Much hyped addition to Silent Hunter series gets old somewhat quickly.
I must say I've always liked the SH series. I'm not huge fan of ALL subsims but more so a fan of the period and just about any sim related to WWII. When I first loaded this game (before the first patch) my initial reaction was I bought a broken/unfinished game, albeit a pretty one. So quite honestly I shelved it until the first patch came out. That did make it playable for me but not for very long. Unless your a serious Hardcore Submarine Sim'er then this game Will get old. I can't say that it'll get old fast since you'll spend a lot of time sailing and dodging aircraft but after a mission or two my bet is the average joe will toss this one into the trash can. Ok, so why the 7.5 you may ask? I'll I've done is seemingly bash the game so far. Well, to it's credit the developers pulled off what they intended. A beautiful WWII subsim from the American point of view. They took Silent Hunter 3, updated the graphics engine, changed the theatre of war to the pacific and tweaked some of the inner workings such as crew management and so forth. The game plays the pac theatre as expected and leaves little to surprise. While I played this "sim"*cough* I wasn't really drawn in. Given the games context, to me it would be really hard for any dev team to draw in any player and give them a sense of urgency when playing. Afterall, the allies won the war and IMHO the romanticism of WWII does not speak "american submarine warfare" to me. To me I'd rather be playing SH3 with all it's community contributed updates (and I do). The graphics are gorgeous, if it's in the bargain bins now, then it's worth a look-see for those interested in genre, otherwise your better off sticking with your own personal favorite at the moment what ever that may be.