Gameplay Comentary: Silent Hunter Online

In Silent Hunter Online you are in charge of your own fleet of German U-boats during the 2nd World War, that’s right, because for once players are by default set up as the Axis; a nice twist. Your mission is patrol the oceans seeking out enemy Allied fleets and tearing them apart with your torpedoes.


The game has a lot of different strategies, upgrades, options, orders and more that you can take advantage of when out on missions and you can learn to use them through an in-depth tutorial. You have to manage everything from your fuel, crew, supply of torpedoes, and repair the damage taken in battle, which means that the game includes deep management features.

As the captain of your submarines you have to hire officers, and each one has a number of different abilities that will help you out in your missions. Ranging from the Navigator who can help you sail the ocean, to the Weapons Officer who can give you information on enemy targets, these men and women will keep you out of trouble when the tide turns. Through successful actions they will each increase in level and their tasks will be performed quicker and more efficiently.

The combat in Silent Hunter Online is simple, but engaging. The key to making an attack is positioning, either coming at a target from behind to fire your torpedoes along their projected path a lot easier or from its flank so you have a wider target to hit. Watching the little grey blip make its way from your U-boat towards the enemy and the anticipation before a strike is pretty awesome, then watching as the night skies light up with a huge explosion and your officer reports your direct hit!

Inside your U-boat there are manner of buttons and levers which allow you to choose your speed, depth, which torpedoes to fire, manage your ships noise levels to stay under the radar from enemy ships or even execute emergency crash dive manoeuvres when enemy aircraft are sent to take you out.

Players can customize their u-boats with all manner of accessories available in the shop, which improve the engines, speed, arsenal to improving the range of your sensors and other abilities of your ships that will save you to end in the bottom of the ocean with your hull bust open.

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