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In 1994, PC Gamer US named Wolfpack the 34th best computer game ever. The magazine stated in February 1994 that the CD version was compelling because of "intriguing soundtrack", mission editor, and ease of play for newcomers, but in April 1994 said that poor graphics made Silent Service II "much preferable to this depth-charged offering". The magazine concluded, "this reviewer does not consider WolfPack to have any real long-term sustainability", albeit enjoyable as a game. The magazine stated that its claim of being a "precise simulation" with "unprecedented realism" was false, as was the claim that it supported VGA graphics beyond the opening screen. Destroyers gain radar and active sonar for detection of submarines, and hedgehog antisubmarine weapons, to supplement the depth charges, guns and passive sonar of the earlier destroyers.Ĭomputer Gaming World gave the game two stars out of five. In later years new submarine classes are available to the player, with advances such as greater underwater speed. Each mission takes place during a particular year of the war. The game reflects a number of advances in technology that occurred during the course of World War II. The simulation automatically slows to real-time at important times such as when shots are fired.
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The player can choose to run the simulation in real-time, or increase the speed by up to 64 times, allowing the ships to cross large distances in a reasonable time. The user can also create new missions, choosing initial locations, orders, and patrol routes for vessels on both sides. They can order a vessel to patrol a certain path, laid out using the mouse with the map screen, or to anchor at a certain point, or take other actions. The player can simply command one submarine, or one a time, or issue orders and command the operations of the entire group. The game allows the player to choose between different levels of tactical complexity. This feature helped pave the way for many modern day real-time strategy video games. Each vessel can be set to remain on course or at rest, or to act under computer control while the player controls another vessel. At any time the player may take command of any vessel in their group, including of the tankers and freighters which each carry a single gun. Note that there is a non-playable demo mode (that does not require picking a file to load) which runs fine (showing no gliches in the game graphics).Īlso note that there is a sound issue, where a low pitched static hum is heard constantly.The player can choose to command either side, the wolfpack or the convoy, with the computer controlling the enemy vessels. Since this is the only way to start a playable mission, the game cannot be played.
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There is no way to navigate to any other directory within the "Start Mission" directory listing, as even subdirectories (under the mounted drive) will not appear at all. Instead of listing the actual mission names, the user will see a number of entries for ")))) )) DOSB)) ))))", trying to load any of these entries will give a "Error Reading Mission" message. The game runs, but when the user tries to start a mission from the main menu, they will note that none of the missions (files located in the root game directory) are properly visible (this directory has been mounted within DOSBox and these missions are visible if the user starts the game in Windows). 60 are gone, missions can now be loaded, and the sound works fine. The mouse cursors can only be steered with keyborads which makes the game not usable for me. With 0.63 mouse support does not work for me.