To Buy Or Not To Buy?
 

Hi everyone,
back after a long gap (5 months).

i'm looking at sh5 but would appreciate your input as to how the game is.
i've had all the ones leading up to 5.

here's my system:

HP Pavilion Elite HPE-480t series
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-930 quad-core [2.8GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache]
• 9GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [5 DIMMs] from 8GB
• 1TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 750GB
• 500GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
• 2GB ATI Radeon HD 5570 [DVI,HDMI, DP, VGA adapter]
• LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
• 16x max. DVD ROM (player)
• Integrated Ethernet port, No wireless LAN
• 15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

thanks

with mods it's great :yep: Without mods you might as well throw it in the trash :shifty:

thanks for the prompt reply.

what mods do you recommend?

thanks

New UIs 4-6-0
IRAI
Old time explosions
Ail mods
Give a try to different environmentals
Steelvikings interior
Sobers no foot steps
Sobers base wave mechanics
Mighty fine crew alt w beards
EQuatool by AvM
Pffff, there are so many and all of them are great....just check them out ;)

Alot of your hard work as well as others. :salute:

For the price it is now, it's worth a punt :yep:

Buy it :yep:

I was a SHIII lad who thought I would never go to SHV as I sold my soul creating 88 mods for SHIII. I asked the same question as you did.

I went out of my comfort zone and bought SHV......I have not looked back since.

Many members are very annoyed as certain aspects of the game, it's my job as a modder to make the game more enjoyable and try to create mods that the SHV community member want.

The most documented downfall of SHV is DRM this is outside the modder control and the thought of having to be online to play SHV is a big negativity that turns a lot of gamers away.

In conclusion it is your call, the pictures in the game will either sell it for you or not.

Like I said I'm a modder and I have not looked back.

Kind Regards

Venatore

Find the cheapest deal you can and buy it.
There are some great things already modded.
And some great things to come soon.
:03:

Go for it....it's not like your gambling a lot of $ on it.

"Prepare for Sea Trails"
 

I did it! :DL
Bought it thru Amazon (to get a hard copy)!!! :D

thanks all for your input :)

Hold it right there. I dont have an internet connection at all at my house, so your saying I wouldnt even be able to play. Thats rediculous.:down:

claybirdd,

That's correct ......... no internet = no play :down:

No need to make a post about it claybirdd, as this is a heavy subject already and there are many posts/threads in the SHV archives that talk about this very subject. It sucks and we are all pissed about it.

How's this for a scenario ....... you have the internet ....... but the servers are down so you can't play :nope: now that's annoying :damn: However; this type of incompetence from gaming franchises will not stop me from modding this game which has so much damn potential.

Sorry tonight was my first time to take a gander at the SHV boards. the only times I can get online is when its slow at work, so I dont get to read the forums as much as I used to. :oops:

Definitely worth buying. Just make sure your system can run it easily because it does suffer from crashes although I think this is because of certain mods. I am yet to find out yet because ive gone back playing silent hunter 3 (Once I get sunk im going back to 5). I think 5 with some decent mods and constant development will actually make it better than number 3. Oh and the graphics are incredible.