Favorite Subsim

i must have mis read da question. i voted for sim city

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Moeceefus

here we go again. another sh3 + gwx owns sh5 thread. lol

So far people are treading so carefully that this could be the very first thread full of nothing but "Oh, no, not another fight thread."

Just to be obtuse and for U-Boat gameplay Aces of the Deep with the Med addon run in the DOS Box.

Wolfpacks on-call and in season with active convoy shadowing, in-game sunrise/sunset times provided, a reasonably (for 1994) interactive BdU, provisions to abandon the boat and be captured or rescued, Types II, VII, IX and XXI (the latter with radar), U-Tankers at random locations, air-dropped acoustic homing torpedoes, Foxers and CAT Gear, zig-zagging convoys that don't scatter, Hedgehogs and Squid ASW mortars.

Sadly most of these features have vanished in the intervening 16-years and yes before the flames hit, in some ways AOTD has not aged at all well.

Otherwise a modded SH3 or SH4 as solid runners-up.

[Sailor Steve]

AOTD just may well still be the best subsim so far, but the graphics will always turn modern gamers off, even the ones who say they prefer gameplay to eye candy. The fact is that visuals and sounds do make a big difference to our perceptions of what is real.

While we're on the subject, let's talk about SH1. Yes it was the Pacific, but it was also the original Silent Hunter title, even if it wasn't yet owned by UBIsoft.

SH1 had a captain's cabin with radio logs to read and a tear-off calendar which showed the weather and the moon and sun rise/set times. It had lifeguard missions on which, if you were close enough, you could see the planes fly overhead and bomb their targets. As with AOTD you could abandon ship, and would be informed if you were rescued, captured or died somewhere in the ocean. Missions were random and easily understandable, and you weren't penalized if you didn't carry them out. Of course you could be relieved of command for not being aggressive enough in your ship sinking.

It had its quirks and problems, but is still a great game today.

[robbo180265]

I've not actually voted in the poll because as I said I prefer a heavily modded SH3.

Given time and the right mods SH5 could be the winner for me.

[V.C. Sniper]

Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific

[Jan Kyster]

Originally Posted by ERPP8

Which Subsim is your Favorite?

That would be Subsim.com

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by robbo180265

I've not actually voted in the poll because as I said I prefer a heavily modded SH3.

Given time and the right mods SH5 could be the winner for me.

Excellent point!

[Capt.Warner]

Nothing like a good ole LSH3 or GWX SH3 game.

[ERPP8]

Nobody answered my question:
WHAT IS GWX??????

[IanC]

Originally Posted by ERPP8

Nobody answered my question:
WHAT IS GWX??????

http://www.thegreywolves.com/

[Takeda Shingen]

Got to go with Janes 688(i).

[IanC]

Originally Posted by Randomizer

Just to be obtuse and for U-Boat gameplay Aces of the Deep with the Med addon run in the DOS Box.

Wolfpacks on-call and in season with active convoy shadowing, in-game sunrise/sunset times provided, a reasonably (for 1994) interactive BdU, provisions to abandon the boat and be captured or rescued, Types II, VII, IX and XXI (the latter with radar), U-Tankers at random locations, air-dropped acoustic homing torpedoes, Foxers and CAT Gear, zig-zagging convoys that don't scatter, Hedgehogs and Squid ASW mortars.

Sadly most of these features have vanished in the intervening 16-years and yes before the flames hit, in some ways AOTD has not aged at all well.

Otherwise a modded SH3 or SH4 as solid runners-up.

I agree Randomizer, Aces of the Deep has it all! Now all we need is some kind of windows or OpenGL port, and we're in subsim heaven.

[kylania]

Originally Posted by IanC

I agree Randomizer, Aces of the Deep has it all! Now all we need is some kind of windows or OpenGL port, and we're in subsim heaven.

I'd never played Aces of the Deep, but it sure does sound good!

Originally Posted by robbo180265

I've not actually voted in the poll because as I said I prefer a heavily modded SH3.

Given time and the right mods SH5 could be the winner for me.

Right on.played sh3 from day one,ran GWX 3 plus heaps of eye candy mods. back to sh5, given time and much midnight oil from mod com this sim will be the very best, maybe 3d plus voice commands