voted no,

screenshots are so attractive yes for sure.

i think i will wait for:
-a no-drm patch,
-and a finished game

From the first comments on the forum , it seems really a mess, unfinished game. If we want things to change , we have to react accordingly, even if it is difficult to resist.
I hope people that bought it are able to enjoy it , and i thank you for giving us objective feedback.

Regards

a lost mussel in the desert.

No- stated elsewhere on this forum that I would NEVER buy it thanks to DRM and stand by that decision.

There can be no 'on the fence option.

You either have the game already or will have it the moment it becomes available to purchase in your area, or you do not have the game and will not purchase it in the next week.

Not much wiggle room there.

Yes I should be getting mine tomorrow, A fully modded SH3 is great and all but its a 5 year old game now...

SHV is the future..... with a bit of TLC - In two years time it could be something really special.

I voted "Yes", because...

1. Even although my opinion of Ubisoft as a company has plummeted to an all time low I do believe Dan is a man of his word and will do whatever possible to improve the game as he did post launch with SH4.

2. The devs have also seen fit to give us a much more powerful modding tool which will allow our modders to get deeper into the game than ever before, to sculpt it into the perfect subsim.

3. If there is to be an SH6 then we must support SH5 look at what has happened because not enough people bought SH4 the US edition of SH5 received no manual and a the program got a protracted development time.

I voted no. Was about to buy it, then saw the DRM requirements. I like games to play while travelling and having to be online makes that impossible.

Having read more of the reviews, I also think the tethering is intentional. The limited number of subs and limted war makes this look like it'll be a DLC game. Want more subs? Pay. Want to extend the war? Pay. So think I'll wait till a DRM-free 'gold' version of the full game gets released. I don't like the idea of renting games by installment. :damn:

I voted no, but it is because I am taking a wait and see approach.
gain.
No, I am not going to whinge over DRM. Only a few times has DRM ever given me hassle.

I simply wait for Ubi to iron out the most annoying bugs, and I think I will board my sub and patrol the Atlantic a

Yes, I know that sims are comples beasts and bl.a. bl.a. Sure, its okay with me. DRM no biggie either, shame it was broken so fast. Ill support SHV - As long as you don't mind me waiting on you getting around to fixing it. Deal? Deal.

It's been awhile since I was last here but I've "surfaced" for SH5. In the past I spent huge amounts of time on the ludicrously long bug list for SH4: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...&postcount=450.

I pre-ordered SH5 a few days ago. I expected bugs but I'm a bit concerned about how many there appear to be. I am absolutely certain that Dan (elanaiba) will do everything he can to get them patched but a lot will hinge on whether his bosses (Ubisoft HQ) will agree to pay for it.

I am, however, somewhat hopeful about the fact at least some of the bugs mentioned so far are fixable by modding. Most of the bugs in SH4 were hardcoded problems. As an example Dan himself mentioned in a recent post that the front end interface in SH5 is easlily moddable back to the SH4 style.

welp

no sir. have been out of the subsim loop for a while but came back to see what was said about SHV. Sounds terrible. Glad I didnt jump the gun and just buy it. :rock:

Voted no.

I already have the 2 previous titles.


Maybe I'll think about it in the future. A few years from now, when it's complete.

No, when I said I wouldn't buy it, I actually meant it. From all the post here, glad I wait..but I always wait. Why spend $50 on a new release that's always bugged, when you can pick it up in a bargain bin 6 months later fixed.

I didn't buy it because of the online DRM and because the compass had to be modded in.:timeout:

If the online DRM was removed, however, I'd buy it just to support the series, unfinished as the game may be.