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Originally Posted by Heschen
I see alot of reviews saying that SH3 is the best game but with outdated Graphic, and SH5 is more arcade and full of bugs, and SH4 is like SH3 just with better graphic and playing as a US boat... all this not making it easy for me to decide.
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In some ways that is true. SH3 has had the most mods made for it, which gives you a lot of choices. SH4 does have some actual improvements, but a couple of things were accidentally made worse. SH5 is certainly the best looking of the group, but has even more new problems.
That said, there are mods that fix the major problems of all of them, even SH5.
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What i like:
1. A campaign...So some kind of progression in the game, on the crew and sub (xp, medals, skills, new wapons, upgrades, new subs and so on)
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With SH3 you get a fluid campaign that lets you upgrade your boat over the course of the war, including getting an entirely new boat from time to time.
SH4 does the same.
SH5 is limited to four different versions of the same boat, the Type VII. If that doesn't bother you then it's certainly a good choice to consider.
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2. Easy to sail sub. I'm not a sub sim nerd who know everything about a sub and how it works :-)
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All three can work for you in that case. There are easy modes and hard modes, and you can choose which elements you want to include in your game.
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3. Easy to use map.. As i remember it, you use ALOT of the time on the map in sub games, so I like it to show enemy contact, with the white tail so I can see what way they are sailing and so on, I dont want it to be me who has to find out what bearing and so on.
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Again, all three will let you do that. You can play on the easiest levels, which do all of the work for you.
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3. attacking, I like some help in targeting and using my topedos, I will never hit, if the game wants me to calculate the speed, range and so on on a enemy for the topedo to hit.
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Same thing. Unless you want more, the easy levels in SH3 and SH4 let you look at the target and see a little triangle that tells you if it's a good or bad shot. All you have to do is pull the trigger.
SH5 may be a little more difficult. I'm not sure, since I only played it for a little bit a long time ago.
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So I think I just want a game that are more arcadish than hardcore sim, or have options to make it a little more easy than most hardcore fans maybe wants.
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No problem there. The games are designed to let you make it as easy or as difficult as you want.
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Originally Posted by Heschen
Yes I could see who the long sailing distances would be bad for a new player :-)
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One of the improvements in SH4 is a much better time compression system. You can travel those long distances a lot more easily.
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Can you guys tell me what it is that is making SH3 so much better than SH4 and 5 and why you think SH5 is the worst game of the 3?
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Those judgments are based on historical realities. SH3 has a lot of options and a lot of great mods that let the player do what he wants with it.
SH4 expands on this somewhat, but because of its closeness in time to SH3 never got the chance for development. Also a lot of players, and more importantly modders, just aren't that interested in the American submarine war.
SH5 gets rid of some of SH3's better elements, such as a full crew with names and jobs, and leaves you with just key personnel to give orders to. To many of us it seems more limited and less "real" in feel. On the other hand it sounds like that is what you're looking for, so SH5 is probably the way to go for you.
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Because when I read about the games, it looks like SH5 have all the elements I like, easy arcadish gameplay, some campaign progress, xp for crew and so on, does SH3 also have this stuff?
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Yes it does, but the way it is applied is different. It's really a matter of what you want from your game experience. A lot of people love SH5.