I play SH3-4-5 alternatively all of which I admit have their own peculiarities.
SH3 when you add GWX 3.0 Gold + SH3 Commander which comes with its own optional mods and its required additional cfg file becomes a totally different animal.
Many different options become available and I can see why SH3 has become such a cult following even after 10 years.
I read both the GWX Manual and the SH3 Commander Manual before I even bought the game and I then knew that I was in for something special and I have not been disappointed.
With a decent gpu SH3 graphics are very good and do not disappoint.
The problem can arise when you play a Silent Hunter game version for a long time and move to a new version you may expect it to be based on the previous version but tweaked with improvements.
This has never been the case with each Silent Hunter version being radically different.
They say familiarity breeds contempt.
So is it just too damn SH3?
You could arguably say yes and also add SH4 and SH5 if you are going to play all versions as stock.
It is the additions and mods that take these games to another playable level.
Modders have spent countless hours to give some of less capables games to be proud of.
So was SH2 for its time just another arcade type game?
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