Destroyer: the U-Boat Hunter (Look at me Tom Hanks, I'm the Captain Now)

[100thlurker]

I'm very excited to see this full immersion sim of a Fletcher class Destroyer with the player hopping between various stations with real instruments to detect, maneuver against, and attack U-boat attempting to sink convoys. Watching this player below marking relative positions and courses on a plotting table while the radar and sonar men are reporting their tracks in particular gave me some real glee. Juggling the various tasks with your imperfect tools gives the action some real tension.



I was significantly impressed by how much of a fight it was to destroy one U-boat, one can only imagine how difficult driving off a proper wolfpack will be.

 

[Sarpedon]

Someone get this to EffingController stat.

 

[Teal]

... Huh, kinda reminds me of the earlier Silent Hunter games, before they got all super arcadey.

Man I should really start up another Silent Hunter 4 career.

 

[100thlurker]

Destroyer is now out in Early Access!

Much to my shock, the game features actual and comprehensive tutorials:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZA4SZd_2PM

 

[SlickRCBD]

Your description makes it sound like a remake of the ancient classic for the Apple iIGS and others called "Destroyer" by Epyx.

EDIT: Link removed as it might be considered warez even though it's a 35 year old game on a platform discontinued 30 years ago that can't be run without an emulator.