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Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith
I have to disagree. With mods SH5 wins hands down  . |
Your UI and AI mods are the only reasons I have not shelved SH5 and written it off as a bad investment.
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I have since shelved SH3 as it's just a disappointment to play with it's poor graphics and not having the things SH5 has (real nav, ship's journal, better AI (from IRAI), OHII, dynamic environment, etc.). Plus the modding ability of SH5 far exceeds anything that SH3 can give (allbeit it takes a little more skill to mod SH5 than the other SH series).
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I wouldn't go as far as to say SH3 had bad graphics, just dated. SH5's polygon flicker for all of the gauge labels is a particular annoyance for me. I still play the other Silent Hunter games. I recently got SH2 and for all of its flaws, I like it. I think the big issue is the
ultimate subsim. It has been said that 5 has this potential and I agree. 3 and 4 each has its own place and the mods do much to stretch them out. I think once 5 has its full mega mod, it will really make the decision for most people. I still have sharp criticisms for 5, but that is because of its state upon release
and its lack of support from Ubisoft. I know 2, 3, and 4 also started out rocky, but I wasn't around for that. Quite frankly, I think it really boils down to preference. I can sit down and get consistent kills with any of them with realism set at at least 80% on all of them and that is all that matters to me. I am just now comfortable enough to begin schooling myself on manual targeting so I can boost the realism up to 100%.