There seems to be a recurring theme through many of the posts regarding SH4. It is not perfect, and I wanted it to be, and therefore the company (Ubi) is trying to cheat me in some fashion. Look how well SH played. etc. Modern computer programs are exceedingly complex. I still have Silent Hunter, and it looks much different from this current version. SH4 is phenomenal compared to it! The water washing off the scope as it breaks the surface. The modeling of the ocean, light reflections, explosions, smoke, crew, etc. Last night I was amazed to see the crew of a freighter fall to the deck as a shell exploded near them. We did not have that in the original game.
Yes, there may be some bugs in the code. Yes, it may not run perfectly on all machines, but therein lies the difference. When I purchased SH, there were very few computers out there, and they were all very similar. The computer industry has exploded with previously unheard of options now existing. Stock machines are rare as people can upgrade or even build their own rigs to suit their needs. The problem is that all of these machines, drivers, components react differently. Drivers need constant updating, conflicts need resolution, etc. It is a very different world. Back in the 80's when I was in college, I chose marine/nuclear engineering over computer science for two reasons. First, I wanted to be a nuclear submariner (and at USNA that was the best route), and secondly, computer science seemed too crazy to me.
The point is that nothing in life is perfect. Things that are created in a sterile environment do not always perform so in the real world. Are there some bugs that could perhaps have been detected prior to release? Probably. Could those bugs have cropped up as an unforseen result of a fix in another area? Absolutely. We, as a community, need to be patient. I have watched this site and forums for years and posted less than 30 times, but this needs to be said. Patience is a virtue. There are games out there that were much worse. Look at all the positive reviews this game is receiving. If you want to see a game with real bugs, then look at the reviews for Pacific Storm when it was released. That game was called unplayable due to stability problems, and in my opinion it was. SH4 can be played at the moment. Yes, perhaps you have to make some adjustments and cannot score 150,000 tons on each patrol, but neither could the submariners who actually did it. Cars, computer batteries, and almost everything else face recalls, updates or upgrades to repair unforseen problems. Let's just all keep that in mind.
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