Well said Mookie! IMHO, it's better to have a buggy (yet still playable and enjoyable) sub sim as opposed to
no sim at all.
I'm hoping that we'll get one more patch that will get rid of the major bugs (radar, IDL, stopwatch among others) and maybe even some of the minor ones such as my sub appearing to fly thru the air when surfaced in heavy seas
But even if we don't, I'm still very glad to have the opportunity to own SH4 and I don't regret a dime of the money I paid for it! Been playing and enjoying it, at least 2 hrs a night since the day it was released, so the cost per hour played is very reasonable.
Let's face it, it's in human nature to complain. It's gonna happen no matter what. If it isn't realistic enough, people will gripe.
However, if UBI had invented Star Trek type Holodeck technology, and released SH4 in that format, and the player perceived himself to be
physically in the submarine, rocked to sea-sickness by waves, knocked to the deck by DC's, sweating like a pig in the sweltering heat and breathing the stench of his unwashed crew (enduring what the
real submariners endured) they'd be complaining that it's "too real".
Just goes to show, doesn't pay to make games!
DH