I think this is a shining example of UBI's consistent performance. It seems like they're more concerned with how the screenshots and feature list look and not how the game actually plays. The same could be seen with the startling decline in the Rainbow 6 series after Raven Shield. Subsequent games had very 'pretty' engines but the gameplay and product quality went downhill. UBI even went so far as to list "New features" in sequel games that existed in previous games... not new at all.

On the upside, SH4 is a platform that can be modded. Some time from now, it's likely that the polished, feature rich game we were hoping for will be available through bug patches and community mods. That's a far cry better than what happened with Rainbow 6, which never had a mod SDK released (even though it was promised for Raven Shield).

But I certainly feel after one patrol that this game will be stuck in a drawer until UBI and the modding community can get it ready for primetime. At least I still enjoy SH3 because of the content produced by this excellent community.


As an aside... it's sad that we can't vote with our wallets on games like this since there isn't a competitor we can switch to. If you want a sub sim, you're stuck with what UBI puts out. But without giving UBI a business incentive to do better, we can't really expect that they'll change their practices.

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Come on. This is why companies step all over us PC gamers. We get taken advantage of with every title. If this type of QA existed on consoles the game companies would go out of business. I haven't purchased SH4 yet and I think I'm not going to until I read more threads from those of you who have.

True but they also can't fix Console games. They can PC games. PC games are little more difficult then a Console game. Consoles are all the same. PC are not. All games have bugs. Most people move on to consoles cause of this. So one day you will have your wish and wont be playing PC games any more.

Actually consoles are starting to come down with PC syndrome these days and get pushed out with bugs and then get patched via Xbox live or whatever the other two consoles use, which sucks ass if you don't have broadband or XBL subscription...

EDIT: Same thing Yak said.

Although even without XBL, you can get the game patches on the 360 with a free silver account.

Isn't anything sacrit now. Might as well just own a PC if they are screwing up the Console games now too. :rotfl:

Isnt sh4 like sh3 . You have to go to the 3D captains room at the start of a patrol to add radar etc if tis available ?

Watch as I effortlessly yank this thread back on topic... yank!

Radar, Sonar explained

What about the geting target speed thread too .