RIP silent hunter series

tonyj · 03-03-10, 02:45 PM

i'm sorry chaps, i'm upset.

this game is really, really, and i mean really, bad. play sh3 and its a pleasure, makes sense and just works.

sh5 is shockingly bad. I honestly think they released this halfway through the dev cycle.

i thought i was disappointed with sh4 but this reaches a new low.

i'm sorry to complain people but i had to get this off my chest.

Laffertytig · 03-03-10, 02:50 PM

you just cant beat a good, constructive post such as the one above

tonyj · 03-03-10, 02:52 PM

i think the bit about playing sh3 and then sh5 was supposed to be constructive. ie the difference.

The General · 03-03-10, 02:54 PM

Tonyj, how did you get hold of your copy?

tonyj · 03-03-10, 02:55 PM

General, i got mine from ShopTo before they ran out of stock a couple of days ago. Got it yesterday. apparently they have some more now.

Hitman · 03-03-10, 02:55 PM

SH4 was terrible when released, but patches turned it into a decent game, and mods made it excel.

From what I have seen so far, SH5 is as half backed as SH4 or even more -given that content has been reduced so much- but I think final judgement should be reserved for the end-version, with all patches applied.

It will depend on each player if the current bugs -and there are a lot- are a deal breaker or not, of course...

Letum · 03-03-10, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by The General

Tonyj, how did you get hold of your copy?

^this.

/raises a suspicious eyebrow.

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Originally Posted by Hitman

SH4 was terrible when released, but patches turned it into a decent game, and mods made it excel.

Is that the way it is supposed to work tho?

tonyj · 03-03-10, 02:59 PM

@Hitman, i hear what you're saying and your right eventually it will, fingers crossed be a good game.

I guess i was expecting them to learn they're lesson after sh4, about releasing a half baked game, but sadly this is in an even worse state, even after patch 1.1.

I just got my hopes up that it would be a good release and sadly its not.

tonschk · 03-03-10, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonyj

i'm sorry chaps, i'm upset.

this game is really, really, and i mean really, bad. play sh3 and its a pleasure, makes sense and just works.

sh5 is shockingly bad. I honestly think they released this halfway through the dev cycle.

i thought i was disappointed with sh4 but this reaches a new low.

i'm sorry to complain people but i had to get this off my chest.

Please show you with your Silent hunter 5 DVD disk , or you with your PC and the game running otherwise your opinions are not Valid and very suspicious

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tonyj · 03-03-10, 03:04 PM

i guess i should add that by RIP i mean that with each release since sh3 we are losing functionality and quality. To top it off its bascially the same engine as previous versions as modders are actually putting that missing funtionality back in!! how bonkers is that? just look at the number of threads where the kind souls are trying to explain to everyone else how this game works. madness.

like i said i'm upset.

CCIP · 03-03-10, 03:07 PM

I still don't quite understand what you think it's missing. I would agree that some things are not working as advertised at the moment, and that there are several odd design decisions (mostly in the interface), but the more I look into the game the more I'm seeing what it's got that previous titles didn't, not the other way. A lot of it is still potential rather than fact, but hopefully some fixing-up will set it straight.

tonyj · 03-03-10, 03:10 PM

CCIP, i refer to the fact that this game just doesn't work out of the box, that its in an even worse state than sh4 on release. Granted that you, yourself have been able to fix alot of problems, but you shouldn't have to be doing this should you? how many features of the previous versions have you put back in?

PL_Andrev · 03-03-10, 03:11 PM

The true potential of SH5 is higher modability. But without support fans/modders will do nothing. Wait for patches and mods. If game will be patched in higher degree than SH3 or SH4 (I hope) that is chance to create the best game of whole SH series.

CCIP · 03-03-10, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tonyj

CCIP, i refer to the fact that this game just doesn't work out of the box, that its in an even worse state than sh4 on release. Granted that you, yourself have been able to fix alot of problems, but you shouldn't have to be doing this should you? how many features of the previous versions have you put back in?

I don't think it doesn't work. I've played it for quite a while and it certainly works. Not very well in some areas, I'll grant it that, but I've been able to play and even enjoy it for now.There's been several issues which are annoying me and would kill the long-run gameplay for me if they are not patched VERY, VERY soon - but at the same time I cannot call anything here a game-breaker. I can go out to sea, sink ships, and come back. I haven't really had to do a lot of fixing to do that as yet.

mr chris · 03-03-10, 03:18 PM

Give it time mate,
I mean SH3 never really started to realise it potential until nearly 2 years after release.

Give it a year or so and im sure some sort of mega mod will be out or on the horizon. From what i have read from the members of this forum that own the game so far that it has lots of potential and should be easier to mod than previous releases in the series. That sounds good to me if you see what has been achieved with the older titles i would say the sky my be the limit with this one. You just need to give it time that's all.

03-03-10, 02:45 PM	#1
tonyj Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: london Posts: 115 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	RIP silent hunter series i'm sorry chaps, i'm upset. this game is really, really, and i mean really, bad. play sh3 and its a pleasure, makes sense and just works. sh5 is shockingly bad. I honestly think they released this halfway through the dev cycle. i thought i was disappointed with sh4 but this reaches a new low. i'm sorry to complain people but i had to get this off my chest.

03-03-10, 02:54 PM	#4
The General The Old Man Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Mountain Ash, Wales, U.K. Posts: 1,548 Downloads: 179 Uploads: 3	Tonyj, how did you get hold of your copy? __________________ *THE GENERAL*

03-03-10, 02:55 PM	#6
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	SH4 was terrible when released, but patches turned it into a decent game, and mods made it excel. From what I have seen so far, SH5 is as half backed as SH4 or even more -given that content has been reduced so much- but I think final judgement should be reserved for the end-version, with all patches applied. It will depend on each player if the current bugs -and there are a lot- are a deal breaker or not, of course... __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

03-03-10, 03:07 PM	#11
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I still don't quite understand what you think it's missing. I would agree that some things are not working as advertised at the moment, and that there are several odd design decisions (mostly in the interface), but the more I look into the game the more I'm seeing what it's got that previous titles didn't, not the other way. A lot of it is still potential rather than fact, but hopefully some fixing-up will set it straight. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-03-10, 03:11 PM	#13
PL_Andrev Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 995 Downloads: 91 Uploads: 0	The true potential of SH5 is higher modability. But without support fans/modders will do nothing. Wait for patches and mods. If game will be patched in higher degree than SH3 or SH4 (I hope) that is chance to create the best game of whole SH series. __________________

03-03-10, 02:50 PM	#2
Laffertytig Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 757 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	you just cant beat a good, constructive post such as the one above

03-03-10, 02:52 PM	#3
tonyj Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: london Posts: 115 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	i think the bit about playing sh3 and then sh5 was supposed to be constructive. ie the difference.

03-03-10, 02:59 PM	#8
tonyj Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: london Posts: 115 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	@Hitman, i hear what you're saying and your right eventually it will, fingers crossed be a good game. I guess i was expecting them to learn they're lesson after sh4, about releasing a half baked game, but sadly this is in an even worse state, even after patch 1.1. I just got my hopes up that it would be a good release and sadly its not.

03-03-10, 03:04 PM	#10
tonyj Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: london Posts: 115 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	i guess i should add that by RIP i mean that with each release since sh3 we are losing functionality and quality. To top it off its bascially the same engine as previous versions as modders are actually putting that missing funtionality back in!! how bonkers is that? just look at the number of threads where the kind souls are trying to explain to everyone else how this game works. madness. like i said i'm upset.

03-03-10, 03:10 PM	#12
tonyj Torpedoman Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: london Posts: 115 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	CCIP, i refer to the fact that this game just doesn't work out of the box, that its in an even worse state than sh4 on release. Granted that you, yourself have been able to fix alot of problems, but you shouldn't have to be doing this should you? how many features of the previous versions have you put back in?

03-03-10, 03:18 PM	#15
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Give it time mate, I mean SH3 never really started to realise it potential until nearly 2 years after release. Give it a year or so and im sure some sort of mega mod will be out or on the horizon. From what i have read from the members of this forum that own the game so far that it has lots of potential and should be easier to mod than previous releases in the series. That sounds good to me if you see what has been achieved with the older titles i would say the sky my be the limit with this one. You just need to give it time that's all. __________________