Submarines scare the living hell out of me. I'm not overly claustrophobic, but the thought of being stuffed into a metal tube underwater, knowing that if anything goes wrong that I'm probably going to drown -- probably in my top five least appealing ways to die -- is just terrifying to me.
That may be part of the reason why I find this new trailer for the just-announced Silent Hunter 5 to be so compelling. Narrated by a German U-boat captain (presumably the one you play in the game), it shows some of the raw nerve necessary to perform that job. Nerve that I don't have.
Hit the jump to check out the trailer. Silent Hunter 2 is expected to release on PC in 2010.
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Really just thought this said Silent Hill 5, Then I was watching the trailer like "...its taking place in a submarine? they lost it. they've lost their MIND."
I hate the Silent Hunter series, if only because my dyslexic brain always reads it as "Silent Hill", and gets my hopes up, if only for a nano-second. booooooooo.
Haha, I just watched a trailer to a stupid submarine game because I was expecting Pyramid Head to pop out at any second. How the HELL did we all read Silent Hill 5?!
haha!me too guys,lol
"Submarines scare the living hell out of me."
the first line also convince my eye to see things i want to see.
Creepy old captain?chk,alternate submarine dimension with loads of broken identical doors?chk,flooding blood rooms?chk,Octopus head Davy Jones?maybe.
My friends'd been forcing me to play silent hunter.I think the learning curve is pretty high,i might try with them sometimes though.
@TheFlyingEgg: What are you talking about? Their accents seemed just as authentic as Tom Cruise's in Valkyrie...I could barely understand them. /sarcasm
Seriously though...what if it was Silent Hill...ON A SUBMARINE???
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11:20 AM on 08.18.2009
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Jeez, it's like 90% of the posts I make are typo corrections. I need more interesting things to say
no, Silent Hill Homecoming does not exist to me and Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a remake of sorts.
Way to bring in people to post comments about games they've never heard of...lol
"Submarines scare the living hell out of me."
the first line also convince my eye to see things i want to see.
Creepy old captain?chk,alternate submarine dimension with loads of broken identical doors?chk,flooding blood rooms?chk,Octopus head Davy Jones?maybe.
My friends'd been forcing me to play silent hunter.I think the learning curve is pretty high,i might try with them sometimes though.
And I know that I will buy Silent Hunter 5. Sigh.
Seriously though...what if it was Silent Hill...ON A SUBMARINE???
I just peed a little.