Shockwave, sorry to be pushing red buttons here but... I can't help myself
This is not a battleship, it's an American submarine:
Ok the box might actually make you think it's about japanese subs, and the back side doesn't ever say "This game is about the American camgapin in the pacific against the Japanese, NOT about German U-boats"... But still, I don't see how you can blame Ubi for this...
This is taken from the Gamespot Hands-on, 2 months before release.
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What Silent Hunter III did for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, Silent Hunter 4 will do for the US Navy. Instead of becoming a U-boat captain and prowling the Atlantic for convoys to sink, like you did in the previous game, you'll be able to take charge of a variety of American submarines and patrol the Pacific looking for targets. While the submarine campaign in the Pacific is often overlooked, the fact remains that American submarines played a pivotal role in cutting Japan off from its overseas resources.
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The Uboat Missions pack for SH4 was about the German subs that fought in the Pacific. Ok, there was actually one single Type IX that actually did anything in the Pacific, most of the Monsoun Group fought in the Indian ocean. But if they had included the Type VII we'd all be laughing our pants off because the Type VII didn't have the neccesary operating range to reach the Pacific. Of course they didn't make ship traffic in the Atlantic.. here's a question for you, have you ever sunk ships in the Pacific in SH3? Of course not. Hey, they could've just limited the map but they didn't and it's one of the main reasons you can now play the Atlantic War in SH4, thanks to Lurker's OM.
If there's one aspect where Ubi DID a mistake was that SH4 never received a 1.5 patch, which solved problems for the US campaign. The only way to get it was to purchase UBM. I can only imagine the wave of hatred that some Fleet Boat fanatics felt when they had to buy the German side just to be able to use mods for the US side. And then there were the bugs and faulty Notepad, english voices, and tons more... They should've released it as a free patch, not as an expansion.
But still, sorry if this will make you mad, but to me it now seems that after you realized that Fanta wasn't Coke Cola, you also wondered why it wasn't crunchy too
. I hope I'm not being rude here...
