<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
is	O
a	O
submarine	O
simulation	O
developed	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
Bucharest	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
it	O
places	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
command	O
of	O
a	O
German	O
U-boat	B-Operating_System
during	O
the	O
Battle	O
of	O
the	O
Atlantic	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
features	O
a	O
dynamic	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
giving	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
specific	O
set	O
of	O
objectives	O
for	O
each	O
mission	O
,	O
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
simply	O
assigns	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
certain	O
patrol	O
grid	O
,	O
and	O
appropriate	O
naval	O
traffic	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
convoys	B-Application
,	O
destroyer	O
escorts	O
,	O
and	O
task	O
forces	O
are	O
automatically	O
generated	O
by	O
the	O
simulation	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
features	O
two	O
methods	O
of	O
play	O
-	O
either	O
a	O
dynamic	O
campaign	O
or	O
select	O
historically-inspired	O
missions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
operation	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
sinking	O
of	O
in	O
Scapa	O
Flow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
campaign	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
player	O
begins	O
their	O
career	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Lieutenant	O
,	O
Jr.	O
"	O
(	O
corresponding	O
to	O
Leutnant	O
zur	O
See	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
initial	O
assignments	O
to	O
a	O
U-boat	B-Operating_System
base	O
between	O
the	O
years	O
1939	O
and	O
1943	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
campaign	O
will	O
assign	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
certain	O
patrol	O
grid	O
with	O
appropriate	O
naval	O
traffic	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
convoys	B-Application
,	O
destroyer	O
escorts	O
,	O
and	O
task	O
forces	O
)	O
automatically	O
generated	O
by	O
the	O
simulation	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
manual	O
targeting	O
feature	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
observe	O
vessels	O
,	O
determine	O
their	O
class	O
and	O
nationality	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
calculate	O
speed	O
,	O
angle	O
on	O
the	O
bow	O
,	O
and	O
gyro	B-Application
angle	O
for	O
torpedo	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
fully	O
3D	O
U-boat	B-Operating_System
control	O
room	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
look	O
around	O
the	O
interior	O
of	O
certain	O
submarine	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
submarine	O
simulations	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
crew	O
is	O
often	O
heard	O
but	O
not	O
seen	O
,	O
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
see	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
crew	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
upon	O
release	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
NPD	O
Group	O
,	O
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
sold	O
26,600	O
copies	O
by	O
June	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Magazine	O
presented	O
Silent	B-Application
Hunter	I-Application
III	I-Application
with	O
their	O
2005	O
"	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
and	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
third-best	O
computer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
