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Best sim ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I started off about 3 years ago playing silent hunter and it blew me away it was so good. On silent hunter the graphics were pretty bad but the gameplay was amazing. Silent hunter 2 has fixed all the problems of silent hunter. This game is amazing the gameplay is great and the missions are pretty hard so it wont take 2 dyas to beat. I have been playing about 2-5 times a week now for 2 months and i am not bored of it. The graphics in silent hunter 2 are better than silent hunter but are still not amazing but even with that the game is awsome. The missions range from recon to sinking enemy troop transports. I always enjoy playing the game. To sum it up: amazing game with better graphics than silent hunter.

Same as the first?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: July 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

WOW! What great timing... this game comes out on my birthday. If it is ANYTHING like the first i just have to buy it. The first sh was awesome and stands the test of time.

Very fun game. I love it (so far!!)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

After reading some of the reviews in this site I regreted to have purchased SHII. It wasn't fun to read all those dissapointing messages about buggs and so on. With not much hope I installed SH and I am happy to say that so far everything is going well. I am following the training sessions and all I can say is that my 11-year old son and myself are really enjoying the game. We love the graphics and enjoy browsing through the helm controls and the many other controls of the submarine. I think this game is very fun and now I don't regret to have purchase it.

a little buggy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have this "new" game sitting in the closet, hoping patches will some day appear to take care of the bugs. It does not run well with XP either. UBI tech support said this game isn't designed to run on XP. Now, I would think with all the delays it would be bug free and run on all the MS platforms.

If you want to be frustrated and start the game over and over again then buy it. The "new" Destroyer Command that just came out to go with SH2 is probably the same config. Check the UBI websight and read about the SH2 problems if you want more information.

Utter Disappointment

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I should have heeded the warnings of others that I had thought were too pickey in their judgements of SILENT HUNTER II. Boy, have I regretted my purchase. I really tried to get something out of this PC game and I really tried to enjoy it, but after about four weeks of trying to deceive myself and admit that it was a "stinker", I uninstalled this poorly-executed example of a WW II Submarine Simulation. Also, I am not a "hard-core" gamer, just wanted to play "submarine" and have some kind of enjoyable experience. Not the case! A complete waste of money! Not much talent or technology went into this one!

Great Sub game if you're into U-Boats

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Personally I love submarines and I have been waiting for this game for awhile. The graphics on the outside of the sub aren't that sharp but on the inside they are much better. The action can get tense but the worst part is getting to your destination. Also for most of the U-Boats the torpedoes take an extremely long amount of time to reload and that can be a pain but I get used to it. However overall it's a realistic and fun game

Too good to be true

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Yes, we all know that it doesn't work with XP, but I don't think it would be worth the [money] even if it did work. I can't believe the graphics........can you say "let's go back to 1997?" I played and thouroughly enjoyed "Jane's 688I Hunter/Killer" and I think that Jane's graphics are better! Not what I expect for paying [good money]......besides the fact that it doesn't even work on my machine...

Very Disappointed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have played Aces of the Deep DOS, and Win 95. They were very good games. I loved Silent Hunter. However Silent Hunter II is a disappointment. I expected better graphics and got Silent Hunter I quality. It is no where as smooth as SH I was.
SH I was also easy to operate even in DOS.

After 4 years, I would call this a failure. On the other hand, playing up against destroyer command may just be something unique for sub sims. We shall see.

All In All-Aces of the Deep for Win 95 was the Best U-Boat Game ever. If this game could be updated instead, I would buy that.

Major Disappointment

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I loved playing the original Silent Hunter. Silent Hunter II has all of the features to be a good game but falls way short of the mark. It is very buggy and locks up a lot. I ran it on three different new systems and had the same problems.

The Graphics are stunning. I especially liked some of the realistic paint schemes that you can see on the ships.

The realism of this game was another problem. Submarines (either American or German) NEVER fought it out with destroyers or patrol boats unless they had to (damage or whatnot). It is totally unrealistic to sink a destoyer by guns. I have always wondered why the developers of military simulations feel that they have to make a game have action on EVERY mission. I come from a large family and have a lot of WWII vets in it from my father to many uncles. I am a Navy Vet myself. A fighter pilot or a soldier and even a submarine DID NOT make contact on every mission, patrol or voyage.

UbiSoft does not have a patch or fix for any of the bug problems as of yet. My advice is to safe the money.

Play dual boot

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good sub simulation game for me. For those of you who have Win XP problems, install a dual boot system on a seperate partition. I play games on Win ME at C and do my work on Win XP at D.

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