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Ducimus · 12-31-09, 06:19 PM

RE: What can we really expect from SHV?

More of the same in a pretty new wrapper. I'll wager that most of the core functionality will probably remain unchanged from SH3 and SH4. From how the AI works, to depth charge behavior, to windspeed being capped at 15 kts, to anything that can be called an algorythm, or function that is part of the core mechanics of the sim, will in all likelyhood, remain unchanged. SH5, used SH4 as a base, which used SH3 as a base. There's going to be some inherited code, and if it aint broke, why fix it? So in all seriousness, i hope nobody is expecting a fundamental change in gameplay.

Boil the gameplay down, and what do you really do in SH3 and SH4?

Find ships, track them, attack them, evade.

That's it. No more, no less. Rinse and repeat ad nasuem. For many people here, it will be a very familiar routine, and it's the same routine regardless if your playing ATO or PTO. Find, track, attack, evade. If you expect any more then that, your allowing yourself to fall victim to pregame hype.

The perspective will be different. The GUI will be different, the graphics will be updated, but the core of it, the mechanics of the sim, i'm wagering, will be the same as SH3 and SH4. Toss in about 4 or 5 patch's, and you have a realistic expectation. I also expect that most here will buy it regardless of what commentary they write now. The allure of a game that will have the same core functionalty of SH3/sh4, with a fully rendered interior and spiffy graphics, that make you feel like your in the movie Das Boot will be too much to resist.

12-31-09, 06:19 PM	#4
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	RE: What can we really expect from SHV? More of the same in a pretty new wrapper. I'll wager that most of the core functionality will probably remain unchanged from SH3 and SH4. From how the AI works, to depth charge behavior, to windspeed being capped at 15 kts, to anything that can be called an algorythm, or function that is part of the core mechanics of the sim, will in all likelyhood, remain unchanged. SH5, used SH4 as a base, which used SH3 as a base. There's going to be some inherited code, and if it aint broke, why fix it? So in all seriousness, i hope nobody is expecting a fundamental change in gameplay. Boil the gameplay down, and what do you really do in SH3 and SH4? Find ships, track them, attack them, evade. That's it. No more, no less. Rinse and repeat ad nasuem. For many people here, it will be a very familiar routine, and it's the same routine regardless if your playing ATO or PTO. Find, track, attack, evade. If you expect any more then that, your allowing yourself to fall victim to pregame hype. The perspective will be different. The GUI will be different, the graphics will be updated, but the core of it, the mechanics of the sim, i'm wagering, will be the same as SH3 and SH4. Toss in about 4 or 5 patch's, and you have a realistic expectation. I also expect that most here will buy it regardless of what commentary they write now. The allure of a game that will have the same core functionalty of SH3/sh4, with a fully rendered interior and spiffy graphics, that make you feel like your in the movie Das Boot will be too much to resist.