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[Booky201]

I recently seen a game at the local store called Enigma: Rising Tides. It looked promising so I went to the web site to check for reviews before buying it. At the web site forums I seen a post about a future Silent Hunter III comming in the fall. I had no idea that there was gonna be another SH so I hurried my way back to this site to check it out.

The trailor is unbelievable, and I really like the graphics but there are two main reasons that I will not buy SH3 when it is released. The first reason is that I will not be forced to play German ALL the time, why not let us choose what team we want like we could back in the ol SH days? That is the same reason why I never bought SH2. The second reason is based off the threads I read here regarding no land, and no free sailing with a lack of dynamic campaign. I truely hope that someday, someone will make a awsome sub sim/game that will meet the needs that I feel most people have in this genre.

To new to the boards to make a difference,
Booky201

[Booky201]

I recently seen a game at the local store called Enigma: Rising Tides. It looked promising so I went to the web site to check for reviews before buying it. At the web site forums I seen a post about a future Silent Hunter III comming in the fall. I had no idea that there was gonna be another SH so I hurried my way back to this site to check it out.

The trailor is unbelievable, and I really like the graphics but there are two main reasons that I will not buy SH3 when it is released. The first reason is that I will not be forced to play German ALL the time, why not let us choose what team we want like we could back in the ol SH days? That is the same reason why I never bought SH2. The second reason is based off the threads I read here regarding no land, and no free sailing with a lack of dynamic campaign. I truely hope that someday, someone will make a awsome sub sim/game that will meet the needs that I feel most people have in this genre.

To new to the boards to make a difference,
Booky201

[Redwine]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Booky201:

That is the same reason why I never bought SH2.

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Wrong decision....... you loss it.......

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[SailorSteve]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Booky201:
...why not let us choose what team we want like we could back in the ol SH days?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
You couldn't choose "what team we want" even in the "good ol SH days". You were American. Period. Not that I'm complaining; I can play German anytime I want just by popping in AOD.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>That is the same reason why I never bought SH2.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
If you've never played SHII with the awesome graphics and sound mods that have been done, you are really missing out. That said, even the new modded campaigns can't be made truly random, and that is maddening.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>The second reason is based off the threads I read here regarding no land, and no free sailing with a lack of dynamic campaign.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
The campaign problem is still in question, but I agree it doesn't look good. The "no land" thing is just something someone surmised from the "auto travel to the patrol zone". There is no evidence for the land one way or the other; i.e., no one (except the dev team themselves) knows anything.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>I truely hope that someday, someone will make a awsome sub sim/game that will meet the needs that I feel most people have in this genre.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
I would be more than happy with SHII if it had AOD's career mode. AOD2 please.

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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by SailorSteve:

I would be more than happy with SHII if it had AOD's career mode. AOD2 please.
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Apparently, or so I've heard from people that have rooted around the code, a true AOD campaign would be possible if the source code were available. It seems that much of the Bobbins needed are already there....

[Booky201]

Your right, I prolly did miss out with SH2, but I didn't have time to play due to school, family and everything else in life. But either way, I don't like the idea of not being able to play US. I did make a mistake though, your right I couldn't play enemy in SH, I was thinking of when I would swap SH and 688I mod made for PC. I will wait untill the next release with US subs, because I really, don't like shooting my own country ALL the time. Maybe im just funny that way.

Oh and btw, I got to fire a 20mm just like the one in your photo back in 1997. I was a Lance in the USMC and had a training exercise with some sailors (I was actually performing security work for that 4 days while going to Pearl) on a GDD. I can't for the life of me remember which ship it was though. I normally went on the kitty but this time they needed me for some reason on this GDD. Anyway, I still look forward to finding that "perfect" game in my eyes.

[jagtigermk2]

i sympathize with you, because being of German decent i'll rather play as the German side. But i prefere playing as the Germans mainly because they were years ahead of the Allies, when it came to Underwater boats.

I agree with you, on that we should have a choice on what side to pick, that would be one of the keys to make the ultimate ww2 sub game. I would like to have the whole ocean world and coast lines/ports modeled, your American Gato class sub could go up againt my type XXI online.

If SH3 turns out to be a good sub game, dont let playing as the Germans
stop you from buying it.

[SailorSteve]

Booky201: Actually you CAN play SHII as an American now. It's a mod so large it qualifies as a game of it's own; it's called Pacific Aces and it's available at www.subsim.com. I have trouble with it because my ancient computer doesn't do a good job with it's high polygon count, but if your system will handle it it's highly recommended. The voice files alone are unbelievably immersive.

Jagtigermk2: I completely agree. If SHIII does turn out to be everything we want the the German only problem is not a problem at all. They've already hinted that if it sells well enough then a Destroyer add-on and U.S. Pacific sub version are possible. Me, I don't care. If I like it I'll play any sub from any side; I in fact would love to do both.

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[Delphin-U190]

I understand than you can be disapointed by the fact you can't choose to play the US side.

But why can't we play the german side in Medal of Honor or in Call of Duty ? In fact each game type as restriction and I play them both.

If you don't like to play Germans, you can easily imagine than you are an american commander who highjack a german u boat to attack german freighter or something like that

And you said you can't shoot US ship, what about the british, russian, french, belgian, norvegian, greek, canadian, australian ships... Not only the US fought the NAZI

[Thomsen9U]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>And you said you can't shoot US ship, what about the british, russian, french, belgian, norvegian, greek, canadian, australian ships... Not only the US fought the NAZI <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yep, even germans fought against NAZIs. And I think more germans fought against NAZIs as the whole allied forces did, because they fought mainly against GERMANS.

Why does no one use here words like "Fritz" or "Krauts"? They are much more polite!

Oh, I heard right now, that not every US-citizen is member of the Klu-Klux-Clan, can that be true?

Yes, I'm a german!

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