Writing about mods for SH5

Hovis · 05-07-11, 07:47 AM

Hi folks, I'm writing an article about modding for a magazine (Custom PC, in the UK, dunno if any of you folks might have seen it, if so, OMG HI) and I'm taking on the task of seeing if I can raise Silent Hunter 5 from being a turkey to a great, or at least good, game. I mean I played it when it came out and really felt it was terrible, but I thought it could be fixed, in time, so here I am.

Looking around though I'm kind of baffled as to where to start with SH5, as SH4 and SH3 both have some really epic big mods, and also they generally played better by default out of the box. Magnum Opus looks like a good place to start, but I was wondering what the general thinking is with folks about SH5 and it's mods. I mean, is it a game beyond redemption, or has it grown from its buggy, ugly roots to become something bigger and better than the previous titles? Or are the majority of modders sticking to the tried and tested and arguably superior previous games?

Any help would be much appreciated.

05-07-11, 07:47 AM	#1
Hovis Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 21 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Writing about mods for SH5 Hi folks, I'm writing an article about modding for a magazine (Custom PC, in the UK, dunno if any of you folks might have seen it, if so, OMG HI) and I'm taking on the task of seeing if I can raise Silent Hunter 5 from being a turkey to a great, or at least good, game. I mean I played it when it came out and really felt it was terrible, but I thought it could be fixed, in time, so here I am. Looking around though I'm kind of baffled as to where to start with SH5, as SH4 and SH3 both have some really epic big mods, and also they generally played better by default out of the box. Magnum Opus looks like a good place to start, but I was wondering what the general thinking is with folks about SH5 and it's mods. I mean, is it a game beyond redemption, or has it grown from its buggy, ugly roots to become something bigger and better than the previous titles? Or are the majority of modders sticking to the tried and tested and arguably superior previous games? Any help would be much appreciated.