Back To Page 1 Once you complete a mission, you are given a “reward” consisting of a postcard or a video clip to watch. Again, I can’t help but wonder how VSTEP missed the boat (haha) by making the rewards so weak. It would be much more challenging and rewarding to have a successful mission […]
by Chris “BeachAV8R” Frishmuth For naval simulation fans the next iteration of the Ship Simulator series was released in late August. Having reviewed the original Ship Simulator 2006, I was interested to see how the series had evolved since I had skipped the Ship Simulator 2008 release. The obvious changes are improved graphics, expanded areas of operation, and a huge […]
Back to Page 2 Overall Opinions and Recommendations Boy, is this a hard game to not recommend. Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic is one of the more in-depth (no pun intended) games currently out there. The game play is good. The graphics are very well done. The campaign is outstanding. Simply put, this is one of […]
Back to Page 1 Gameplay The gameplay in Silent Hunter 5 is something of a mixed bag to me. Part of the problem lies in some of the unique features added to the game and some of them are simply because of bugs found in the game. In some instances the bugs are minor but other […]
by Tom “WKLINK” Cofield Introduction There are some games that are easy to review and some games that are difficult to get your finger on. Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic is an example of the latter. The series has come a long way from 1996 when the first version of the venerable title was released […]
Back To Page 2 Gameplay One of the reasons that Silent Hunter 3 and Silent Hunter 4 have remained on hard drives long after other games have been erased is because of the robust campaign system the developers put in place. Silent Hunter 5 continues to have dynamic campaign elements, but also adds a branching campaign system where the player […]
Back To Page 1 OMG… Is This Thing Beautiful The previous two versions of Silent Hunter looked very good at their release dates, then add-ons like Trigger Maru, Grey Wolves Expansion and Real Fleet Boat took the titles even further by packaging even more realism and graphics detail into players underwater gaming. For example, water effects, which are good in the released […]
by Tom “WKLINK” Cofield Introduction Well, you know you must be doing something right if you have released five different versions of a title. Granted, sometimes a fifth of something isn’t always a good thing (Think Rocky 5 or anything after SAW 2 ). But in the Silent Hunter game series each title has continued to improve on the previous version to create […]
Back To Page 1 Gameplay: Single Player Gameplay is fun and can be as much a simulation as you like based on your option selections. It can also be as game orientated as you like, again based on the options selected. However, no matter what difficulty level is selected, I find it very hard […]
by Chuck “Magnum” Ankenbauer Introduction My dad was on a PT Boat during the Vietnam War. Sure, PT Boats: Knights of the Sea is based on naval combat and patrols in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, but I couldn’t help to look forward to this game; maybe it would give me a taste of what […]
A fictional story based on Distant Guns: the Russian-Japanese War at Sea by “Cat” On February 9, 1904, the Japanese armed forces staged a landing at the strategic Korean port of Chemulpo, near modern-day Inchon. Berthed there were several neutral ships, including the British cruiser Talbot, the U.S. cruiser Vicksburg, the French cruiser Pascal, and the Italian cruiser Elba. Also […]
by Tom “WKLINK” Cofield Ironclads – High Seas is one of the more difficult games I’ve reviewed. The Totem Games rendition of high seas combat between Confederate and Union forces in the 1860s has a lot going for it, but if you are looking for a true historical game covering naval combat of the mid 19th century you […]
