Silent Hunter 4 -- Available in June

vois2 · 03-20-07, 10:26 PM

I *will* buy this game. But I'm going to wait until 01 June to do so -- when I figure the game will be patched appropriately, and enough, to deliver the game which was hoped for and which we expected, and even which the design team wanted to make.

As I read through the threads and learn of more things which aren't working properly, I start getting that old feeling of Designer/Developer vs. Publisher. (To the credit of subsim.com posters, the references to problems as such are being handled quite objectively.)

Development on the front end -- super heavy on the Hollywood graphics side (which is great) and which leads to lots of marketing buzz and photos. Publisher pushing product out the door to meet accounting and revenue projections.

Development team yelling, "But wait! We need a working stadimeter..." Will rationality or the dollar sign win? You take a guess. How does everything else work in a consumer society?

Note that I've been around here since April of 2005. For those who may be discouraged -- the game will get a lot better with the patches, and subsim modders will take that and make the game 500% more enjoyable and playable.

Ubi -- thank you for supporting a sub sim. Don't lower the price just yet. I will still pay $50 for it on the first of June!

CCIP · 03-20-07, 10:32 PM

I think it's a fair strategy! I'd still encourage you to buy it now (what difference does it make - I think we know there's going to be a lot of fixes for it eventually), but I guarantee you this will be a much better game in June than it is today

bookworm_020 · 03-21-07, 12:26 AM

Hopefuly the first patches they put out will adress some of the minor niggles that have croped up. The modders will then step in and give the game a real shot in the arm.

GWX for SH4, anyone???

geetrue · 03-21-07, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vois2

I *will* buy this game. But I'm going to wait until 01 June to do so -- when I figure the game will be patched appropriately ...

Ubi -- thank you for supporting a sub sim. Don't lower the price just yet. I will still pay $50 for it on the first of June!

I'm sorry vois2 ... I guess it didn't make it over here yet ... over on one of the other (unamed)
SH4 threads they state that the game has been sold out.

There just finishing up delivery now ...

However I happen to be soon in pocession of one of the
very last editions of Silent Hunter IV and I can make you a special
pre-ebay offer of only $120 plus shipping and handling.

Do you have pay pal

03-20-07, 10:26 PM	#1
vois2 Engineer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Southwestern Ohio Posts: 213 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 4 -- Available in June I will buy this game. But I'm going to wait until 01 June to do so -- when I figure the game will be patched appropriately, and enough, to deliver the game which was hoped for and which we expected, and even which the design team wanted to make. As I read through the threads and learn of more things which aren't working properly, I start getting that old feeling of Designer/Developer vs. Publisher. (To the credit of subsim.com posters, the references to problems as such are being handled quite objectively.) Development on the front end -- super heavy on the Hollywood graphics side (which is great) and which leads to lots of marketing buzz and photos. Publisher pushing product out the door to meet accounting and revenue projections. Development team yelling, "But wait! We need a working stadimeter..." Will rationality or the dollar sign win? You take a guess. How does everything else work in a consumer society? Note that I've been around here since April of 2005. For those who may be discouraged -- the game will get a lot better with the patches, and subsim modders will take that and make the game 500% more enjoyable and playable. Ubi -- thank you for supporting a sub sim. Don't lower the price just yet. I will still pay $50 for it on the first of June! __________________ I donate to Subsim because it is one of the best communities on the Interwebs. Stick around a couple of years, and you will see. You're never far from a friend here. Sunk at location vois22 [at] gmail . com

03-20-07, 10:32 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I think it's a fair strategy! I'd still encourage you to buy it now (what difference does it make - I think we know there's going to be a lot of fixes for it eventually), but I guarantee you this will be a much better game in June than it is today __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-21-07, 12:26 AM	#3
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Hopefuly the first patches they put out will adress some of the minor niggles that have croped up. The modders will then step in and give the game a real shot in the arm. GWX for SH4, anyone??? __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"