Cold-War Era SH5

[Subnuts]

You know guys, I think The General was referring to a hypothetical World War III scenario.

[cali03boss]

LOL!!!


Cold War Silent Hunter?

Here is your mission:

Patrol the North Atlantic. Sit there. Wait for a confirmation to fire missiles which never comes. Get excited 4 times throughout a 50 year campaign.


Seriously. That would be the lamest waste of money ever. Ubisoft will never be that stupid.

[tater]

If many submarines weren't actually incombat sinking millions of tons of shipping, it's a snooze.

Having a cold war version that turns into a shooting war might as well be a space combat game IMO (if you're gonna do fantasy, go all the way!).

tater

[u-168]

flipping right it should be it would be so cool and make it more to scale than sh3 and sh4.also have all the cold war sub's in so you can pick from all of them plus you can enable a setting so you can choose sub's from sh3 sh4.:hmm:


u-168

[The General]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Imagine the heart-stopping excitement of a Cold War simlulation as you follow a Russian sub around, being a hole in the water and following it around as it performs its own secret mission of parking itself off the coast of the United States monitoring electronic traffic and then you get to follow the Russian sub back to its home base being a hole in the water and what pulse-pounding heart-stopping action that would be as you follow the Russian sub being a hole in the water I'm about to nut just thinking about it better take my blood pressure medicine I don't know if I can take the nervous tension of following a Russian sub around while I'm a hole in the water I mean it just doesn't get any more blood-pounding nerve-wracking that that, now does it?

Or does it.

Well, yes, because you can be a sub on the super secret mission of Ivy Bells! Yes, you too can be a hole in the water as you sneak towards the cable underwater and replace the monitoring equipment and then sneak way. I mean, my God, what pulse-pounding heart-thrilling nerve-tightening excitement that would be! I'm getting light headed just thinking about it. I'm so psyched I want to punch my fist through the wall!

But calm down, bunky, because it gets better! I know, hard to believe, but you haven't even touched the icing on this cake 'cuz you also (get ready for it) get to follow a Russian trawler around while you're a hole in the water and monitor its electronic signals as it monitors electronic signals of American ships on maneuvers. And what happens when you plot and calculate your TMA and run a practice attack maneuver, well, then you just stand down because you're not going to be allowed to put a fish into that trawler's guts as much as you might like to. Ecitement! History! Jaw-dropping eye-popping heart-pounding excitement as you follow the Russian trawler around and then slip away being a hole in the water and you go back home, a mission well done and a slap on the back from Admiral Rickover.

Now I know what you're thinking. That in itself would be more than enough for a gut-wrenching mind-blowing experience but you would be wrong! Because now you get to take your sub and park it under the North Pole and stay there, being a hole in the water, coming up to a polyna occasionally and raising your mast so you can radio your situation and you receive heart-hammering orders to stay at your postion being a hole in the water.

I'm getting the vapors just thinking about it.

Thanks for your support. I agree with your wonderful illustration of how exciting it could all be. If only we could get more people on our side (like Neal)!

[CDR Resser]

I LIKE FAdmiral's idea.
WWII, pick a side, pick a sub and have at it.
Best idea I've heard for a sub sim in a long time.

Respectfully Submitted;
CDR Resser

[Blacklight]

This game would be Dangerous Waters II, except I don't think it would be anywhere near as hardcore as Dangerous Waters is.. I would have a feeling that UBI would dumb it down a little for the mass public, but I imagine the visuals would be stunning.

[jazman]

Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

Imagine the heart-stopping excitement of a Cold War simlulation as you follow a Russian sub around, being a hole in the water and following it around as it performs its own secret mission of parking itself off the coast of the United States monitoring electronic traffic and then you get to follow the Russian sub back to its home base being a hole in the water and what pulse-pounding heart-stopping action that would be as you follow the Russian sub being a hole in the water I'm about to nut just thinking about it better take my blood pressure medicine I don't know if I can take the nervous tension of following a Russian sub around while I'm a hole in the water I mean it just doesn't get any more blood-pounding nerve-wracking that that, now does it?

You hide your excitement well.

WWI.

WWII subs AND ASW.

[Trout]

Cold war yes, but only in the time period before wire guided torps and sensors so good that you never need to use a periscope.

I dont want to be glued to a sensor screen.....

[NightCrawler-SimHQ]

As probably other people have already stated, I cannot possibly see Silent Hunter moving away from World War II. Why do I say that? because that is the only era where the submarine was actually utilized in battle on the high seas for several years. There is absolutely no other timeframe in OUR history where the submarine had anywhere near the combat or known naval skermishes. After WWII, the submarine moved to a more "deterrent" factor and up until the "cold war" they were vertually unknown until the conception of the Trident missile.

So to move the Silent Hunter 5 series up to the "cold war" era, would mean that the developers would have to invent or fictionize a WWIII, or treat us with something on the line of what Jane's 688i Hunter/Killer gave us. Basically a never ending tale of hide/seek with the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, or whoever the developers invent for us to combat with.

But since the SH series has somewhat been based on historical data and feel, I cannot see the series go away from WWII. And I know they have accomplished both sides in this game, except as a Japanese Submariner!

[gonzosts]

My system is dual booted with win98se just so I can continue to play 688i.

As a former bubblehead I just love reliving the six hours sitting broadband doing squares at (xx-xx-xx) and listening to fish fart and whales F...having fun. Can't forget the Panamaian frieghters with the steady flut, flut , flut (turn on the speaker and make up a rap song to the beat). To have a sim with the SH4 engine and Cold War water displacment devices I think I'd hang a role of tolent paper above my monitor, put on a poopie suite, turn out the lights except a red bulb, plug in the bosse noise canceling headphones and for extra raelizim, have my wife come into my office and fart and then run out.

I would really enjoy playing a sim with the sinerios the 688i and Subcommand had with a SH4 engine. And as mentioned have both sub and target game play abilities. Now I have to go play with myself

zero bubble.

[hachiman]

Back to the U-Boat war for me personally.
Would love for AI Wolfpacks to be added!!

[THE_MASK]

Boring , boring , boring .

[Anachronous]

WWII is fun because the war is mostly mechanical, and ontop of that there is 'actual' conflict, not just 'possible' conflict.

I've played other modern sub sims, but you cant beat merchant convoys, battleships, inaccurate manual set devices and no satelites :P

WWI would be ok, but honestly, id rather see single player games become more like MMOs in terms of content, and be updated and added to, instead of whole new games. That way your favourite games keep getting bigger and better, instead of having to decide between versions.

[DJSatane]

I prefer they actually made multiplayer fun, and with a lot of details, including more modes and possiblity of running a server capable of hosting up to 16-32 players in a scenario.