Silent Hunter III is worth mentioning because it delivered an immense campaign, a revolutionary mission editor, and a 3D interactive U-boat interior and crew. With the first one being released in 1996 on the MS-DOS platform (with US submarines in the Pacific War), then the second in 2001, and finally Silent Hunter III in 2005 the number of Silent Hunter fans grew exponentially. The Silent Hunter series provided the opportunity for these people to do what they desired.
The infamous 1981 U-boat movie Das Boot, with its shrieking sonar pings and nerve-breaking depth charges, also endorsed this helpless struggle setting off an avalanche of interested fans and wanna-be U-boat captains. It’s the longing to command these boats, that can slip away underneath the dark-blue ocean swells after letting-go a salvo of torpedoes towards a helpless convoy, that draws PC gamers to such sims. The reason for this may be attributed to the stakes, achievements, and the overwhelming odds the U-boat crewmen faced during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II. German U-boat simulations have intrigued PC gamers for decades. Group FORUM MANAGER Posts 4,385 Location Glasgow, Scotland When i die don't write "R.I.P" on my grave write "B.R.B"