Silent Hunter IV takes players behind the periscope of a German Type IX U-boat to take on the Allied Forces in battles in the Pacific Or the player can optionally switch sides and play as a U.S. Sub Commander shortly after December 7th, 1941, "The day that will live in Infamy.".
Development History. The original release of Silent Hunter 4 was based on the wildly successful Silent Hunter 3 and large portions of the older game were just ported over to the new game while swapping sides and updating the graphics. SH4 was very buggy upon release and was patched several times.
SH4 was very buggy upon release and was patched several times. While the base Silent Hunter 4 game cast the player in the role of a U.S Sub captain, the Wolves of the Pacific DLC was both an expansion and a patch which brings the player up to Version 1.5. In this version the default casts the player as the captain of a German Type IX U-boat ...