SH IV...any reason to buy?
 

Just upgraded to 2 gigs of memory so SH IV will now run on my system, But I have to ask Really what does SH IV offer over III? Other than a scenery change and a uniform change is there really anything that sets it apart from III?

Improved graphics? And automated watch changes. :lol: I've only played a little bit, as I found out too late my computer is not up to the task of running SHIV.

SHIV
 

:D Nothing compared to SH3+3GWX 3.0 . Gold+JSGME+SH3Cmdr3.1:D

The SHIV it's a bad , bad game:nope:

Where is the romance , atmosphere , the thrill , the exitment ,the fun ,
the disapointment , the GWX3.0 Gold , SH3Cmdr3.1 , in SHIV:o :hmm:

No , no ! I say ! Stick to good old SH3:up: :rock:

the only reason i could find to purchase SH4 is to purchase SH4 with the u-boat missions add on and wait for the release of GWX4

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SH4 seems to be a bit cheap, since the Pacific gets easier for the Americans as the war goes along. Us Kaleuns have to endure air raids every time we surface in '44 while the Amis can go sightseeing with their 27 carriers and 16 battleships.

Oh, and congratulations on your promotion Goldenrivet.

Cool.

Just happened to notice the promotion... thanks supermarket!

Got to get used to another avatar now hehehe

Haven't played much SHIV, but I liked the change in theatre and ships. Crew management is great, and there are some good missions.

But I remain true to SHIII. To me, when I think WWII submarines I think uboats. Plus the game gets more challenging with time.

Eh, good point. Still, fleet boats fascinate me (And submarines in general, obviously, but fleet boats especially), and if I ever upgrade my computer, I'll definitely be checking out the Pacific theather. ;) I have to say, I was real disappointed when it turned out that SHIV was too much for my computer.

Well my understanding is that SH IV is bult on the III hence the quick build and release time of 1 year from conception to release. Granted it has more eye candy But hell I ran GWX 2.1 and now 3 on 756 megs! :yep: :damn: ;)

That is until my 2 gig upgrade tonight!!!!!!!:D :D :D :D :up: :rock: :up: :D :D :D

anyways my point is if you can run SHIII decently than you should be able to run SH IV slowly. Graphics card allowing of course.

Oh, I can run SHIV just fine - From the plotting table... Otherwise it's a [very pretty] slideshow. Makes underwater warfare a little difficult.

Ah well, the joys of a non-PCIe compatible motherboard!

Another fun thing is that I got my copy off E-bay, and I'm still not quite sure if it's entirely legitimate... Packaging is in Russian (Nothing strange there I guess, but from now on I'm definitely making sure I find an English version of whatever I'm looking for), but none of the patches I can find will recognize my install. :hmm: Not that it matters much as I can't play SHIV.


Anyways

"Ah well, the joys of a non-PCIe compatible motherboard!"

Yea I have an AGP card but its got 512megs to compensate!

Ask this question in the SH3 forums, and of course you'll get answers such as in this thread :lol:

If your PC is up to it go buy it mate, you won't regret. No need to wait for GWX4 either, because there's plenty of good mods available already.

I all aways play SH3 GWX but i have all so the SH4...if you have a good computer to run it...try this mod call "Trigger Maru" or like my self wait for the GWX4, because it will change a lot of things in the game! :up:

I played the shat out of 3 and still have it on my system, and will load up GWX 3.0.
Having said that I have also played 4 since the very beginning, early warts and all, and must say that it is a great game, especially with all the mods, super-mods available. See this recent thread about one of them:Here

As far as the War in the Pacific, it was a lot more compelling than some folks think, check out this thread, it is a good one :yep: War in the Pacific


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