FiringSquad: How will the combat be different from previous games in the series?

Florin Sanda: In offline the combat in general lines will be the same but of course this time you are fighting onboard US fleet boats, which are quite different than uboats. Bigger boats, bigger guns, more torpedoes, but lower maximum safe depths. So you got to play more aggressive this time.

FiringSquad: How will multiplayer work in Silent Hunter 4?

Florin Sanda: The players will be able to choose from two different multiplayer modes: Cooperative and Adversarial. In Cooperative mode up to 8 players will form a wolf pack and take side against an enemy convoy in the Pacific. They will have to work together as the convoy could be very large and good synchronization could be the key to victory. In Adversarial mode the server takes the lead of the Japanese convoy. He will have to face a wolfpack of up to 3 American submarines. The convoy leader will have to keep his convoy alive for a period of time or to destroy all the American submarines, while the submarines have to destroy the convoy before that period of time expires. The convoy leader has the possibility to give hints and orders to the escorts from the convoy, making harder for the submarines to destroy the convoy.