Submarine Fans...This is your lucky day!!!
User Rating: 10 | Silent Hunter III PC
Its 1941 on the cold Atlantic. Your crew has been dispatched from a German U-Boat port called Benux. After several days at sea your watch officer drops down the hatch ladder and yells Alarm!!!!! The hatch is sealed and locked while the chief officer tells the men the required depth. Your watch officer catchs breath and tells you that a British Capitol ship is to the east bearing 170 at 15 knots. So all you Submarine fans prepare for the most intense game off your life. This game has so much depth is unbelievable. Ships are blown up with the coolest explosions and physics. Waves trample your boat during storms and it is sometimes hard to imagine your just playing a video game. You have control of everything in your u-boat. Some areas such as the forward torpedo rooms are not accessible since Captains would never enter those rooms. Most of the ship you can see and its breathtaking. Pieces of hanging meat to the red lighting at night. Getting hit by depth charges almost seems like something in the movie Das Boot. Lights flicker on and off and leaks spring up all around. Its very intresting. Though the game is not entirely based inside of the ship. The observation deck and mounted guns are avalible to use aswell. Ubi has created some of the worlds best sea graphics in this game. Every explosion has a reflection on the water which makes from some awesome graphics. Massive waves to small waves pound your boat through out the worlds oceans and seas. Overall the Graphics have got to be a 10! Gameplay plays a big role in this game and trust me its gonna take an hour or 2 to learn everything. I'd recommend going to the Naval Academy and getting your basics down. There are several boats you can command with in the game. Each spanning the technology from 1940 to 1944. Even the late prototype in 1944. The A.I is really good in this game. They will do enavise manuverses to get past your torpedoes. Trust me they will find you and when they do they will kill you. Watch for Enemy aircraft aswell. They will radio other ships nearby with your postion. So don't let them get away. The A.I will use depth Charges, Sonar, Radar, and any means nessessary to find you. Even at night they have spotlights mounted on their boats. If Spotted at night near a port you should not be seen. The slightest explosion on one of the allied ships will cause absolute chaos. Star Rounds will light up the sky and sub nets will be deployed. Sometimes even mines. Trust me you'll know Gameplay is a 10 when you play it. As mentioned before the sound is absolutely incredible. So you 5.1 Surround Sound users should be in for a major treat. From the water pressure crumpling your boat to the sound of metal from your enemy ships crunching and whining as it hits the ocean floor. You'll defiantly think your there. Overall I really enjoy this game. There are no flaws and knowing Ubi they will have patchs for any within days. In fact v.1.1 was released today. I hope this reviews helps in your purchase of Silent Hunter 3. Thanks, Soldier91 
