I am impressed by the positivity that I see here. Everywhere else I read forums it's a bloody flame-fest. Good for you guys!
That being said, and this being the "What do you think" thread, I must say I am stunned by the lack of quality control in this product. For me, the game is was broken right off the bat, because I can't select the first mission at all. So there's a game breaking bug in the first 10 minutes. That's bad.
Second when I'm out patrolling there are surface contacts when I'm submerged, hydrophone contacts when I'm surfaced, failure of the crew to REPORT new contacts, and so on and so forth. So, horribly buggy.
I don't mind the new button scheme etc. but I really feel like there are way way too few things you can actually DO with the buttons in the game. Can't call out depth under keel? Return to course? etc.
I would have liked to see an improvement in the captains ability to interface with the boat. When I open up F1 to see what I can do.. I'm puzzled. Seems like in a hardcore subsim with realism at 100% every button on the keyboard, plus shift, alt, and ctrl should be able to do something.
The visuals are good, I love the ocean and the sub model, but the merchant models are virtually identical in many cases. Can anyone tell the difference between the large steamer and the liberty ship? i don't think there is one. There are like 8 merchants in the target id book thing.
Thankfully, modders will come to the rescue, as this is the single best modder community I have EVER had the pleasure to follow, but they are being charged with finishing the game.. and that is not how it should be done.
I'm not saying I want a refund and I hate UBI and all that, but an honest review at this stage just has to be very very negative.
I fully expect to love this game, once it's received several patches and myriad mods from the community!
Kudos ubisoft for making a subsim, but I'd like to see it polished like so many other ubisoft releases.
