Silent hunter 5 is terrible! (merged)

[princzz]

I must say that I was a great fan of the Silent Hunter series. From Silent hunter 1, which was prehistoric, to Silent hunter 3, which was and extraordinary leap above Silent hunter 2. Silent hunter 4 added a beautiful gameplay and graphics.

Silent hunter 5 is another matter. This game has fallen from grace. It is not only not a fun game, not only can you not do the things it wants you to do like climb ladders and select dialog in many aspects, but the graphic intensity is ridiculous.

In Silent hunter 4, I could add every option in the graphics and my Intel i7 processor would have it working like water. Also, it would show in 1980x1080 because I have an HD computer. Silent hunter 5, won't even play smootly on my powerful computer. I don't know if it is the required internet connection or what (which is a turn off).

Some other things that are not fun are:

1. No compass....
2. No way to accurately use the sonar, radar and TDC
3. Slow interface
4. The rudders don't work properly from right, left and amidships.
5. Limited missions
6. The campaigns are slow and you don't know what to do and how to use it.
7. The control buttons don't always work as indicated.
8. There is no complete manual.
9. You can't see the submarine in a 360 angle.
10. You can't scroll through the other ships in your area when fighting.
11. The controls are primative and no where near as streamlined and concise as Silent hunter 3 or 4.
12. Water splashes on the screen during daytime and calm water!
13. You can control the deck gun or even go to it!
14. There is no tutorial (submarine school) to teach you how to navigate in this new game.
15. Crew management is non-existent!
16. Repair of submarine is not controllable.

I could go on and on. Silent hunter 5 is terrible and not enjoyable to play at all! If you buy it...you will be VERY VERY VERY SORRY! Especially if you have a slow internet connect or not a powerful computer. If you have a laptop, you will need an i7 processor with a 1GB Nvida graphics card. Even if you have a desktop, you will need all of that! AND More. You won't enjoy this game!!! You can see other reviews on Amazon.com (UBISOFT's exclusive distributer) or gamespot.

I must say, I did complete all the historic missions in one day...and started the campaigns, but it is not reasonable to sink 100,000 tons of shipping with only 8 torpedoes!

Dr. Jil

[Kar]

Wait some time until modders will do their job

[Méo]

Hi princzz, and welcome aboard.

Sorry, but the only thing I have to say is that there has been a dozen of threads like this already.

You will maybe find solutions in the SH5 Mods Workshop forum.

[Decoman]

Yes, I wont play SH5 until it get patched up to a point where I will want to spend time on the campaigns.

Funny about the graphics. I disliked SH4 because of the imo weird coloring and graphic style, from what I saw on the preview/review material. Also the submarines from USA weren't that familiar to me. I imagined that they were rust buckets and basicly inferior in any way to the Type VII uboats.

[msxyz]

Originally Posted by Kar

Wait some time until modders will do their job

That's the problem

Most of the things the OP said were already present in SH3/4

Why modders should waste their time fixing deliberate design flaws?

Their time is better spent expanding games with a better base (ie SH4+UB addon) instead of doing what the developer were supposed to and that customers already paid.

What has SH5 really to offer? Better graphics? Yeah, marginally better than SH4 yet terribly more demanding in terms of hardware requirements. Full sub interiors? Puh-lease... that's to keep entertained kids; the novelty wears off pretty soon ad they're of no consequence to the "simulation" aspect.

Let this software die... SH5 already caused the death of GWX for SH4 which would have been a much better product than SH5 will ever hope to be.

[codmander]

Another.... sh5 great post...glad I saved my moneynew things abound sh3

[sdflyer]

Welcome to the club of SH5 whiners

Originally Posted by princzz

1. No compass....

Yes there is in the later models right at the bridge. I have one in on my VIIC

4. The rudders don't work properly from right, left and amidships.

They do same as in SH4. SHIFT ARROWS, KEY PAD ZERO

5. Limited missions

Why is that? I just deployed spy near Liverpool, hunted an aircraft Carrier

6. The campaigns are slow and you don't know what to do and how to use it.

Read the forum

9. You can't see the submarine in a 360 angle.
10. You can't scroll through the other ships in your area when fighting.

This is not 100% realism

13. You can control the deck gun or even go to it!

I agree with you. You can easily control it or get to it

16. Repair of submarine is not controllable.

Actually I think there is

There is no mission in campaign to sink 100 000 tons with 8 torpedoes. There is however a mission to sink 100 000 tons until June 1 1940. You can made 6-7 patrols from the fall of 1939 to the June 1 1940 . It is pretty reasonable, and in fact I have achieved it already in march.

[mookiemookie]

[piri_reis]

Same old, same old.
Mods forum is always a better way to spend time then in here.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by princzz

12. Water splashes on the screen during daytime and calm water!

During daytime? Daytime?! Are you sure?

[CCIP]

Well actually if you use free camera and run it close to the surface at fast speed, you'll get spray on it. Likewise, if you come down on deck close to the bow/stern spray you'll get it. Sometimes you'll also get it on the conning deck, but only rarely.

Hey, you're next to a whole ocean of water. I'd just put it down to mist or condensation. It's not like you get a torrent of water coming at you in those conditions, just small drops of it and very rarely.

It's not a bad game.
I think people need to stop comparing it to a fully patched and modded SH3 and SH4.
It has potential but that potential now is in the hands of the devs and modders.
Have the devs stopped posting here because they are working on patches or because they don't want to get involved in discussions that could and most probably would get roasted?
I would really like to talk with them but hopefully they are working on patches.
Why was it released so early,was it the end of ubisofts fiscal year and they didn't have splinter cell out to make up the profits?
it amazes me that they have scrapped,reworked and delayed splinter cell conviction yet this game just gets thrown out.

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by princzz

If you have a laptop, you will need an i7 processor with a 1GB Nvida graphics card. Even if you have a desktop, you will need all of that! AND More.

Says who? I'm playing on a laptop too without all of that and SH5 works like a charm (ok, on low graphics settings, but still)
my rig:
Intel C2D @ 2.80 GHz, 4 GB ram, NVIDIA Quadro FX770M (512 MB), MS Vista Enterprise 32bits

I have a GTX295 and a core i7 but the game is not running sli.
It's only using one of the GPU's on the gtx295.
Hopefully a profile is released so that I can max this game.

[tonschk]

Originally Posted by princzz

14. There is no tutorial (submarine school) to teach you how to navigate in this new game.
Jil

There is a tutorial , may be you can not find it , when you engage your first mission in the top center of the screen are coming step by step the tutorial what to do and where to click with subtitle and also somedody explaining what to do in english/german



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