Schlechter, I completely agree with you. I however have already bought the game so, unlike you, I've seen the bugs in action so I still hold hope that without the bugs and with a bit of further modding, SH5 will indeed become on par or even better than its grand daddy SH3.
However, SH5 is just as arcadey as SH3 and SH4 (being from the same developers). I must've wanted a SIM, because right now, one month after uninstalling the game, I've yet to play a full patrol in SH3 or SH4. I fire them up from time to time to look at the waves. I'll probably play SH5 for a few more days after the patch and then a few more days in December (since tanker ships don't yet have ADSL connections so that the crew can play Ubisoft games during leisure time). Maybe I'll do a full campaign with GWX5 or RUB 1-2 years from now.
Maybe it's time Ubi thought about hiring a few naval experts and allocate enough time and money for a proper open code naval sim. Sub sims are the best of the lot and wll worth the investment in the long run because of the lack of good sims on PC.
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