I've just logged in after a long time away from SH3 and SH4. Judging from the trailer it looks as though there may be a great deal of interactivity between the player (you) and the crew - text based ????.
It looks wonderful, but perhaps a little "dark" - the shot of you (the captain) moodily considering his/your iron cross speaks volumes. Perhaps we can look forward to a playable "Das Boot."
Of course, it's purely "wait and see." but imho, from what we can see from the trailer, Silent Hunter V will not be a totally direct development of SHIV ( as SH1V was of SH3, to the point that many identical files were used and the developers didn't even bother to rename them). We've yet to find out whether SHV will be based on current engines and structures - and that will ultimately decide on the "modability" of the game.
Personally, I'm looking forward to SHV. I've recently spent some time involved with Fallout 3 and can only say that I'm still somewhat blown away by the lengths to which the game seeks to create a free-form environment ( while still, of course, being essentially linear ) and the graphics are to die for - provided you have a totally high-end set-up.
If the engine space and torpedo rooms are just eye-candy in SHV it will be a great shame, but, as I've said, we can only wait and see.
No matter what, doubtless the Grey Wolves will take Ubisoft's latest offering and, in time, improve it - in which case, we could be looking at the game of the century.
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