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Originally Posted by SH999
Also pls post you comments on playing SHIII after SHIV. I had the both games in the plastic on the shelf since their release and SHIV is still there. I'm really interested to hear your opinion after GWX2.0. Anyone's back from SHIV?
Thank you.
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I'm back from SHIV, although in fairness I never left either SHIII or SHIV since they came out :p
They're different games that are at the same time very similar. I wish I could say I prefer one over the other, but in fact both have things I like and I don't like compared to the other. If I had to start somewhere though, SHIII is a better start, and thanks to efforts like GWX it's in a much more enchanced state right now. But don't skip out on SHIV, especially if you don't have a theater preference. From what I observed, for the vast majority of players - whether they proudly admit it or totally deny it - the reason for choosing one or the other is not technical or gameplay merits, but simply a preference of theater. Some just like the Atlantic, some just like the Pacific. If you have no preference or like both the same - you'd be doing yourself a dis-service if you skipped out on either one. Sure you might eventually gravitate more toward one or the other, but they both deserve a try.
Also, top advice - read the GWX manual. Honestly, it's up there with gaming history's finest manuals, and even if this is your first experience with a subsim - it'll give you so much more info than the skimpy booklet that comes with SHIII! Wealth of information there that noone would benefit from more than a newbie would!