Questions before I buy SH5
 

Hi All. I've been playing SH4 for years now and I was exited to here that SH5 was in the works back in what? 2009? I was very disappointed to hear that the game was so glitchy as to be unplayable. Then I heard that the great modding community was basically recoding the entire game to make it what it should have been when the so called "pros" released it. (Think I heard that on Xplay)

I was wondering if the game has truly been "fixed"? I also see there is a gold version. So if it was made playable should I get standard or gold?

Another question is regarding digital versions. I am notorious for misplacing disks and when I finally do find them; they have been under or behind my desk and are found scratched beyond repair. So I have been getting all the games I can as digital downloads but I hear they're are problems with them and modding. I have never experienced this (knock on wood) my SH4 is digital from D2D and never had a problem.

I really want to try SH5 but all the bad reviews and the multiple mods make me unsure if I should risk buying it. It may be only $15 but the gold is $40 and I'm disabled on a fixed income so I have to watch every penny and I can't afford to waste my money on garbage software.

So is it worth the risk and if so what mod is considered THE one to use? I know that in SH4 there were a lot of "what if" mods that added stuff that never existed during WW2 or made super torpedoes/nuclear deck guns/submersible battleships and the like which were all fun but I want a more realistic game. Not realistic to the point of needing a slide rule to launch a torpedo just a true to WW2 environment to play in.

Thanks guys and as always my eternal thanks to all the modders and all the great mods they make and all the hard work and time they put into them.

Ahoy Marauder7,
Well for one; I loved SH4 (still do) played it for quite a while. If you really familiar with this series you know never to take the reviews to heart. Someone's going to fix the game. I would get the disk but take care of it, although, getting a replacement game is getting very cheap.
There are a couple of threads dealing with the question, Yes or No.
I for one also loved SH3 and the idea of roaming the Atlantic in a u-boat.
When you get the game you'll play the tutorial mission, you can't have mods installed for the tutorial. This will give you a good idea what the game was like before the mods.
After the mods, well, I've never seen anything like this, especially if you have even a decent computer.
You can get the game cheap, why even ask, just jump in.
Gute Jagd!
D40

The 'Gold' edition adds some extra ships that you would otherwise have to "unlock" through Uplay. Not worth it at all in my opinion.

I got mine for $5 on Amazon. You may have bad luck with discs but I positively hate downloads.

No such thing. People can give you opinions on what they likd, but as far as I'm concerned the "Must Have Mod" is a myth. There are just too many good ones out there.

:ping:totally worth it, better graphics than sh4 imo. you will have to download quite a few mods though.

Fixed, to a greater extent because of the mods. The last official Ubisoft patch barely scratched the surface with what is wrong with the stock game. The modders did all of the work, in that respect.

The only mod problems people run into from digital downloads are primarily due to Steam. If you buy from anyone other than Steam, it is a non issue and, to the best of my knowledge, the Steam issues are non-existent now. I used Amazon because of the Gamefly buyout of D2D. I have no problems with modding my copy.

The only thing that would make the game not worth it is if you are not comfortable with modding. The game is a waste of space without mods. If you are comfortable with modding, go for it. Buying the game is pretty cheap nowadays, so the money issue should not be a big deal.