And now for something completely different...

Racing simulators are very good for short, intense bursts of gameplay. You take seat by 18:00h and by 18:0h you’re already cruising at 200 km/h at the Ring. No need to wait to build up an army and beat your real time armchair general, no need to upgrade your weapons to defeat the big guys. Also, no need to load your savegame and try to find out what’s next in your favorite FPS maze. If you’re short on time, racing simulations are a perfect solution for your gaming needs (ok, all the puzzle and mini games are even better for a quick fix).

So here it comes Silent Hunter III. I am a long time fan of this series and other titles as well, like Silent Service II (I didn’t play the first one, I was too young!), Aces of the Deep, and a bit of the modern subs simulations, like 688 Attack Sub or Sub Command. And those games need a lot of time! Yesterday I was doing the Naval Academy missions, learning the ropes of the game. Well, yesterday I did just ONE mission, the final one. I repeated it three times, and it took me like one and a half our... Real time simulations of machines that can go over big distances in a gaming session are not new. There’s people flying MS Flight Simulator doing transoceanic flights in real time, or doing bombing runs over the Nazi occupied Europe in virtual B-17s. But with a WWII sub simulation you can do a dynamic campaign that is going to take you months!!!

Thanks gods for time compression!