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Originally Posted by TDK1044
I think people need to look objectively at the situation at the end of the year.
Silent Hunter 5 was a buggy mess at release...just like Silent Hunter III and Silent Hunter IV. It took those games 4 patches and significant modding before they were truly enjoyable.
Silent Hunter 5 has an even tougher journey ahead of it. It's by no means certain that Ubisoft will patch it beyond 1.2, because sales of the game are apparantly not great and the retailers are heavily reducing the price of the game to try and move them off the shelves.
In my opinion, if 1.2 is the final patch then the game is doomed. If Ubisoft authorizes a third patch and considers removing the DRM, then Silent Hunter 5 could become the best subsim ever.
Time will tell.  |
Agree with 90% of what you say here TDK. In all my biatching and kavetching about SH5...I have never even brought up DRM. I dont like it...but to me its no different than what came with any "games for windows Live" or "Steam" requirement.
With that said.... I honestly DO feel SH5 is in a worse state than either SH3 or 4 was at release. At least with 3 and 4 I played for a few weeks before waiting for the "final" patch (that never came).
I cant stand to play SH5 right now. Between all my 'friendly' ships trying to ram me in the Keil Canal while in full reverse, to the horrible UI (I know...mods are out for this, my point is I am critizing a UNmodded release), to the entirely stupid Ludicrous Speed Ahead, to the "sub on rails" ruining of immersion (a KNOWN issue since SH3)... I just have no desire to play SH5.
Im just going to wait until the "final" patch (that fixes most of the big bugs, and leaves all the no so big bugs like Ubi always does) and the MODS.
You see by all the folks NOT buying SH5 at full price, in the first couple months after release, this will ensure the death of the SH franchise. Ubi isnt looking at how many people bought the game 6 months from now...by then UBI has already made up thier minds that the game didnt sell enough.
Now couple the fact EVERY review I have read was 75% about all the bugs in the game (see the US PC GAMER review on newstands now) with 25% THEN bringing up the draconian DRM scheme.... you have a stinker (or sinker) of a first few months. The whole "Modders will fix this" does NOTHING to save the SH franchise... the only thing it does is give those of us stupid enough to buy the game at release HOPE that we MAY have an engrossing, immersive, Uboat sim someday.