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Originally Posted by Ducimus
Honestly, and this is just my opinion, going (or going back to) SH3 is either a labor of uboat love, or a walk down nostalgia lane as a weekend tourist. For all it's touted immersion, i personally find it really hard to go back to.
Maybe its because i've already played it for a couple years (in fact i've played SH3 far more then i have ever played SH4), or maybe it's because while i love WW2 submarines in general, I'm not a devoted lover of uboats. Though, don't get me wrong here, i'm about as read up on Uboats as I am on fleet boats, I'm just not a fanboy.
But whatever it is, something REALLY hinders my enjoyment of SH3. I think its a combination of dated graphics, and really long loading times. With GWX, expect a 5 minute wait every time you load a game. Although, I've always had this issue with SH3 in general. I would sit there and stopwatch how long it took to load a game. Drove me nuts.
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I agree. What keeps me playing SH3 is all the mods, and Commander (of course I'm biased because of the ship names
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SH4 with the same mods as SH3 would be a far better experience, and not just because of the graphics. We know that part of SH3's loading problem is the ship files, and the more you add the longer it takes to load. SH4 changes that completely, so if I had a way to name the ships they wouldn't only be named, they would have the proper names for each country, and all the countries could have all the ships and still load faster.
SH4 could be the best of them all if the modders would just look at it. Of course I don't mean you, Ducimus; you have looked at it long and hard and done your part to make it a great experience. I just feel like it's the poor relative who never gets a chance to shine.