Silent Hunter IV pros and cons
User Rating: 7 | Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific PC
Silent Hunter IV has many desirable improvements from a graphics standpoint over the previous games in the Silent Hunter series. However, it was released with a number of bugs only some of which has been corrected by the 1.1 patch. One of the most frustrating is the incomplete instructions for completing some of the missions, photo re-con missions in particular. I have yet to complete one successfully even though I have received some advice on the forums. The game manual does NOT say anything about the fact that you must be submerged, locked on your target ship and within eight nautical miles of the target ship. I got that off the forums, however, you can click your mouse till your blue in the face and you will still not get a mission completed indication. Also, the voice sound is considerably lower than the music and background to the extent I had to turn it almost off in order to hear the voice of the crew members. The above problems are inexcusable in this game from a manufacturer that's had this much experience. Oh, don't bother to call Ubisoft tech support; chances are the technician has NOT played the game , will tell you that this is a game play issue and not their problem. He will recommend you contact www.gamefaqs.com which is a totally useless site for solving these problems. Strangely enough, the first game is this series, Silent Hunter, a DOS game over 10 years old DID NOT have these problems. 
