Should I buy SH4?

Sensekhmet · 04-16-09, 02:45 AM

I know those questions were (probably) answered before, but please bear with me.
Right now I'm playing SH3 with SH3 Commander and GWX3.0 and simply loving it. Thing is, I didn't much care for the vanilla SH3. Yeah, it was a decent game, but... there was certain dryness to it, something that just didn't keep me interested for very long, and I shelved it until mentioned mods came out: they really flesh out and liven the experience.
Anyway, my questions are:
-I heard there is no weapons officer in SH4, so you either have arcade 'point & shoot' stuff or you have to go fully manual (not an option for me, as I can't grasp even basic maths, besides it makes me physically sick... just a little issue left behind by educational sustem), is that true? In SH3 I use manual targeting but I employ weapons officer to do the calculations and I feel it's a nice mix of realism and playablity.
-are there SH3 Commander and GWX style mods available for SH4 (I know GWX4 is in the pipeline, but it will take some time before it's ready)? If not, is the vanilla game better in those regards than vanilla SH3?
-does SH4 have the same TC issues as SH3? (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...me+compression mainly Letum's post)
-is the U-Boot add-on a necessity? I can find SH4 in local stores but the add-on can be hard to find.
As far as the theather and technicalities go, they are no problem: I loved SH2 and have a modern PC (I can run Fallout3 almost maxed with pretty much no slowdowns).
Thanks for your answers, guys.

04-16-09, 02:45 AM	#1
Sensekhmet Loader Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Poland Posts: 89 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Should I buy SH4? I know those questions were (probably) answered before, but please bear with me. Right now I'm playing SH3 with SH3 Commander and GWX3.0 and simply loving it. Thing is, I didn't much care for the vanilla SH3. Yeah, it was a decent game, but... there was certain dryness to it, something that just didn't keep me interested for very long, and I shelved it until mentioned mods came out: they really flesh out and liven the experience. Anyway, my questions are: -I heard there is no weapons officer in SH4, so you either have arcade 'point & shoot' stuff or you have to go fully manual (not an option for me, as I can't grasp even basic maths, besides it makes me physically sick... just a little issue left behind by educational sustem), is that true? In SH3 I use manual targeting but I employ weapons officer to do the calculations and I feel it's a nice mix of realism and playablity. -are there SH3 Commander and GWX style mods available for SH4 (I know GWX4 is in the pipeline, but it will take some time before it's ready)? If not, is the vanilla game better in those regards than vanilla SH3? -does SH4 have the same TC issues as SH3? (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...me+compression mainly Letum's post) -is the U-Boot add-on a necessity? I can find SH4 in local stores but the add-on can be hard to find. As far as the theather and technicalities go, they are no problem: I loved SH2 and have a modern PC (I can run Fallout3 almost maxed with pretty much no slowdowns). Thanks for your answers, guys.