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[@krystian0128]

Always wondered how'd an anti-submarine-based game would turn out, since in most games we usually get the submarine's point of view (SH Series, UBOAT, and so on). I think it's pretty interesting to finally get a detailed point of view from the outside units and feel threatened by an underwater menace.

[@ewfisher89]

Back in the day I played Destroyer Command some. It came out at the same time as Silent Hunter 2 and the two games could run together, one player in the sub going up against the one on the destroyer.

[@antebellum45]

Yep, remember that!👍🏻

[@ewfisher89]

@@antebellum45 I wasn't very good. I could keep the sub down, but never managed to get a kill. Also never played against another person, had dial-up internet at the time.

[@Dylan-lw1xc]

I always wanted Wolfpack to make a multiplayer with the destroyers being playable aswell. Then both would be playing against eachother.

[@krystian0128]

@@ewfisher89 Damn, that must've been pretty neat

[@IceBear702]

I can already hear the Greyhound sound mod for this and I can’t wait.

[@csabakerese4192]

Damn right! I thought the same!

[@Notmyrealnamenumbers]

Honestly, I would take any voice mod that gives the crew a littttle more urgency in their voiced. Right now is so slow and not worried at all ...death....incoming ... Bearing....two............ ................ Zero............................six

[@IceBear702]

@@Notmyrealnamenumbers agreed

[@darrxxs4931]

Honestly this game is just Greyhound but in video game form which is one of the reasons this looks fun and good.

[@bjornhellgate3985]

man, i hope this has a silent hunter style campaign, with multiple different destroyers

[@johns3544]

Its a shame they dont have SH2 and Destroyer Comand on steam but Gamespy no longer exsists :*( God I miss them days

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Yeah, where’s muh 4 stackers?

[@MrDoggo23]

So ASW in WW2 was pretty much everyone crapping their pants while playing cat and mouse. This is intense as hell.

[@cloroxusthestainlessone4324]

Crapping their pants (in a tin can)

[@Jonahch2v9]

Allies had a HUGE advantage in that the German radio told them where the subs were. Without that you have the subs greatest advantage of surprise. At any time there might be none around you, one or ten.

[@maskedgamer5132]

@@Jonahch2v9 WW1 German UBoats were a menace though even if a lot of their crew died to defects

[@maskedgamer5132]

Also the Wolfpack strategy was amazing until Americans figured out they were signalling each other using sonar

[@ryanhampson673]

@@derkrampus9986 Exactly, you don't need to know what a radio transmission said, you could figure out through deduction that it was the enemy...Use two or more ships to search for a radio emission, each of those ships gives the bearing of where that transmission came from and you draw a line from those two ships towards the direction it came from, where the two lines intersect is the location...Allies knew where their ships so any other transmission was assumed to be the enemy. Once the British recovered the enigma machines from a U-boat the allies could decode the messages and it was pretty much game over for U-Boat crews.

[@Identitools]

I was deeply concerned that you would take too much time looking at the shiny compass thing and end up bumping into the convoy. That would had been cool.

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

You would turn against the comrades that made your career, Wolfpack??!! Shame, nothing but shame. Jokes aside, this seems very intersting.

[@snigie1]

He's taking all his knowledge and turning against his old friends!

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@@snigie1 He is a traitor, the worst type of enemy!

[@carloarbaiza9059]

@@williamtheconqueror7807 a smart one tho, he defected to the winning side

[@stokerboiler]

Nah! Know yourself and your enemy and you will be invincible in a hundred battles.

[@feroferstulilatumferra]

@@carloarbaiza9059 like Italy or Romania

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

I'm excited to see how this game turns out!

[@crusader318]

This may be some I could do. Im not good at submarine warfare, but I’m okay at anti submarine. Also looks super fun.

[@Wolfpack345]

It's great!

[@mumblerinc.6660]

The worse you are at submarine warfare, the better you are at anti submarine warfare… in a sense.

[@shadowwolf2523]

@@mumblerinc.6660 why do I love this so much

[@Altair1243WAR]

It's not my fault! The darn torps won't do what I tell them xD

[@GeorgHaeder]

Challenge accepted. ;)

[@2BachShakur]

This really illustrates how difficult it was to locate and track uboats during ww2.

[@williamescolantejr5871]

they also had problems with early sonar as well.it didnt work well in rough seas or at high speeds either.

[@randomguyingasmask]

But just how Germans mastered underwater attacks, so did the Allies the hunting of them.

[@toonsis]

When the DDs learned to work as a team thinks got a lot more difficult for the subs

[@ryanhampson673]

@@randomguyingasmask If you've ever seen Das Boot that's one of the points the Capt makes.."The British don't make mistakes anymore" because it was later in the war and they had developed the tactics and perfected them.

[@petermillar9022]

its lot harder if only one guy is doing the plotting :)

[@2020Max1]

Wow this brings me back to my Navy days when I used to run the DRT and plot course, speeds and intercepts with Mo-boards

[@brassyandclassy3345]

Imagine if someone made a mod that could integrate this game with UBOAT into a multiplayer 1v1 with one person in a sub in UBOAT and another person playing as a destroyer. Amazing stuff, looking forward to this game!

[@Laurton]

Sadly that would be impossible as the 2 games are built on their own code and that would be near impossible to integrate both games. However either the dev of this game or devs of UBoat could do something like that as a DLC or something which would be cool.

[@wingtsunami]

@@Laurton once you could play Destroyer command and a friend could play Silent Hunter II in a VS battle. Good old times

[@MIKE-se8ye]

"Now tell me that wasn't fun!" Captain 'Lucky' Jack Aubrey

[@hairydave82]

In the service, one must always choose the lesser of two weevils

[@tonyhanrahan1330]

Now were that comment from any other man one would say 'what pitiful stuff' and dismiss it as mere enthusiasm...

[@jamesharbinger1711]

The voice acting is phenomenal, can’t wait to see more

[@OctoBooze]

Wow, remember seeing this in steam's recommended queue things and being impressed with the trailer's promises. Looks like they're actually delivering such an experience. Cannot wait to see where this goes from here, really promising work so far.

[@Matteo319]

Would enjoy even a small play through of this at release.

[@Wolfpack345]

It isn't going to be a small one haha. This demo was the most exciting thing I played in a while.

[@Gigi-ik3br]

I have to admit that was really exciting, it was really great seeing you sink the sub. I wasn't sure at first with your depth charge patterns but you won out in the end.

[@saml7610]

Wow this is very cool! I'll download the demo after work and give it a whirl, looks very rewarding to finally get that U-boat!

[@Flielow]

"They pump out those Liberty Ships like nothin...." Meanwhile screams of the sailers of the liberty ships as they burn in a oil soaked cold ocean infested with sharks...>

[@alganhar1]

Not many sharks in the Northern Atlantic where these Convoys were sailing... Just saying... The water is too cold for most shark species, the only shark able to survive year round in those waters is the Greenland Shark. Pretty much all the dangerous, potential man eating sharks in the Atlantic such as Bulls are Southern species almost never traveling that far North save in unusually warm summers, and even then they are rare.

[@alonsoquijano9555]

@@alganhar1 you forgot the oceanic white tip /\/\/\; bull's older cousin. And some white pointers too if you look at the range map of U-boats in the north Atlantic during ww ii

[@samulivainionpaa9338]

@@alganhar1 Well, some 200 year old Greenland shark going to swoop in at walking pace to take a chunk out from the captains buttocks

[@rizalardiansyah4486]

Very interesting! I like the amount of detail here. Hopefully this could be a new series!

[@ARCCommanderOrar]

This game reminds me of the old Destroyer Command, that old Silent Hunter spin off

[@gamingtonight1526]

There was even older destroyer game by Epyx for the Atari and Commodore 64 8-bits, would recommend you getting an emulator and giving it a go!

[@nihongo02341]

@@gamingtonight1526 Not sure it was called Battleship (another game) but you used to fire your gun at incoming aircraft. Commodore or Amiga. Simple but memorable and great fun.

[@stang46l]

My grandfather served on a fletcher class destroyer during WWII.

[@DrChrisBiomed]

It would be amazing if this game was combined with a submarine game, sub vs destroyer in a multiplayer game. The question is if it should be one player per vessel or a team of players per vessel. I think that a team of players per vessel would be the more interesting game

[@TheErilaz]

My exact thoughts.

[@aeonspec6867]

wow that would be amazing! so perhaps 5-6 in the destroyer, captain, radio / sonar operator , engine room/damage control then some operating the guns and depth charges for the uboat captain sonar operator torpedo room control, engine room operator and a few more! could do about 7 u boats vs 7 destroyers, + 2-3 planes and AI merchant ships they have to protect. unfortunately the map would need to be smaller to account for the times without combat

[@gotanon8958]

I know destroyer command had something similar to that where you could play it with sh3.

[@LoudFiat]

Crush Depth with have playable destroyers and merchants.

[@Ropetor]

My dream game would be like sh3 but with surface ships, this might be close

[@carp0nastick]

Finally! A game where the work of an entire crew of professionals can be dumped on one dude.

[@lhiannonshee]

Wow, how this didn't get a "Greyhound" tie in, ill never know. That was a fun vid, tense. Loved it.

[@colbypupgaming1962]

This game looks awesome, though I hope they'll add the full spectrum of threats too.

[@BokoDisraeli]

Would love to see something like this but for surface engagements around Guadalcanal. Let me take on Hiei in USS Laffey!

[@sarhat252]

Just imagine what a meat grinder will be like when an experienced wolf pack with noisemakers arrives on some PQ type convoy.

[@alganhar1]

Problem is those Noisemakers, apart from the first BOLD were introduced when the U-Boat war was going *against* the Kreigsmarine. BOLD lasted about 20 minutes and could be distinguished as a decoy by an experienced Sonar operator. Seiglinde was again, short operating time, and like BOLD a good sonar operator could distinguish the difference between decoy and the real submarine (they called the Decoys SBT's, Submarine Bubble Target). Seigmund was an even shorter operating time than BOLD or Seiglinde... While the U-Boats could use these, they were most widely used at about the same time as more advanced Allied Sonar and Radar come into play. Destroyer escorts began to be fit with projectors more than off the reail type depth charges, as well as systems such as Hedgehog. There were more escorts available so more escorts per convoy. The destroyer in the demo appears to be a 1943 - 1944 equipped Destroyer Escort. In that time frame Convoys were shadowed by one or more Hunter Killer Groups built around an Escort Carrier, and Escort Carriers were sailing with the convoys.... Which means the convoys will have had permanent Air cover, often from Swordfish. While 'Obsolete' the Swordfish actually made a superb sub killer. Prior to 1943 the meatgrinder was against the Allied Convoys, 1943 onwards the meatgrinder was against the U-Boat crews.... So yeah, by the time the demo is based, there were precious few experienced Submarine Commanders left, and the U-Boats were taking crippling losses....

[@GuangkaZ]

Who here still remembers Destroyer Command?

[@cragnamorra]

Yup, really enjoyed it. I liked the engine-room piece, having to manage boiler status and cross-connect steam alignments for various configurations. Wasn't very complex, but many such otherwise-detailed games tend to "hand wave" the propulsion side of things just a hair (like this one, apparently, at least in this initial demo version).

[@antilarge7860]

I love this. The number of amazing sub series you have done, and finally we get to see an anti sub game. Could probably do a series of this as the crew sent out to hunt one of the boat series you did.

[@Milk192]

This is so dynamic, I watched nervously. Your understanding in defensive U-boat maneuver really helped hunting it.

[@Wolfpack345]

Yeah it is awesome!

[@Hilts931]

*meanwhile, on the Uboat* Wolfgang: ‘’Los!’’

[@SergeiMosin]

I seriously can't wait for this to come out... I'm so excited they came out with a game dedicated to sub hunting.

[@Rvoid]

Love it, I knew they would be making something amazing when I heard Microprose had revived.

[@Condor-kh2sh]

This sim seams to be a tight war of nerves. As long you are able to scope with it, I'm in!

[@johngrey5806]

It looks awesome, I'd love to play this game too. Most are from the Uboat perspective, I think this is the first I've seen from the destroyer perspective.

[@Wolfpack345]

There was Destroyer Command but that is about it really. For the ww2 side of things anyways.

[@johngrey5806]

Access granted, I can play! Downloading content. :) :) :)

[@johngrey5806]

@@Wolfpack345 just wanted to tell you, your videos and your narration are really awesome. You make it into an experience like watching a movie. I was at the edge of my seat at parts of this gameplay, and in other videos too. Keep it up, and thank you for your work.

[@westsenkovec]

Quite exciting to play as the bad guys.

[@CatsAreAmazing8187]

?

[@spazmonkey2131]

Haha I know right!?

[@Страус-к3ш]

The bad guys?

[@sapiensiski]

Eh?

[@commanderrockwell1123]

@@Страус-к3ш The bad guys.

[@AntonyStrus]

I've waited for this type of game for ages. It'll be interesting to be on the other end for once!! Looks great so far, awesome sound design!

[@shenandoahreynolds6921]

I've been waiting for a game like this. Can't wait to see the final product

[@vrcngtrx3856]

Ever since I started playing silent hunter way back in the day, I’ve wanted to see a game where you could play as a destroyer with the internal perspective. It’s finally arrived.

[@Perkelenaattori]

This looks very interesting and hectic. You sounded like you were breaking a sweat during this.

[@MichaelLlaneza]

Tip: The sonar is looking forward and down about 30 degrees. If you drop on a sub at shallow depth the instant you lose contact - which you do - you'll usually miss by a couple of ship's lengths. I have no idea how that last pattern scored. You should also spend more time at flank speed on attack runs and follow a more generous pursuit course, i.e. lead the target more.

[@rastaoneeye]

Love games like this and this looks really really good and fun. Thank you for the upload Sah. Definitely getting this and definitely going to watch if you continue to play this as well. Have a great weekend. 🍻

[@gijoe775th6]

I can't wait to see you do a campaign in this game, love your videos so this should be epic. It would be cool to multi crew, it's a lot of work for one person. I have seen a few videos of this game and yours is my favorite.

[@juanpecan7089]

Escort scenarios in the Mediterranean? Resupply Malta!

[@spaceghost704]

I see you're doing just as well with the Tom Hanks simulator as you do with the Jürgen Prochnow simulator.

[@PenguinConspiracyProject]

This looks great, can't wait for a full playthrough when it releases

[@stokerboiler]

Wolfpack channels his inner Tom Hanks. After the popularity of "Greyhound" I wondered how long this would take.

[@jbeckley6849]

Wait another 3 to 5seconds after lost contact to drop. Your sonar emitter is near the bow of your ship.

[@blabswell3308]

hes using hedgehogs instead of rolling off the aft

[@IronPhysik]

@@blabswell3308 no he is using the rails and K guns that shoot to the side, but they are also on the rear of the ship Fletchers had no hedgehogs or T37 mousetrap forward fired DC launchers

[@peters_stuff]

Playing demo now - it only allows for few things to do at the moment but it is so immersive I can not wait to see the full game!!

[@White_ghost040]

Its like i am watching a movie named Greyhound with Tom Hanks as a captain of USS Keeling a Fletcher class destroyer. PS its one of my favorite movies.

[@coryhall7074]

Have you read The Good Shepard?

[@White_ghost040]

@@coryhall7074 not yet. But i will

[@mobucks555]

holy crap this looks really good! These people must be very passionate about their project.

[@battleship6177]

You can hear the panic. Just as good as the movie "Greyhound" Edit: ngl I was yelling at you many times to do this and that lmao.

[@EricPalmerBlog]

Odd for the destroyer C.O. that he has a cousin assigned to BDU. 😅

[@richardwoodcock4052]

Man, this game looked great, I was kinda feeling the tension watching this, great content!

[@depow5217]

Awesome! Can't wait for the full release.

[@SynopticCam]

Exciting video mate from this different perspective on the waters! Very happy to see your continued success on the channel!

[@jezuznevweraz8800]

This is very intense. Like blood pumping, U-boat huntin’, sick ass movie on seat edge type stuff. I’ll probably enjoy this to much.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

I’m so glad someone’s making this game. The last time we’ve had a game set from the DDs perspective was from what, 2002? And I don’t think it was even good for those days. Now, I do kind wish we could walk around the destroyer like in SH5 (not the full interior, of course), but I’ll take it

[@solidzaku2]

You need to commemorate your next Wolfpack playthrough to the crew of that slippery U-BOAT.

[@5peciesunkn0wn]

This game seems cool! :D I really hope there ends up being different destroyers in different regions of the globe. Or hell, even playing like destroyer escorts or flower class corvettes would be fun. Maybe getting hedgehog anti-sub rockets and stuff and all that. Yeaaah.

[@atmosdwagon4656]

This looks damned promising. Interesting to be on the other side of the submersible warfare for a change.

[@worldc6685]

You seem to be dropping charges too early, as soon as the contact enters minimum sonar range. Give it a few more seconds for the center of the salvo pattern to align with your target.

[@alonsoquijano9555]

Stress simulator ;) Very interesting concept nonetheless. Multiplayer would be amazing, including a coop mod. Imagine playing with experienced people in different stations on both sides, using effective communication between different stations and vessels, and having to track the submarine/s before your whole fleet is sunk.

[@Medic427]

I’ve never clicked on a video so fast. I’ve been waiting on this game for so long!!

[@slugman7070]

I remember an old game called Destroyer that was very similar to U-boat . I am stoked for this game

[@Lfcsweden-n5m]

So now we just need a multiplayer having both sides. You can play either sub or destroyer :) also, I have learned so much from your videos. Never understood what all the gadgets was for and how they were used. Now I know how to operate a submarine and also a destroyer. All from this channel ;)

[@jollygood9183]

This game is looking mighty sexy. Played the demo but I've no idea what I'm doing.

[@MJHemmer]

I believe actual submariners and ASW assets get to reverse roles as well. Training to think as your prey does. Fun to watch and learn.

[@lehonkerque7398]

I have no words to describe this guy IQ when hes calculating the position and stuff

[@jdemunter5235]

Oh shit now I have to watch this too. Only just subbed really enjoying the content.

[@moistmike4150]

As I'm not really into naval warfare gaming, I wasn't going to watch this vid, but then I said, what the heck and MAN - You could cut the tension with a knife! Can't imagine how stressful actual WW2 sub hunting must've been for those involved.

[@Iymarra]

Hearing the genuine excitement at the end was great. Nice to be the depth charger and not the poor bastard listening to splashes.

[@tanvaras9961]

Another good looking sea battle game, Got all the Sub games, now looks like I got a Destroyer game to add to my collection :)

[@DGrin79]

I like wolfpack being out of his element, he can shoot you from below, but seeing things from the opposite side of things has been something I've been waiting for a while. Love this content!

[@Drzedan272]

it flies, it swims (on and under water), is it Superman? No, it's Wolpack345

[@aghostofrazgriz5137]

My Uncle Jake Served on the Fletcher itself, DD-445. Love the Tin Cans.

[@gamingtonight1526]

Microprose is back, baby! It's a modern version of Epyx's Destroyer for Commodore 64. A game everybody should play on an emulator, along with Silent Service and Task Force 1942!

[@JuliusZyk]

I hope they add sandbox type world map like in Silent Hunter series.

[@advancingaustralia2913]

Now we need a game with both aspects in one online game. Sub and destroyer fighting over a convoy.

[@vodac1206]

This is intense.. Usually able to keep up with your sub gameplay...but had absolutely no idea what you were doing most the time here but you looked real good doing it.

[@grangthedestroyer2343]

Can’t wait to see a series of this from you, it’s like if greyhound was a game. Can’t wait to see the cinematic twist you put on it

[@mannys9130]

The depth charge launch noise sounds like the chorus sound effect from Kill Your Masters by Run The Jewels. 😸😸😸

[@kblackav8or]

This will give old Navy OS's and ST's flashbacks if they were ever on a ship built in the 60s or before.

[@dzejrid]

Damn that was intense. I never thought a game where you look at charts and graphs could be this intense. Amazing.

[@MiracleManMatt]

That looks really fun! If you could have voice recognition in order to issue verbal commands that would be a really neat addition and add to the immersive nature of that!

[@ob1983]

Really appreciate the vid, been looking forward to seeing this game for an age. Looks good and also a challenge. Cheers 👍

[@EdwardRLyons]

The game looks great. Gameplay seems pretty good too, without too many "gamey" gimmicks. This just *might* be a worthy successor to Destroyer Command, as long as it doesn't stray down the WoW route.

[@ericjustice5742]

This game does look amazing and I may just have to hand over a few dollars for it. I do agree, with you Wolfy, the CIC Watch Officer, who's at the DRT table, and the TAO are always shouting out recommended course corrections.

[@trentenswett6306]

Now imagine a multiplayer game however a player(s) would be the Destroyer(s) and a player(s) are in the U-Boat trying to complete a mission such as destroying a convoy, a carrier, battleship etc, and the Destroyer Player(s) would have to intercept and stop the U-Boat before it completes said mission. Basically something like Wolfpack however with player controlled Destroyers along side U-Boats.

[@5thVAStar]

I was just saying to a buddy of mine how I wish there was a game that lets you play as a destroyer! I look forward to the release!

[@speed150mph]

I’ve seen waiting for a game like this since enigma rising tide. I just wish it was more than ASW. Imagine being a US DD captain in the pacific. Antisubmarine warfare, anti air combat as part of a carrier screen, surface combat against Japanese destroyers and cruisers at Guadalcanal, shore bombardment on islands. It would be cool if you could do it real time open world style like silent hunter did it.

[@MrOllievirus]

Looks interesting may have to pick this up. My eyebrow does twitch slightly at the fact that your not in charge of a RN or RCN Flower class frigate or Hunt class destroyer (the guys who did the vast majority of the fighting in the Atlantic from the begining to the end of the war) But I understand how budgets and target audiences could regretably shape that decision.

[@stephenwilson5043]

@ Oliver Hayward. I think the plan is for additional ‘chapters” if the initial game is a success, moving to the Pacific for the next installment so the Flatch as a base makes sense in that context. Its only a tiny team making the game and they are trying to make the best use of their resources.

[@GeorgHaeder]

@@stephenwilson5043 That would make sense, as most of the Fletchers (if not all of them) went into the Pacific and the older DD classes (Sims, Benson, Gleaves etc.) stayed at the Atlantic.

[@aranksentimentalist]

This reminds me of spending 2 hours to get a game successfully launched in Silent Hunter II vs Destroyer Command!

[@chrislathwell3653]

Wow really enjoyed this great job as always Wolfpack 👏🏻 looking forward to the release

[@barracuda6900]

Looks good - but I would like it if you could play as the other escort vessels involved in the Battle of the Atlantic, besides the Fletcher. And as the various navies that were involved as well as the USN (Royal Navy, Free French Navy, Canadian Navy, Brazilian Navy, etc.).

[@dominicc3521]

Really cool to see how the sonar actually works.

[@arakdar6131]

Just dropping this here the game Wolfpack is working on making a playable Flower escort for PvP for anyone who knows that game!

[@ambientlightofdarknesss4245]

I'm surpised how much math and equipment and planning is needed for a depth charge attack.

[@JamieFHarbert]

I think this game is tons of math and stuff most kids will find boring. But it's a very educational about wwII naval plotting and mapping maneuver actions