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Silent Hunter 4

Post by Nightcat » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:27 pm

I had in my hands a copy of Supreme Commander & Silent Hunter 4, weighed up the options and the winner was the submarince because hard as it may be to believe I love Subs.. possible even more than aircraft :shock: - as I already got C&C3, various Dawn of Wars (which rule!) I didn't think I needed another of that genre - though I still got some missions left to do in Faces of War..

Anyway quick review..

OMG OMG OMG! it makes Silent Hunter 3 look crap and I loved SH3!

Graphics are just, well not graphics really - its more real sight then graphics lol but you need a uber computer to handle them - I can get some screenies later for those who wanna know what me Sub is up to and finds..

Took me most the day to do a patrol, managed to end up dropping off some soldiers on some island deep in Jap territory - was so shallow I got stuck but I managed to J turn it outta there with minimal damage, so neat to see!

When you sink ships now you see all these little life rafts in the water.. I get the urge to jump on the guns for some shooting practice but so far totally resisted.. also a big hit with me is watching crews on ships / land go about they're business, good stuff ;)

Sank a huge passenger ship, kinda reminded me of the titanic... total chance finding.. I guess if I sink that then I should be eligble to shoot up little folks in dingies heh..

Couple aircraft carriers, I managed to find them in the middle of a convoy that was heading toward Midway... I thought about it afterwards.. OMG! so yeah I'm pretty thrilled with my purchase big time, its been a while since I got absorbed into a game.

Torpedo attack is totally different than in SH3 somewhat, perhaps its because these subs are American and not Germerman.. I seem to have alot of torpedos miss or duds.. but considered what I sank I guess that just makes it more real.. or I gotta work it our more.. I play almost full real, gotta keep externals on just for the eye candy lol

Anyway I'm not sure who else playing it, I think its just me and Mac?
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Post by Nightcat » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:43 am

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Looks familiar, wonder if they'll get a restart if they crash on take off :D

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I wanna drive!

One of the two below is high graphics and the other is medium (I forget which)

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And don't worry Falcon, my crew are all elves :D
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Post by AltarBoy » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:13 pm

I have SH4 but cannot run it on my present card since it overheats these days. I did try it on low settings and it looked awful. This game is played best on highest settings. I'll wait until the new rig comes in before giving it a full go.
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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sat Apr 28, 2007 4:21 pm

My dad sailed on the SS-365 Hardhead in '44 and '45. The Hardhead was a Balao class. Any pics of those NC?

Oh, an' dad was a bit of an ogre ... if ya know what I mean.


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Post by Nightcat » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:30 pm

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Balao class and a .. plane thing :lol:

Sorry about the holes, the elves were trying 'heal hull' spells rather then get with the more regular mechanical programme - oh that was the good side too, shoulda seen the other ! :oops:
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Post by Nightcat » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:32 pm

Oh apparently you can see the other side with 3 more big ole holes.. lucky underwater pics hide alot of sins lol - I kinda drive subs like women drive cars :badgrin:
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Post by :FI:Genosse » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:54 pm

I´ve to admit ... I´m a SH4 addict, too! :? :cry: :? :shock:

After you´ve seen the following piccies you might be able to understand why ...

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Do you now understand me? :roll:
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Post by :FI:Gurberly » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:05 pm

I can understand where you are comng from....

Far more fun to torpedo them in their little dingheys than shoot them in their chutes eh?

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Post by Nightcat » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:48 pm

Those your pics Frank or random ones?

Oh be warned, my last save forces the game to crash out on me... can't load up so save every engagement or end up having to start from scratch :cry:

I must start again alas >_<

Oh we'll have to do a coop sometime! :D

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Post by :FI:Falcon » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:01 pm

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"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed."
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Post by Nightcat » Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:18 am

SO far I have learnt, subs with big holes don't work to well - its hard to keep the water out and they sink... well sink in a bad way lol

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Also I just learnt that you can't off road them either.. no matter how much you try..

Gonna see if I can make one fly next me thinks, anyway..

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Post by Nightcat » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:23 pm

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Had a bit of a race earlier.. was fun stuff :oops:
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Post by :FI:Macca » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:28 pm

flippin' awesome game.Periiod.After anothe patch it may be flippin wondersupa game.
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Post by :FI:Dr_Strangelove » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:02 am

Hmm.... maybe I should pick it up eh..

Is there multiplayer?
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Post by Nightcat » Mon Apr 30, 2007 8:55 am

Oooooo yes... and Coops Mr Strangelove :D
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