12 March release date for New Zealand?

[KiwiVenge]

Whats up with that?
Still trying to decide if I should buy it or not. Getting caught up in the hype and excitement of all you guys playing it and was almost tipping the scales.
Go to game sites to buy it and the ones I looked at in NZ now have a March 12th release date. Used to state it was going to be released tomorrow.
Takes the wind out of my sails for buying it yet again.


Edit: Oops, was thinking I was in teh UBI forums tab when I posted this lol. Will leave it here anyway :)

[jwilliams]

lol, I didnt believe you at first,

As I only looked yesterday and it said 5 March,

So I just looked now and sure enough 12 March.

It doesnt realy matter to me now, as im not happy with its unfinished state, so im going to wait to see what this game can be turned into.

[oscar19681]

I would hate to live in new zealand now!

[KiwiVenge]

Even this morning it stated tomorrow as release day, only saw the change when i checked about 20 minutes ago.
However, Steam now has it available for those that do not want to wait that long. I am back to wondering if I should or not.

[oniellnz]

Yeah, I'm not amused. First the collectors edition gets pulled, and now this, less than 24 hours for the original release date.

Yet another case of NZ being at the as5 end of the world.

[NZsnowman]

I got a email on Monday saying the release date was put back to the 12th :down:

Oniellnz, are you after the collectors edition? I have order it from Gamesman.

[oniellnz]

I got a email on Monday saying the release date was put back to the 12th :down:

Oniellnz, are you after the collectors edition? I have order it from Gamesman.


Thanks for the info. I was, but can't be bothered now. I ordered through mighty ape, and they had the collectors edition listed for about two days. I pre-ordered then, and was told afterwards that the supplyer wasn't going to be getting the collectors edition.

I would change my order, but knowing my luck, it too will turn out to be hot air.

[Parkera]

Thanks for the info. I was, but can't be bothered now. I ordered through mighty ape, and they had the collectors edition listed for about two days. I pre-ordered then, and was told afterwards that the supplyer wasn't going to be getting the collectors edition.

I would change my order, but knowing my luck, it too will turn out to be hot air.

I pre ordered via Mighty Ape also, but got an e-mail this afternoon telling me about the change of date, I cancelled my order! They told me its cause the supplier had hold up issues in Aussie and we get it after them....:damn:
Secided to d/l with steam

[NZsnowman]

Thanks for the info. I was, but can't be bothered now. I ordered through mighty ape, and they had the collectors edition listed for about two days. I pre-ordered then, and was told afterwards that the supplyer wasn't going to be getting the collectors edition.


Yes, I also noted this on mighty ape web site :hmmm: It made me wonder about Gamesman and the collectors edition, as you would think there would be only one suppler for NZ.

[KiwiVenge]

EB Games in NZ is still offering the collectors edition for a March 12 release. At least they were as of this morning. A crazy (imo anyway) price of $120 though ...

[oniellnz]

Well I've had enough with silent hunter 5. Just canceled my order with mighty ape.

Too many changes to my order - collectors edition canceled on me (supplier unable to bring edition to NZ)

And then release date changed on the 4th from the 5th (24 hours) to the 12th. You would have thought the supplier would know this before the day of release.

Plus all the bad hype and negative posts. This is looking like a very shabby release.

This will probably be the last Sub sim released on any platform. You can count on ubisoft not supporting this product beyond a month or too. The major bugs will never get fixed.

And then there is the DRM. I don't mind on-line activation, or even a start up check with the base server. But to be on-line all the time is nuts for a single player game.

it is a sad note on the state of PC gaming, especially simulation gaming.

[Parkera]

I decided to d/l via steam for about $68 NZ, and once I d/l a mod to make the SH3/4 leys work on this, I am starting to get into it tbh. Worth the $$ so far and can only get better than SH3/4 ever got with more mods and patchs.
I agree its crap that with less than 24 hrs notice we get told from Mighty Ape that date is now 12th, get another supplier I say.
:)

[NZsnowman]

My SH5 CE was processed at the CourierPost Auckland last night! It on it way :yeah:

[weeksatsea]

Mighty Ape has always been reliable and quick for me (in NZ) - but it seems they just got shafted by their supplier.

Having said that, I'm perfectly happy with my downloaded games recently, and getting a disc delivered is starting to seem a bit archaic.

[NZsnowman]

My SH5 CE was processed at the CourierPost Auckland last night! It on it way :yeah:

Got my copy this morning :DL:DL:DL:DL That not bad!! Auckland to Castle Hill in a 1½ days

[KiwiVenge]

Got my copy this morning :DL:DL:DL:DL That not bad!! Auckland to Castle Hill in a 1½ days

Keep us updated with your ability (or lack thereof) to stay connected to the authentication servers from NZ ISP please :)
I am interested to see how it goes for you.

[Parkera]

So far I have had the game since March 5 (d/l via steam) and had NO internet issues at all, either here (vodafone) or with the servers at UBI :yeah:
Will be interesting to see how everyone else here from NZ goes!

[KiwiVenge]

Ya, would be great to hear from all the SH5 playing Kiwis how the server outages have affected them. I have been holding off buying the game because I know I would go 'off the deep end' if on top of all the usual bugs of the SH series I couldn't play because of server faults.