This is an old discussion....we have been trough this many times
Each game has its strengths, both have been revolutionary in their time, and each one has its drawbacks and problems....
If you let aside the graphics engine (This would not be a fair comparison, obviously), what you have left is a matter of personal preferences. I for one would prefer a good wolfpacking system like AOD had, instead of a 3D crew like SH3 has, but this is something personal.
I recognize that with many of the mods that the talented community has worked out, this game gives me now almost as much inmersion as AOD gave me (Except for the damned 3d crew.....I really can't feel like being aboard a real sub when I see those artificial looking cyborgs, same as in Medal of Honor and other shooters), BUT only when I play in late war campaigns with a long range Type IX and play "Lone wolf" as it historically was done.
The lack of wolfpacks is for me a major drawback in SH3, and can only be solved with a good sub AI. Let us hope someone finds out how to crack and open the AI files, and we will possibly be able to talk then about a game that matches and supercedes AODs gameplay.
