Would you still be playing SH3 today if it wasn't for the mods?
 

Would you still be playing SH3 today if it wasn't for the mods?

I'll might be asking more questions like this in future. I'm writing a paper on game modification for Uni.

No Way. I had already stopped playing SH3 when I discovered GW. I never looked back after that;) :D :up: :up: :up:

Same as Mel
Sh3 was on the shelf already buried
Was back playing RTW when found here and GW
Since then not stopped

I want uncertainty. I want variation. I didn't like knowing that if "I wait for x minutes" or "If I submerge to x depth" I'd be safe.

Were it not for the modders adding this uncertainty and variation, plus fixing some annoying bugs in the process, SH3 would be sitting right beside my SH2, gathering dust.

As it is, SH3 is now up there with Panzer Elite, another game that thanks to modders (particularly Bob and crew who developed Ostpak) will never be removed from my hard drive. And it's now what, 9 years old???

The funny thing for me is that I've never play SH1 and SH2 before. I knew about them but never tried them. When I got SH3 I was very impressed (especially with the graphics) but within 2-3 months I got very bored for the same reasons Jaesen mentioned. After that I stopped playing the game, and I concentrated on RTW/RTR and FM 2005/2006. At a later date I checked the net looking for patches to make the game a bit more challenging, and I've discovered GW and SubSim. My life will never be the same after that;) :yep: :yep: :up:

The mods have completed the game in many ways and more to come. I shelved SH3 a month after I had it. Found GW 1.1 and been playing since.

I most certainly would not. GW 1.1a brought me back, GWX made me stay.

In addition we have all the fruits that are released from time to time in the candy-forum.

yes, but not as much.

If it weren't for the mods that made stock SHII better I would have quit playing months ago. But seeing every couple of days a new mod that improved game play and eyecandy popped up, that alone kept me going..... and adding mods. I have over 80 mods installed in my stock SHIII alone. And, 5 DVDs totalling over 20 gigs of mods. Not all mods out there but many of them.

Now that GWX is out I've all but stopped playing stock SHIII. It's now in a backup for the time being. One day I'll get back to it just to finish the career I started. For now I've been adding mods that are safe with GWX along with the last update. And if the next update is as good as adding mods, I'll go on playing GWX until I finish a career with it. GWX has added that touch of finesse to SHIII that won't let me stop playing, it's that good. Nothing can be taken for certain in GWX. You can't and don't know what's over the horizon each day in gameplay. Besides, just reading the manual keeps you going to see what's been implemented in the expansion. ;) If the developers of SHIII ever play GWX they'll be amazed how much SHIII's been improved. I'm not trying to take away from RUB or NYGM as I've never run them. But from what I've heard and read, they too would have the SHIII developers saying "yes, that's what we wanted all along. All 3 expansions have put a polished touch to it."

What new expansions are over the horizon God only knows. But these and any new ones will keep sub gamers quite happy for a long long time.

Playing SHIII
 

SHIII without mods is a fun game for a few weeks, but not an obsession. With the mods, starting with Berry and IUB and continuing with the NYGM and GW1 and GWX. And still some more mods come. Jaesen is right: uncertainty, variation, innovation etc. are the most important thing in a game. If the developers of SHIV have any sense, they will make that game even more able to be modeled.

I did about 45 patrols with stock SH3 and have only recently began playing it again with GWX, just about to start my 15th patrol for this spell :up:

Without mods like RUb, NYGM and GWX combined with SH3 commander I would have tossed SH3 into a corner a long, very long time ago. Therefore I toast all modders out there :up:

Cheers!
Mr. Fleck

Same here, really started enjoying the game with RuB. I don't think I would have played the stock game more than 2 or 3 months...
In fact if I look on my hard drive, the only games that are still there years after are the ones which were deeply modded by their community. Falcon 4 (now replaced by F4AF), Operation Flashpoint - with FFUR 2007 and WGL mods + skies, terrains, trees, etc.. - and IL2 with tons of skins and campaigns, plus my double install NYGM - GWX SH3, Grand Prix Legends and GTR.

I'd probably still be playing SH3...

But with GWX I'm living it!

I would still play it but only now and again, I started off adding little mods here a there some 30 odd then I crossed over to GW and some time next month I will start on GWX.