Silent Depth Submarine Sim

What is there is awesome. The graphics are good and it is fun to play but you always want more. 1) No medals, it has a place for medals but never have seen one. 2) I was led to believe there would be two classes of subs and more variety of enemy ships. 3) except for home base there are no graphics for islands or ports. Silent hunter 1 (the only good one) had opportunity to infiltrate enemy ports. 4) no specific missions 5) Silent Hunter 1 had a "ward room" or something where you could go in anytime and check your log book and keep track of progress and past missions. I would recommend an update that has been promised but never came.

I just got the game last week and I’m really enjoying it. What it does well, it does very well. But there are some strange missing elements. 1) no radar. Radio was instrumental in the submarine battle in the Pacific during the World War II. 2) I cannot seem to find any clear isothermal layers to hide under. 3) once discovered by destroyers, it seems impossible to hide from them. Even at the easiest level. And related to that, it’s strange that the depth charges make no sound. That kind of explosion would riddle through the hull . 4) there seems to be no way to raise or lower the periscope without changing your depth. Subs could stay at periscope depth only raising the periscope when needed. This seems like a strange omission. Still however I love the game and I’m hoping that there will be updates to address many of the missing elements coming in the future.

This game was everything I expected, I really wanted a simple submarine sim that wasn’t too easy nor too hard. Though this game is already fun, it would be cool to see some more content. For example, adding Japanese submarines you can use like the type b or I-400 would be a great addition, now you could be able to play from both sides. I believe that if you add more and different submarines, you can get some with anti aircraft capabilities that come with them. This brings me to my last addition. It would be cool to see recon aircraft that try to attack you and bomb you when you are at surface- periscope depth. I believe these two additions would make this game even more enjoyable and am looking forward to the future.

Would be good to add missions like search and destroy where one has to do recon to identify and sink certain vessels (if discernible) or interdict certain convoys at a probable location. Also, and this is critical, we should be able to see the torpedo load/ready state on the ship info/damage page as well. Unless I'm missing something I can only get that info currently if I'm at periscope depth. Strategically, there are battles where I don't want to raise the scope UNTIL the torpedoes are re-loaded and ready to fire.

This is a very high quality & realistic sub sim in my opinion. Everything from the physics to details is impressive as are the 3D views. A big area for improvement in my opinion is combat effects. It would be nice to hear sonar pings from enemy ships, for your crew members voice to sound more urgent when getting depth charged, sound effects for enemy ships that you can hear while surfaced (for example if your spotted a loudspeaker will tell sailors in Japanese to go to battle stations) and sound effects for depth charges hitting the water and exploding at various depths. I know some people have mentioned in game tutorials. Yes this is an area that could be improved. However, there is a Silent Depth Manual (google it) that will teach you all the basics. It’s a good manual complete with decent explanations and pictures. Five stars well deserved, keep up the great work.