Simulator of a submarine: a serious and specific game for real sea wolves

Of course, everyone who grew up in the Soviet era or, at the extreme, in the early nineties, perfectly remembers the children's hit-slot machine - "Underwater Hunt". It was a periscope that needed to aim at enemy ships. Each boy in the Soviet Union dreamed of trying on the commander's uniform, so that's why this machine was popular then.

And now what? Is the modern powerful gaming industry not bothered to create a simulator of a submarine? And then, it turns out, everything is not so simple. O times, o mores! Attempts, of course, were, but, as it turned out, to create an interesting and dynamic simulator of a submarine - an almost impossible task. Judge for yourself - what is the main thing in games? Fan, dynamism, speed of deployment. And what can be dynamic in the activity of a submarine? Its task is to get to the goal for a long time, and then strike and hide for a long time, escaping from pursuit. It's boring, guys.

Therefore, it turns out that those who like open space and wind, high waves and salt spray, remain deprived. But still a few interesting and even, you can say, specific projects in this genre was released. Among them, Silent Hunter is one of the most interesting and reliable. Let's get acquainted with the younger part.

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic

The simulator of the submarine SH 5 represents an interesting attempt by the glorious company Yubisoft to give this particular genre a road to the masses. The concept of the fifth part was originally conceived with an emphasis on arcade. Yes, of course, there remained all the serious component of the series, but there were a lot of purely fanic things added. For example, now you can move around the submarine, using the camera from the first person. In addition to pure fighting lotions, now you can just talk about life with the crew. Naturally, in between battles. By the way, this gives you an excellent opportunity to inspect the perfectly recreated submarine of the Second World War. Oh, and in fact once the kids could not even dream about that.

The first thing you need to know is that the game of the submarine simulator is a complicated thing: you need to think and much to be able to calculate (mathematically). In SH 5, the arcade was added just as much as needed to attract new players, and in all other respects the game is more like a training simulator than a game.

The simulator of this submarine has a sea. There is also the need to navigate the terrain like a real captain, and calculate the type of vessel to make a decision about his attack. Yes, forget about the red marker enemy / friend: now, when you see the ship, open the directory and start to recognize the ship by the silhouette. And God forbid you to sink your own.

In 2013, the series went online. Thus, the developers have tried to develop a specific niche. However, the online version was so simple that the regular players just left the project. The concept was changed. Who knows what awaits us in the future? Maybe such a simulator nuclear submarine, which will have to close in his room for six months - until the next ascent?