Hello everyone,
New to the forums. I would like to comment on SH4 , the eye candy is nice and crew management, etc.etc. But the most important feature that this game will need is a good multiplayer platform. Without that this game will die off as all others do after 1-2 years, except for the most hardcore fan. If you have a good multiplayer platform a game can survive for up to 5 years.. don't believe me I will give you a example you can check out. I use to play a game called mech warrior 4 this game was new in 2001 had one expansion CD that came out 2 years later "Mercs", after that the devolpers moved on to something else. In the meantime a dedicated group of Mod people enhanced the game and it survives today. Although it is finally starting to die. Checkout Netbattletech.com Go to Hard core link and poke around. This site would be a good template on how a SH4 league could be set up. The main thing that the SH4 dev.team would need to do is to have the ability to incorperate Destoryer command into the game so that games can be ship vs sub. The wolfpack system that SH3 has playing against the AI does not cut it. Playing against another person is the most challenging. If the dev team can give the Mod people a good foundation to work with . The Mod people will do the rest. I have seen and used some of the mods that are offered on this site and there are some talented people out there.
If you want SH4 to last until 2010 or later, Multiplayer is the focus you need not the eye candy. That can come later.
