with the tin fish away there's little to do but wait, hope, rub the sweat from your eyes and watch the pin-thin hand of the stopwatch sweep towards the magic red line. Run out of torpedoes? Hurl hand grenades at them from the conning tower. With less-demanding settings, fire preparation can be as simple as locking the unwitting victim in the crosshairs and waiting for the target icon to turn seaweed-green. Once in position - if you're playing with high realism settings - it's all hands/eyes to the periscope information about target type, speed, and bearing must all be fed into the TDC (Torpedo Data Computer) before the torps can be unleashed. You plunge to periscope depth, and plot an intercept course that puts you just ahead of the prey and abeam of it. When that something - a lone merchant, convoy or taskforce - presents itself, the ambush excitement begins. Most of the time you're cruising around 'topside' looking for something to kill. Hitman on the high seasДЇor those who've never tried a sub game before, they're like stealthy FPSes with limited weapon choice, minimal scenery, huge levels and super-slow bullet-time.

This time you're cooped-up in a sweaty US sub and your targets are those Pearl Harbour kidney-punchers, the Japanese. Where SH2 and SH3 required you to chloroform your conscience, sinking British and American merchant shipping as a dastardly Kriegsmarine U-boat captain, this episode lets you feel good about drowning the defenceless.

SH4 is gaming's most enduring WW2 sub sim franchise returned to its old spawning grounds, the Pacific Ocean. Right now it looks like the new Oleg Maddox WW2 flight sim will leave the hangar as Battle of Britain: Sky Voles versus Air Rhinos thanks to me.Д«ut enough bragging. IL-2: Crocodiles of the Clouds, that was another. Silent Hunter 2: Mongooses of the Atlantic was one of mine. Since 2000 I've been helping Ubisoft name all of their simulations. For the record, I was the one that came-up with the 'Wolves of the Pacific' part of the title. Before we start, it's only right I declare a small vested interest in this submarine game.

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