Cold-War Era SH5
 

Ok, I've never done this before but I'll give it a try. It's a Poll to see who agrees with me and thinks that SH5 should be Cold-War era Nukes and Diesel/Electric Russian and American subs going head-to-head in the Atlantic?

I urge you to read some of the postings below before voting, thanks.

If the Devs start now, Ubisoft could have it on the shelves by the first quarter of 2009. Just a little joke there.:D

I had played Cold-War Era Subsim:688(i) and Sub Command from EA.

Not so sure that there would be a big enough mass market audience for that, Dangerous Waters pretty much flopped. I think it is very difficult trying to please everyone and get a large enough audience for a good return i.e. satisfy the true subsimmers level of complexity (eg Dangerous Waters) vs something a bit more gamey that "normal people" would play/buy (eg Red Storm Rising).

Personally, I think it's time to hit the surface for Destroyer Command 2.

Old Vs New
 

Well, EA's Battlefield series went from the 1942 arena to modern day warfare very successfully.

Think of all the cool stuff we would be able to do; hunting for enemy subs under the ice-pack, or breaking through said ice to launch a missile strike! Fantastic stuff! Go watch The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide, Ice Station Zebra and K-19: The Widowmaker and then tell me it isn't the best idea since bread came sliced!

And another thing...
 

Anybody's who's played Red Storm Rising on the C64 knows the potential of such a sim. Trust me, it's gonna be awesome!:rock:

Yes i think that if the silent hunter team did a cold war era game i could be very good. You could set it in the 60's and have nuke and diesel boats. The trouble with Sub Command was the very steep learning curve left a lot of people (me included) out in the cold.

You're all forgetting 688 Attack sub, great game and you could play as the Ruskies too. But IF Ubi decide to do an SH5 it'll need to be something that doesn't involve WWII, I've played that many WWII games now I feel like I should attend Veterans Parades.

Cold war = No real event, borring.

WW2 = Real event, lots of action.

Yes. Still lots of expansion for the WWII Theatres :yep:


RDP

No vote, because the what I think is the right answer wasn't on the list :)

If there's a SH5... and IF the devs get the proper committment from UBI to finish what they start... then I'd be all over a sub sim set in WWI.


JD

its not very exciting if you cant sink anything the cold war submarine actions was described as 99% bordom punctuated by 1% terror on occasion i dont think it would make a good game and as a serving member who was serving during the cold war you could say i know what im talking about

SH5 should be WW2 but on both sides of the ocean. Pick a sub (any
nationality) and go for it. Also to make the game complete, be able to
drive any surface ship too. Make MP like it was in the days of SH2/Destroyer Command. In other words, open the flood gate and allow anything goes !!

JIM

Heck yeah.

I'd drink to that.:up: :up: :up:

Well, I'm not saying that the Silent Hunter series shouldn't return to the WWII arena, afterall it'd be a shame to waist all the work that's gone into recreating life aboard a WWII sub. I just think it'd be cool to give the cold-war a try.