SH3 vs SH5

[Kip Chiakopf]

Any thoughts on comparing the two games, especially with all the mods (Commander, GWX) available for SH3?

I love SH3, but an tempted to try SH5, but I've heard some bad things about it.

[jaxa]

Many threads here about this comparison. In my opinion SH5 is better than SH3/GWX only in one aspect - graphics. Rest is for SH3/GWX. You should try, but IMHO buying SH5 is wasting of money.

[Victor Schutze]

Originally Posted by jaxa

Many threads here about this comparison. In my opinion SH5 is better than SH3/GWX only in one aspect - graphics. Rest is for SH3/GWX. You should try, but IMHO buying SH5 is wasting of money.

Agree.

Another lethal mistake from SH5 was the DRM. A killer.

To make SH5 a success story would have been easy:

1- Take the SH3 campaign concept

2- Improve the graphics if you want (it sounds like EA, I hate this concept).

3- Improve the AI! (This is a must. I love it! )

4- Don't forget NOT to make a silly DRM to "protect" your intellectual property. (I am fundamentally against copyright laws which hamper progress)

I play SH3 + GWX3 + numerous mods and I am happy!

[Sepp von Ch.]

Originally Posted by jaxa

In my opinion SH5 is better than SH3/GWX only in one aspect - graphics. Rest is for SH3/GWX.

1+ I agree .

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by jaxa

Many threads here about this comparison.

Master of understatement. Hundreds of threads on this in the last two years.

Asking this in the SH3 forum will get answers from people who prefer SH3. If you ask it in the SH5 forum you'll get answers from people who prefer SH5. Both will be biased.

SH5 has a lot to offer, especially with the mods that have been made so far, but it is nothing like SH3 or SH4 or SH1 or AOD. It is more oriented toward role-playing the captain, and in answering the demand for items in that vein it necessarily gave up some of the things SH3 has become famous for, like the free campaign (forced on them by we who loved it in AOD), the multiple boats (limited in SH5 by the time required to make complete interiors for each u-boat type) and the huge amount of mods (people forget how empty SH3 was seven years ago).

SH5 still has the potential to supercede them all, but not today, and maybe not ever. It still remains to be seen. Check out the SH5 forums rather than ask here, where that game is mostly disliked. You'll see what it is and why many like it.

[Jimbuna]

Try them both (especially at yodays low prices) and see what suits you best.

You may well like both for a variety of reasons and play each one.

[TDK1044]

I chose Silent Hunter III over Silent Hunter 5. With GXW3 and SH3 Commander, Silent Hunter III feels like a lovingly restored classic car. It may not have the bells and whistles associated with a newer model, but it's solid, classy and very enjoyable.

I have watched a friend play Silent Hunter5, but I myself have not played it. My sense of Silent Hunter 5 is that it was an unfinished, buggy mess when it was released, and it initially required an internet connection to play it. The DRM component has since been removed, and the modders have done an awesome job enhancing the game, but looking at my friend play it, it feels like a game that doesn't quite know what it's coming to the party as.

As Jimbuna says, they are both cheap to buy, so try them both. I'll be staying with Silent HunterIII.

[PappyCain]

Good points all. For me it is not a matter of coin. More a matter of developing expertise if you will. I have 3 years into SH3 Commander patrols and twice thru the entire war as different commanders and I still have a dilly of a time with convoy attacks as a lone wolf. I pick off the singles and doubles and even aircraft NP. But trying to get near a convoy, even lying in wait always seems to get the escorts rattled and the convoy then goes into defensive manuevers. Fun, but hard. I also treat my vessel and crew well. We are in it at all times to survive to fight another day!