.

RICH12ACE · 11-01-07, 06:13 PM

i like the captains cabin and the radio room etc etc......nice..

it feels like you are in the sub!

Samwolf · 11-02-07, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Why do I like Sh3....or 4 for that matter?

Because this was the state of the art subsim I grew up with as a kid. Getting DCed by your kid sister makes frame rate issues seem like a trival pusuit. :p

I played that and then upgraded to the State of the art Avalon hill U-Boat.

Thanks for the memories.

Torplexed · 11-06-07, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Samwolf

I played that and then upgraded to the State of the art Avalon hill U-Boat.

Thanks for the memories.

Wow! I've never seen a copy of U-Boat before. Very cool. Musta been one of their early titles. The old days of paper games before silicon came along.

I played Avalon Hill's Submarine. I wish I had kept my copy. Still probably the only game that let you play any nation's subs in WW2.

Jay Carlson · 11-06-07, 10:10 PM

Why still playing, and loving it? Playing GWX, SH3Commander plus some skins. Thanks modders. I have yet to see 1945 DID. Even tried playing my first officers when sent to new boat and had three careers going at once. Now granted, I'm not playing as much as I could, but you have to love a game that you can't simply beat by putting in the hours. Just when I think I've learned all the stupid mistakes, then I forget to lower TC near England in heavy weather and get whacked by a destroyer. Or DC's for 4 hours by 3 DD's until my boat simply slides into the deep. Dive the wrong way after a torpedo shoot, with screws turning too fast, and the DD tracks me, hits me and forces me to turn off silent running to repair flooding. Bye bye. Or the worst - drinking brandy (not flavored), watching TV and listening to the wife when the Royal Airforce screams in from the clouds. So many lost crews due to my multitasking. So many ways to go.

In a way, I hope I never reach war's end. I'll feel like a finally beat the game. That's what brings me back over and over. When I beat the game, I'll buy SHIV.

Oh and Avalon Hill, SPI games and GDW. Still have a closet full of them. Geez I love those days.

Stealth Hunter · 11-06-07, 11:17 PM

SHIV is all eye-candy and lag. SHIII wasn't the best (7/10'r), but mods have beefed it up to a 9.7 with exceptional graphics and sound.

Always did enjoy blowing tankers and destroyers in half, then watching them plunge to their doom.

Blacklight · 11-06-07, 11:59 PM

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Man does this bring back memories. I have a copy of Submarine (which is the Avalon Hill reprint of U-Boat from 1976. U-Boat was originally published in 1959, so you have a real treasure there). Submarine holds up to this day as pretty much the best board simulation of U-boat warfare ever done and I still break it out to play on occasion. A close seccond would have to be Compas Games, Steel Wolves due to be released in 2008 which is basically an Atlantic version of their Silent War game (which is a fantastic and pretty damn accurate solo play submarine board game about the submarine war in the Pacific in WWII). hehe Can you tell I'm a bit of a board wargame buff ?

10-31-07, 06:25 PM	#1
U49 Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: D/Niedersachsen Posts: 777 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I can still remember the day of Red storm rising on my C64.... fascinating... I spend whole days in fromt of it.... yeees.... Ans suddenly I had this feeling with Aces of the deep , whow! And now I have SH3 Is it the mercyless cold stormy brutal dark ..blabla..polemic...blabla north atlantic? The storyline, the atmosphere and the point that it is new, everytime I play it,...maybe that are the fascinating items. See my signature for my favorite add-ons to make it more entertaining __________________ SH3 battle capability upgrades: GWX2.0, JSGME2.0, SH3Commander 2.7, SH3Gen 0.8.2, TorpDamageMod 2.0, OLC GUI 1.1.5 Awaiting combat readiness for GWX2.0: SH4 effetcs for SH3, SH3Weather 1.5 Following development of: www.subwolves.com Realism: 90%

11-01-07, 03:01 AM	#6
Fenris_Wolf Sparky Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 155 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	- So many great challenges. Getting depth charged often > never finding a destroyer. - So many planes and flak guns! Reknown finding you instead? How fortuitous. - Freedom of choice in the tactical operation of your boat. - Variety in choice and in upgrading the boat and crew advancement. - Your personal preferences as skipper / Roleplaying. - Immersion and this one is important. So many great mods customize and make this game all it is today. - The feeling that you're "sticking it out" or "going down on a sinking ship" because you know (even virtually) you're losing the war but you're not humbled -- that's valour! - Last but not least -- Sinking tommies! __________________ NO HOOCHIE WOOCHIE - NO LIFE!

11-01-07, 02:55 PM	#7
Ivan Putski Captain Join Date: May 2005 Location: Memphis, Tn. U.S.A. Posts: 548 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	It`s the challenge, and a break from flight sims that appeals to me. __________________ " Is He?..........Yeah..........Nothing Moving, But His Watch."

10-31-07, 07:30 PM	#2
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Why do I like Sh3....or 4 for that matter? Because this was the state of the art subsim I grew up with as a kid. Getting DCed by your kid sister makes frame rate issues seem like a trival pusuit. :p

11-01-07, 02:40 AM	#5
Canovaro Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 1,062 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	My thoughts: The good thing about the game is that you keep learning no matter how often you play it.

11-01-07, 06:13 PM	#8
RICH12ACE Officer Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: england Posts: 241 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	i like the captains cabin and the radio room etc etc......nice.. it feels like you are in the sub!

11-06-07, 10:10 PM	#11
Jay Carlson Watch Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 22 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why still playing, and loving it? Playing GWX, SH3Commander plus some skins. Thanks modders. I have yet to see 1945 DID. Even tried playing my first officers when sent to new boat and had three careers going at once. Now granted, I'm not playing as much as I could, but you have to love a game that you can't simply beat by putting in the hours. Just when I think I've learned all the stupid mistakes, then I forget to lower TC near England in heavy weather and get whacked by a destroyer. Or DC's for 4 hours by 3 DD's until my boat simply slides into the deep. Dive the wrong way after a torpedo shoot, with screws turning too fast, and the DD tracks me, hits me and forces me to turn off silent running to repair flooding. Bye bye. Or the worst - drinking brandy (not flavored), watching TV and listening to the wife when the Royal Airforce screams in from the clouds. So many lost crews due to my multitasking. So many ways to go. In a way, I hope I never reach war's end. I'll feel like a finally beat the game. That's what brings me back over and over. When I beat the game, I'll buy SHIV. Oh and Avalon Hill, SPI games and GDW. Still have a closet full of them. Geez I love those days.

11-06-07, 11:17 PM	#12
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	SHIV is all eye-candy and lag. SHIII wasn't the best (7/10'r), but mods have beefed it up to a 9.7 with exceptional graphics and sound. Always did enjoy blowing tankers and destroyers in half, then watching them plunge to their doom.