[Abominable]

Hello everyone! I have recently got into Uboat, and I am loving it. Been playing it for at least 3-4 hours a day. Unreal! With the TDC mod and the Uboat expanded mod, this game is somethign special. It has so much potential, and it's already a great game.

This game made me get into sh3 (gwx, Sh3Cmdr, other mods) and I've been loving SH3 too.

It's been kinda weird for me, jumping from SH3 to Uboat. I wanted to lay down some things that I prefer with SH3 over Uboat, and was curious if anyone knows if there is going to be a mods or be implemented by the devs? Love both games, but I feel that Uboat could suck up most of sh3's features and be the best subsim game to date.

So, things I prefer about Sh3 to Uboat. Keep in mind, when I talk about SH3 I am talking about the GWX version.

---Visually, I really like the 1080p GWX map style. I like the map to look like a real MAP, not a 3d style map. Like you're a real skipper, looking down on your paper map. Not on a computerized looking map. Seems weird to me.

I think it would be super cool to have the map be the map style from SH3, but if you zoom in close enough THEN you go 3d. It's kind of like this with Uboat, but the far zoom map still looks. . . off. Sh3 did the map style, way, way better.

--------Gameplay

-- In Sh3 (GWX)I really like the HUGE variety in ships, from cargo to escort, to destroyers, etc. There a so many varieties, and it's cool and immersive.
I also really like how the merchant ships ACTUALLY ARE ARMED. Like, I like how even if you find a single ship, it at least has a gun big enough to do some damage to you if you don't take it out fast enough. I also like the ships that will appear unarmed, but then whip out a deck gun to start blasting you. SUPRISE. not sure if that's in base SH3, gwx, or what, but I love it.

--There are too many unarmed ships in Uboat, especially later in the war. Like, why will I come across like 3 freighters and a tanker, no destoryer, no air, and not one of them has a single gun. In Sh3, this almost never happens. Makes for great game play. In uboat, I run across unarmed fleets ALL THE TIME. It's a bit weird, and kinda throws me off. I can just surface and deck gun 4 ships to the deeps.


--Uboat hydrophone sucks. The SH3 hydrophone is so much better. It's more intense to use, and it seems like it gives you more information. There is an obvious noise difference when you can hear a warship, than when you are hearing a cargo ship. The noise does not really translate in Uboat. you just hear "brrrrr." I don't think it makes a distinction because it shows you on the map what type a ship is, and where it's at, which leads me to. . .

--The map in UBOAT TELLS ME TOO MUCH! I hate, hate hate hate hate having my map automatically tell me the ship type if I don't have anyone on the hydrophone. If I run into a convoy and I don't have anyone on the hydrophone, then I should have to personally identify the ships with my periscope or binocs. I hate how it gives the ship outline, so you can easily identify if it's a destroyer, cruiser, or a cargo ship, etc. It also tells you if it's friend or foe, making checking the flag useless as you already know.

I could keep going on, but anyone who has played GWX and Uboat knows what I mean, I hope. The map just seems to make Uboat way easier than I'd like it to be.

--The TDC in Uboat sucks. There is a wonderful TDC mod out, and I LOVE it. It's wonderful. Hopefully the Uboat devs implement it because it is worthy of being implemented. I can't imagine not using it.


I can't really think of much more, but I really would just love a more hardcore realistic experience like Sh3, and this game has all the groundwork to do it. It's a beautiful game, it's already a blast to play, I just wish that it was a little more realistic. The good thing is, I don't think that there is a huge amount of work that needs to be put in to do it, because I feel like it's already so close to being where I want it.

Hopefully it get some of the improvements I'm looking through, either through mods or the developers. Overall, love the game, just would like a more realistic hardcore experience. Thanks for reading, let me know what you guys think! I'd love to hear some input on what I've said. I've been looking into how to mod unity, so I may try to work on some of this myself if I can figure it out, given enough time.