Silent Hunter 4 Deluxe Edition

[scharmers]

@Peter_Frazier

Can anyone tell me the appeal of submarine warfare in the Pacific? I mean, weren’t IJN anti-sub forces inadequate and poorly equipped in the first place?
At least the War in the Atlantic saw the Germans start off strong technologically and then get outstripped by the Allies.
Enquiring minds want to know.

US submariner commanders were incredibly young & aggressive.

They took risks that would make Prien shake his head.

A lot of US submariners didn’t come back, either.

[AlanSmithee]

@Vic_Davis

This low priority can be seen in the performance of the USA submarines vs. the Japanese ASW efforts. Japanese surface ships sank 17 USA submarines, aircraft sank eight and one was shared. In addition, one British submarine was sunk by aircraft and one by surface ships. By contrast, Allied Submarines sank 1,152 Japanese merchant ships of 4,861,317 gross tons, with the USA submarines accounting for about 98% of the totals. An equally impressive number of Japanese warships were sunk by submarines, with the giant aircraft carrier Shinano being the largest."

26 subs Vs 1,152 merchants. Makes me think that ‘IJN Tanker Captain’ would be a much more nerve wracking game.
I’m not diminishing the bravery or risks taken, it just seems that the overall campaign is the inverse of the Atlantic War- start off hard and then end up with a turkey shoot. Maybe I don’t know enough about my Pacific naval history. Is it true that the sub forces’ victories and contribution were deliberately understated because of the vested interests of surface admirals?

Anyway, if the game isn’t starforced I’ll be grabbing it just to keep a quality franchise alive.

[Drunkagain]

This game looks great. I don’t normally go for the deluxe versions, but this one is sorely tempting me.

[jpinard]

Pete - it’s not Starforced.