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Bum 06-23-06 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ridgewayranger
As a fan of many years of SH1 and later SH2 I eagerly looked forward to the latest version. Installed XP, ATI Pro 9800 card, more memory and then paid my $50 for the download. Apparently the number of times I can do this is severely limited and I don't even have a disk I can resell.
The game I find to be boring and unstable. Wonderful graphics, even voice control, but I don't want to spend hours looking at trees and buildings as I drive my boat to get to a patrol area where nothing is likely to happen anyway. Start the missions in the patrol areas
I know it is realistic, I was a diesel boat submariner for years, but I can be bored in life without paying for it. What I would like from my game is some interest, even excitement. If you want hard cold realism join the Navy and let me have my vicarious pleasure. I still play SH1 thanks to the instructions on how to run it on XP. :arrgh!:
:roll:
Try this, not too boring for you
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/warship_gu...hipgunner2.php

kiwi_2005 06-24-06 12:28 AM
Brewster Pilot wrote.
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I strongly have to disagree.

With modern fighters you just zoom away with unbelievable speeds, releasing missiles and such from up to 50km! There's nothing like a real WWII dogfight, with about 20 planes and very high action. You have to get to <0.30km to actually make any damage!:arrgh!:
WW2 flight sims just doesn't do it for me I use to be a big fan of IL2 and Microsoft Combat flight sims. Only WW2 one i will still play and just recently re-installed is B-17.Flying the bomber in formation is a site to see, man the guns or take control of the bombing all options are there. Drop ya bombs then turn back and hope your mates can make it back with you. And make sure you dont crash when landing!:damn:

Falcon 4 (which i can't get to run on XP anymore) and Lock on (LOMAC) are my type of flying games, speed 700 or higher while in external view listen to the sound boom, *awesome* attacking a carrier or man the US A-10 Tank Killer and drop destruction on the enemy, fly the fast German Mig-29A or cruise and own the skies with the RUS Su-33:p

Safe-Keeper 06-24-06 09:46 AM
My biggest gripe is the lack of variety. It's just go here, go there, go here again. Sink things on the way. Encounter warships and planes. It gets incredibly monotone.

With mods you at least have more convoys and task forces as well as radio traffic, but it's still rather dull. Varied objectives that sometimes changed during the mission and were connected to radio traffic would do a lot for the career mode. And historical events such as Pearl Harbou getting bombed, the Battle of Midway, the Invasion of the Phillipines, the Guadalcanal landing, USS Indianapolis sunk, facing the Yamato, and so on.

MENTAT 06-26-06 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Brewster Pilot
Well, two weeks after it came out then. Happy?:shifty:

I'm just more of an "action" man.
hmm, its not quite a kind answer tough. Whats with the agressive tone anyway?!:down:

MENTAT 06-26-06 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by kiwi_2005
WW2 flight sims just doesn't do it for me I use to be a big fan of IL2 and Microsoft Combat flight sims. Only WW2 one i will still play and just recently re-installed is B-17.Flying the bomber in formation is a site to see, man the guns or take control of the bombing all options are there. Drop ya bombs then turn back and hope your mates can make it back with you. And make sure you dont crash when landing!:damn:
Ah My B17 days.. I was in mid school back then.. I spent hours, days, weeks and months with that game. That was just my kind of game. Just one more bomb print in the nose of my B17.. I almost learned all the France geography with that game :D

theluckyone17 06-26-06 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Kurushio
....by the way, doesn't anyone else think IL2 is boring?
Try outmaneuvering a Bf109 on your six in one of those beloved (to me, at least) Sturm's, and it might get a bit more interesting. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent trying to get a fighter to overshoot me so I can take him out. I swear it's a precursor to the A-10's tactics :cool:. And boy, does it ever feel good when it works out.

Kinda like sailing for RL days (seems like it, anyhow) in SH3 NYGM2, then successfully sneaking into a good sized convoy and wreaking havoc. Good stuff.:rock:

Highbury 06-26-06 05:05 PM
Totally pointless discussion. Anything is boring if it does not hold your interest.

What is your favorite sport?

Hockey? Bunch of guys trying to skate past each other and try to put a puck in the net... yay!

Soccer? Bunch of guys trying to run past each other and try to put a ball in the net... yay!

Basketball? Bunch of guys trying to run past each other and try to put a ball in the hoop... yay!

Like modern flight sims?

Fly from A to B to C then home, shoot down (without seeing) any planes your radar tells you are there... yay!


As you can see anything you don't like can be trivlized.

Disclaimer: I love soccer, LOVE hockey, despise basketball and don't get modern flight sims at all.

Rosencrantz 06-27-06 02:56 AM
Am I bored? Have to say no, I'm not bored to play SHIII.
People are different. Someone is bored because of transits, even if one is using TC2048. I never, ever use more than TC256 and I use to play just 2 - 3 gamedays per evening. Sometimes even less if there is some action without TC. Three months patrol with IX takes me sometimes 5 - 6 weeks in real life. But I'm not complaining.

-RC-

The_Pharoah 06-27-06 05:42 AM
ahh yes this is a good thread for me to add to. I've just come back from months off - I mean, I even uninstalled SHIII about 6 months ago coz I couldn't be bothered playing it...:o yes I know..but with BF2, IL2, FS2004, and more importantly wife+2 kids (1 born in April), there really isn't time for much.

HOWEVER, I realised that I'm ageing (I'm turning 30 next week :oops:) and I can't do the BF2 bunny-hopping, bragging, etc etc crap or even play against guys who do - and have gotten back into SHIII. Man, what a rush!! There's nothing quite being a sub captain...making all the decisions. SHIII provides me with an experience that I don't get in any other game atm. And thats why I'm back. Its hard to explain but I'm sure a lot of you will understand.


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