I'd say the problems are mostly related to game play, the previously noted damage control issues are a real pain in the proverbial, the torpedo speed/TDC issues don't help, the swarm of beelining a/c are a pain etc etc.

Put together it blows the ability to get into the game for me.

I genuinely believe that it WILL be a great game, but right now it ISN'T a decent game.

I suspect that the 1.2 patch will fix a fair few of the glaring problems, but the 1.3 and 1.4 patches (traditionally 1.4 is the final patch) will take a very long time to come out, because there will still be a lot of detail to fix and only two chances to fix it.

This game released too early, I'm back on SH 3 and monitoring developments with SH 4.

Of course YMMV.

Its worth every damn penny in my books, just got the game less than 24 hrs ago and ive had very little sleep :) My first career ending in a disaster on the first patrol got sunk by two bombers while crash diving. Second career also ended in a disaster,:roll: just finish dropping off a spy near japan recieved message to head to another hell on high water Jap infested patrol( what was my commander thinking this is my first patrol man i am yet to figure out the manual targeting.:o:D). Heading to my next objective i am hassled continously by aircraft - zeros & bombers then i finally get owned by what i think was mines :shifty: while crash diving all hell breaks loose, depth gauge showing 387feet and sinking, deeper i go into the abyss...

Thats two careers ended on first patrol:88)alot was through my careless use of gameplay -im trying to master the controls, I thought yeah first couple of patrols will be pretty relaxed no problem.

Started up third career and i am carefull as, plus pretty jumpy :rotfl:

Get SHIV its a blast.

Yes.

Dude don't just change your mind cause of one perosn, or get it because of what the others say. Read what is good/bad, the reviews, bug reports (sticky up top) keep in mind some bugs are not really bugs and the same went for SH3 ...oh and look what the modders are already doing. :up: There are genuine bugs, others are stuff the modders will have to fix (I am half convinced the devs set some things like air attacks to cater to the "action" crowd while allowing us realism types to tweak the cfgs.)

Anyway I will pick it up even if I can't play it yet just becasue I have faith in the devs and modders. :arrgh!:

Personally, I'm really looking forward to patch 1.2. And if it fixes some of the major bugs that are troubling my patrols then it'll be like Christmas Day. If you don't play it now you'll miss out on that experience. That's one way to look at it :p

yeah inho SH3 GWX is much better atm. i mean in sh4 you cannot use AA and AF settings which in some cases like mine :stare: i get a lot of really jaggy outlines and it looks real ugly, sh4 interface isnt as simple to use as in sh3 either, but im still playing sh4 its a pretty good game that once the modders get there hands on it wil be uber, i just wish i could improve my gfx

Ive been playing sub games for years, and I asked this same question on Thursday(?)

Since then ive gone from being unsure to shaking uncontrollably waiting for it. i have had a look at some of the screenshots on this forum, and for a game that looks like that Id buy it even if you didnt get to fire torpedoes, just sail around all day, diving and surfacing.

I really dont know what i was thinking not buying it straight away, the prodigal son has returned.

Here are my fav of the screen shots I found. Hoe this convinces you like it did me!!!

Taken from other peoples posts, hope they dont mind!!

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/con20or/shc8.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...ike_a_wolf.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...94e4dbd4_b.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...arclassla8.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...-4-2007_22.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...3-4-2007_1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...-2007_17-1.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60...7-3-2007_0.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/con20or/shkl7.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y60/con20or/uw5.jpg

God help me, where is the postman...

IMO the game is quite playable now.
I found it worth it just for the visual effects.

I guess it would be concerning if there isn't going to be another patch, because there are issues.

And some things badly need to be modded. The deck gun reload is ridiculously fast, for instance. But rest assured, it will be modded (if it hasn't already.)

The only deal breaker I can think of is if you have an older, slower machine and can't upgrade. The graphics demands on your system are pretty intense.

Overall, however, I am very impressed with the game.

how come those screenies are nice and smooth unlike mine which are jaggy as hell

either they have top end systems, or theyve been photoshopping them:cry:

Hope they havent, i hope the game will look like that!

One shot is mine (last one) and I assure you no photoshopping and played on a average system with a geforce 6600 gt.

Mud

great to hear:D

Great shot too:rock:

Lots of mixed replies, thanks to all of you. Reading your replies it seems as if I'll probably going to get SH IV when patch 1.2 is released, I hatè bugs... But those GFX are AMAZING! Does anyone have any word of when 1.2 will be released?:lol:

Anyway, some of you may have heard that I sold my copy of SH III a couple of months ago (bored of it, and low on cash), then repurchased an internet version which didn't work too well at all.
So, today I'm out for a walk when I see a garage sale, and naturally go to investigate if there's something interesting there. And... There it was, a copy of SH III for 2€, albeit it was a bit scratched I bought it and... well, here I am, playing SH III+GW again and loving it. It's a curse, I tell you.:doh::|\\

What graphics card are you using? I recommend downloading the latest drivers and setting anti-aliasing to 4 or 6, which will remove the jags from most games.

-SBJ

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q...2-52-30-96.jpg

This straight out of my game. Sliders at midway or better. I have the visiontek X1300 XGE 512mb card. AMD 3200+ and 1 gig RAM.