Probably the only Intro I was not skipping.

The most oddly profound game intro in human history.

In fact, SH4 intro combined with this poem was very sad and nostalgic to me

Almost a decade expired in terms of me commenting. But his was a beautiful poem, and the game designers put it to great use. The older I get, the more poetry touches me.

This intro pretty much inspired me to memorise this poem all those years ago.

It's an inspired choice that practically made my jaw drop the first time I saw it. Silent Hunter 4 is also a good game for fairly hard core submarine sim fans. In other words, it's not an arcade game.

I'm German, I remember playing this as a young teenager and I didn't understand much of the poem back then... Still, I never skipped it. It always put me in a special mood... I don't have the words to describe, yet I'm sure many reading this will know what I mean :)

...what is the feeling I feel when I watch this intro? ....so pure and so true, ....so right in its meaning and so dangerous in its essence, but cannot be described in words. ...just....just...just knowing of the many souls involved in ww2, who've experienced the "being there" during all those years, and to honor them, and to thank them for their sacrifice....sincerely; a very moving poem.

I also only met Milton as a result of SH4. Milton was hundreds of years ahead of his time. Try Neruda or Donne

this song makes me cry :'(

Yes indeed. Someone had a brlliant idea to put a poem inside an intro. Especially it fits so well in this case.Rate 5/5 since It re-atracted me towards poetry.

The only intro I did not skip. It's beautiful.

The best game's intro ever...

Wow dieses Gedicht ist das beste, was ich je gehört habe! Ein hoch auf den sprecher und autor! Beide sind sensationell:)

This intro was so good I watched it every time I started the game

I want to know who has this idea! Seriously, a mid 1600's poem fits so well in a mid 1900's nautical warfare! Even if submarines was around in the late 1800's.

A very fitting poem to this game in more than one respect.

Good music and an unhurried read. Perfect.

Head to this public institution called the "Library" and you can find numerous FREE CDs with well known actors reciting poetry. It is a common theatrical practice to do poetic readings. Many well known actors have done them-and some not so well known-and they are OUTSTANDING. I personally love Edgar Allan Poe(especially Annabel Lee)...and it's fitting for this time of year But you my friend have fallen in love with a poet from the 1600s!!..and there is another one from that era a Shakespeare

best game intro ever. period.

is there anyone here waiting for silent hunter 6 on the horizon as much as i am? ;')

The best intro for a game ever seen

I'm spanish and I only can say..."is wonderfull"

@Vetner I agree,its the best intro ever. It's hard to find ones like that on youtube.

said it before, will say it again, there is just no better intro...been gaming since 89 and sorry but this one is among the best i have seen to date, just win all of it :)

@M1A2Carbine The poem is about the vanity of everything on the earth, of all that we usually worry about and its about how Gods kingdom shall set us free of all of that, how we shall conquer time by surviving our time on the earth. Im not a religious person but i find the poem beautiful. But i dont think it suits the game. The poem isnt about the cruelty of war or anything related to war, its about the vanity of everything in life, money, material possessions, work, etc.

It is the greatest intro to a video game in all time. Not even close.

Through this poem I love playing Silent Hunter 4 more than ever. Such great inner feelings! Such a great simulator!

I wish I could get the reciting without sound effect or music. Very well done intro anyway.

Some intro are good. we forget them in time as some stay in are minds forever..

I ain't got a clue what the author is trying to say since i'm not really good at english. But it just sounds epic! xD

Isn't this the poem that Milton wrote to eulogize a friend who died at sea in a storm?

ce poeme va tellement bien avec la cinematique

My favorite sub sim.

the poem and the game for me.... its like the poem discribe the submarine as that of the poem

ohhhhhhhhhh I LOVE IT!!!

This remind me of Poe's Lenore.

Silent Hunter needs make a new game including all world and 6 playable faction ( Germany USA Italy UK Japan USSR

shits deep yo

the music feels like Hans Zimmer

Can anyone tell me the full form of t'whose? I mean like what does it mean?

This is the intro of Silent Hunter 4 and I love it.

I need this back-stage music which is playing throughout the intro. Does anyone know how it's called?

Also, the original spelling of what you've transcribed as "grossness" is "grosnes"... It might very well be "grossness" but that word (grosnes) is French for home/domicile/community/etc.

its a kiss of welcome

So little is our loss so little ...

-nouvel Azimut 260 ...., -tube 1 pret, -Tube 1 feu... -Fiiiiiiirreeeeee

Yup game was good but not great. Intro, one of the best ever IMHO and I have been gaming for 20 years.

hmm i've never thought of it that way. sorta ruined it for me. not sure what i was thinking but it was in a completely different direction.

i luv this poem wen i hear it i ....think bout th soldiers then an th 1s now an want to b 1 of them in a couple years i just wish th damn neo nazis would 4get bout hitler....THE REAL NAZIS R DEAD!!!!!get over it like really

Kill meeeee...

The greatest insult to the spirit and genius of Milton.-