The whole career and upgrades system of SH3 and SH4 were what kept me going with the games, but this limitation to ONE type and only till 1943 is quite dissapointing. Now you'll probably just get the pop up screen two years earlier than before...
Okay, so they say the campaign can be modified to last longer, which is fine, but what about all the technological advances of both allied and axis? Do modders really have to do that work? Or shouldn't this be part of what we pay for? And the missing uboat types - is it now the job of modders to port over old units from SH3 or SH4? When this should be done allready by the dev team.
I said it before, and I say it again. I still think it's lame. No matter all the other great advances they may have developped sofar. It LOOKS great, but is that really enough? So when you all have played Jürgen Prochnow for ½ year, will SH5 still be appealing like SH3 or SH4 was it? I was at first most impressed of the graphical improvements, but this DOWNGRADE in gameplay variation really make the decision for me: I can wait this time round..... I doubt I'll be first in line to buy it.
Imagine if lots of other potential users think likewise. If only half the potential customers buy it at first at full price, and maybe 25 % buy it later at reduced price and the rest not at all, will SH5 then be considered a succes? Compared to if they give it 6 months more development (to add II, IX and XXI plus 1943-45) and 75 % buy it first at full price and the last 25 % at the reduced price. I think the Ubisoft management shoots itself in the feet by this decision, but only time will tell...
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