Why do you play Silent Hunter?

gordonmull · 03-02-08, 08:21 PM

I bought Destroyer Command a while back and played around with it, not getting very far (always sunk by a uboat

) and saw there was a sister game....

Got SHII and was like wow this is just like Silent Service II that I'd enjoyed as a young kid (not getting very far, never did sink the Yamoto (sp?)) but way better. Also by then I'd seen Das Boot and was kind of inspired by it.

When I saw the first vid of SHIII the graphics blew me away. Amazing after SHII! I bought it as soon as it came out. Look at that sea, look at the ships. My long suffering girlfriend was so impressed that she said she might even have a shot.

I continue to play it because it presents a challenge, in terms of control, thought, tactics. Just when its another run of the mill attack, it all goes haywire and you have to get youself out of the situation.

Sure it's given me an interest in the history and I've learned a great deal about that, and some of it makes me angry for the lives that were thrown away later in the war, but what keeps me playing, really? A desire to get past 1942 without ending up

03-02-08, 08:21 PM	#24
gordonmull Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 269 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	I bought Destroyer Command a while back and played around with it, not getting very far (always sunk by a uboat ) and saw there was a sister game.... Got SHII and was like wow this is just like Silent Service II that I'd enjoyed as a young kid (not getting very far, never did sink the Yamoto (sp?)) but way better. Also by then I'd seen Das Boot and was kind of inspired by it. When I saw the first vid of SHIII the graphics blew me away. Amazing after SHII! I bought it as soon as it came out. Look at that sea, look at the ships. My long suffering girlfriend was so impressed that she said she might even have a shot. I continue to play it because it presents a challenge, in terms of control, thought, tactics. Just when its another run of the mill attack, it all goes haywire and you have to get youself out of the situation. Sure it's given me an interest in the history and I've learned a great deal about that, and some of it makes me angry for the lives that were thrown away later in the war, but what keeps me playing, really? A desire to get past 1942 without ending up