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Boris · 12-15-09, 10:37 AM

I voted no.

I actually like the idea of compulsory training in principle. It adds some sense of realism, and as a veteran silent hunter player I would enjoy these training missions.
But because I have played other silent hunter games before, I can imagine that some training missions may get tedious, either because I've done it all before, or because they may just be badly scripted. So I would want the option to at least skip these missions if I wanted to.
It's not like I don't want training. I do want to be able to play the game. So I will be more inclined to do the training missions than not. Even newbies, who won't be confident with the game straight off, will probably want to do the the training missions.

Yet I think it is a little elitist, and perhaps a little arrogant to call for compulsory training missions for every player, before they can enter the campaign. Please, I don't intend for this to be a personal insult against anyone, but you cannot realistically expect Ubi to market a game that alienates the non-hardcore crowd. It is not just to Ubi's advantage if SH5 does well, it will also determine the future of the franchise.

The idea is ok, but it is in no way realistic to implement.

12-15-09, 10:37 AM	#63
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	I voted no. I actually like the idea of compulsory training in principle. It adds some sense of realism, and as a veteran silent hunter player I would enjoy these training missions. But because I have played other silent hunter games before, I can imagine that some training missions may get tedious, either because I've done it all before, or because they may just be badly scripted. So I would want the option to at least skip these missions if I wanted to. It's not like I don't want training. I do want to be able to play the game. So I will be more inclined to do the training missions than not. Even newbies, who won't be confident with the game straight off, will probably want to do the the training missions. Yet I think it is a little elitist, and perhaps a little arrogant to call for compulsory training missions for every player, before they can enter the campaign. Please, I don't intend for this to be a personal insult against anyone, but you cannot realistically expect Ubi to market a game that alienates the non-hardcore crowd. It is not just to Ubi's advantage if SH5 does well, it will also determine the future of the franchise. The idea is ok, but it is in no way realistic to implement.