I strongly agree, any new subsim should do its best to distance itself from the Silent Hunter series.
After SH 5 I vowed I would not buy (or F2P) another Ubisoft product unless it was met with universal critical acclaim from both the press and the community.
I think it says a lot about the mindset of a company when its executive makes a statement that 95% of their customers steal from them. You seriously believe that? Incredible...... and insulting.
They release bug riddled software with broken or missing features, kick out a token patch or 2 that fixes issues that often have already been solved by modders, leave the hard coded bugs in, and walk away. Not just once, 4 times in the SH franchise alone. Cliffs of Dover worked out really well too didn't it? Glad I passed on that one.
Why would I keep supporting a company that behaves in such a way?
Btw, I feel bad for the guys on the ground who worked so hard on them.
The great thing about sims though is the fans tend to be very passionate about their hobby. I have little doubt that there is a group of people out there with big ideas for the next great subsim! Well there is here already!
I think there is still a market for a
good (both quality & substance) subsim. I think if one were to appear, it would be very successful, and have large and dedicated folllowing.
I'm willing to wait, have many times
Wrt to aircraft, Rise of Flight is very good; I wait for sales to buy aircraft. I hear there's a deal in the works for a "real" sequel to Il2 as well
