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Egan · 01-19-12, 01:56 PM

I've just reinstalled it after a very long break (about three years, I think,) and I'm running it with TMO and RSRD and I think this is my favorite of the series - even including the very first one from all those distant years ago.

I'd agree with Steve here: Aces of the Deep is still, for my money, the best Sub sim there has been, but SH4 is wonderful in a whole bunch of ways.

I think it's better than SH3. Graphics are nicer, the crew management is much improved (although no where as good as I'd like,) and, as a sucker for fleet boats and the PTO, I get a huge kick out of leaving from places like Pearl Harbour or Freemantle to patrol in the DEI or imperial waters.

I enjoyed the stock game enough but, like SH3, eventually various little niggles came to the fore and I lost interest. With TMO/RSRD most of those issues seem to have gone and I don't know if I could ever play the game without the campaign improvements or without Nisgeis's amazing radar and 3D TDC mod which takes the game to a completely new level (if you're willing to put the time into learning how it works - the basics are easy to grasp but to get the most out of it you are going to have to practice, practice and practice some more.)

I've never had a problem with the interface, to be honest. Yes, it can be a little clunky at times but nothing that has really ever stopped me from doing what I wanted to do.

As for the 'eye candy' I'm one of those Simmers who believes that a sim should, hopefully, be more than a simple recreation of various technical systems. I want the game to look as beautiful as it possibly can because the graphics add to the immersiveness of the sim and, when your slowly easing your boat forward towards a Japanese convoy in the dead of a moonlit night, or when you first spot a ship, floating ethereal and distant on the hazy horizon, I want to feel the atmosphere.

01-19-12, 01:56 PM	#9
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	I've just reinstalled it after a very long break (about three years, I think,) and I'm running it with TMO and RSRD and I think this is my favorite of the series - even including the very first one from all those distant years ago. I'd agree with Steve here: Aces of the Deep is still, for my money, the best Sub sim there has been, but SH4 is wonderful in a whole bunch of ways. I think it's better than SH3. Graphics are nicer, the crew management is much improved (although no where as good as I'd like,) and, as a sucker for fleet boats and the PTO, I get a huge kick out of leaving from places like Pearl Harbour or Freemantle to patrol in the DEI or imperial waters. I enjoyed the stock game enough but, like SH3, eventually various little niggles came to the fore and I lost interest. With TMO/RSRD most of those issues seem to have gone and I don't know if I could ever play the game without the campaign improvements or without Nisgeis's amazing radar and 3D TDC mod which takes the game to a completely new level (if you're willing to put the time into learning how it works - the basics are easy to grasp but to get the most out of it you are going to have to practice, practice and practice some more.) I've never had a problem with the interface, to be honest. Yes, it can be a little clunky at times but nothing that has really ever stopped me from doing what I wanted to do. As for the 'eye candy' I'm one of those Simmers who believes that a sim should, hopefully, be more than a simple recreation of various technical systems. I want the game to look as beautiful as it possibly can because the graphics add to the immersiveness of the sim and, when your slowly easing your boat forward towards a Japanese convoy in the dead of a moonlit night, or when you first spot a ship, floating ethereal and distant on the hazy horizon, I want to feel the atmosphere.