Remember where it all started.....

RedTerex · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 12

I do.....
Silent Hunter ! Rock

When this game first came out it had nearly all the right qualities and this made SH the Subsim to have above any other. It made its name and became popular even with gamers who were not naval game orientated like myself ! Ping

The graphics and gameplay was limited but only due to slow CPU and RAM spec of the time. I had a pentium 100Mhz, 4x Speed CD-ROM, 1gig HDD and 16 meg of RAM back in 96 ! Rotfl

With todays high spec PC's the idea to return to the Pacific theatre with USN vs IJN role is a very good move by the Production/Dev team, and I am certain that it will become a BIG seller. Thumbs Up

Sinking a Japanese aircraft carrier for example leaves one with a sense of gaming satisafaction hardly equalled by any other game. Neutral

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With hunting grounds like the Java Sea, Sulu Sea, China Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Solomon Islands, Truk Atoll, Marshall and Gilberts islands and not forgetting Japanese waters etc SHIV will offer a wide and varied field of combat to the descerning submariner. Wink

Because Japan is basically a lot of islands surrounded by open sea they rellied very heavily upon maritime activity for their survival by import and export of guns, munitions, food, men, material equipment etc and henceforth possessed a large Imperial Navy and merchant shipping fleet. Yep

Japan was severly crippled by the USN SubComPAc fleet during the later stages of the war in that they were starved of all of aforementioned supplies via the excellent patrolling USN Submarines, their stalwart crew and expertise that jubilantly sent most of the Japanese shipping to the bottom of the oggin. Smug

To be able to re-enact some of these most historic maritme WWII moments again but this time with superb graphics, sound and gameplay will be something that original SH gamers should look forward to. :sunny:

Heres to SHIV and a Gato or Baleo class sub to do the business in..yehaaaw Thumbs Up

sober · Joined: 07 Jan 2006 Posts: 184 Location: australia

Thanks for this little snipet of SH4 info .

Sixpack · Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 1429 Location: Friggin' Holland

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Yep, Silent Hunter was a totally awesome experience Yep

Torplexed · Joined: 25 Dec 2001 Posts: 1194 Location: Seattle, WA

bill clarke · Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:54 am Post subject:

I had that game, I enjoyed it but was annoyed at the how easy the escorts seemed o be able to find me, and worse how easy my sub was damaged. But on the othe side of the coin, I put 4 eels in to the Kongo, then shelled her from a way off (at night of course) and ended up sinking her, got the medal of honour for it. Rock

Neal Stevens · Joined: 25 Jan 1997 Posts: 3517 Location: Houston, Texas

Great summary, RedTerex. Maybe you can do the first SH4 preview when I get a beta copy? Thumbs Up

-Pv- · Joined: 05 Apr 2006 Posts: 12

I'm saving up vacation days for this one. I'll play it till I drop when I 1st get it. Bungolo Pete here I come.
-Pv-

Heibges · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

Silent Hunter just seemed to be an updated version of Silent Service to me. Silent Service is the game that really set the standard.

They had the exact same feature set.

I played Silent Service on my Peanut (IBM PCjr 128K ram).

9 Torpedoes to sink the Yamato.

FAdmiral · Joined: 21 Sep 2001 Posts: 3043 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

Oops...I thought this topic was about 1's and 0's

JIM