SH5 player review thread - post your opinions about the game here

[AS]

Originally Posted by Webster

i am starting this thread to be a place where you can post all your opinions about sh5.

this sh5 forum is here for discussiing the sh5 game and we dont want it to be a place where we are just endlessly discuss what we think of how UBI runs its company or treats its customers so post that stuff in the general topics section where it belongs.

it is time the sh5 forum returns to being just about sh5 game discussions and not about all sorts of things other then the actual game.

thank you

Why I like the new interface


Hi everybody,

curiosity and my love for submarines turned out to be stronger than my hate for DRM, so I eventually got a copy of SH5... and I´m glad I did!

There´s no doubt about many issues the stock version of SH5 has, but this has been the case with all SH releases, so let´s say the DEV Team just sticks to tradition.

Some peolpe complain about the new interface. They say they do not know how to orientate. Well, I would like to have my dear compass back, too, don´t get me wrong here, but I´m for one happy with the new interface. It´s the first time I really seem to know where I am and where everyone else is, thanks to the small map that is always available and which shows me which direction I look.

That´s a simple tool but it helps me a lot. To those who cry: "unrealistic!" - well, I disagree. The truth is, it´s unrealsitic to stare at a computer screen, using a mouse and keys to look around. In real life you have a totally different AWARENESS of where you are in relation to your ship and to other ships (I know what I´m talking about, I do some sailing). You just turn your head and you instinctively KNOW where you want to go or what bearing you have got. If you really need to know degrees, use the UZO to do so.

So what the new interface basically gives you is more awareness of the situation, which results in better orientation. The same goes for setting course. Just look into one direction and press "," you U-Boat will head the way you look. Seems too arcadish to you? Well, basically, this is what you would do in real life, too. And don´t forget, you are the captain, so no, you wouldn´t actually press any rudder buttons! (You can still do it using shift and arrow for full rudder).

The new map layout is also way easier to use, plotting and editing courses is a walk in the park.

I know a lot of people will disagree with me, I can understand them. But maybe those who hate the new interface are only disappointed because they are used to the good old one. I think if you give SH5 a fair chance, it´ll pay off. I´m sure all those great modders out there will turn SH5 into the best subsim ever. Stock SH5 offers a very promising basis for that!

Now I have to go back, my IWO just told me he spotted a merchant!

Cheers, AS