Give your scoring!

Skybird · 03-26-07, 07:22 PM

I skimmed the UBI forum, collected some comments around the web, and red this forum, and formed an impression of that this sim for many players is in a very bugged state, several details are not functioning as advertised, or are broken all together, and that not a few people have technical issues and even CTDs as well. So I set up this poll. Don't judge by emotion and love for the genre, but by you honest fact-oriented gaming-experience please. In other words: do it cool.

I myself am much interested, but plan not to get engaged before the next one or two patches are out, and until then I will silently follow the feedback and forum events. What I red at UBI forums,a dn various game sites were people left comments on the technical condition the sim is in, made me very cautious.

Skybird · 03-26-07, 09:28 PM

16 counts - keep it going!

Ducimus · 03-26-07, 10:12 PM

I fall somewhere in between "great potential" and "mixed bag". I haven't been complaining (or complimenting), i just fix what i can in the Mother F'er and try and understand the rest to see if that can't be fixed too.

Im not giving SH4 a grading yet. Im waiting for the next patch before i open my yap.

Psycluded · 03-26-07, 10:48 PM

I just finished patrol 6 today of the USS Drum, and completely took apart a large convoy in the solomon islands area. I've been trying to do 2 patrols a day, as I can, and some exploring on the side where possible (sank a cruiser at wake on my way to the solomons today).

The game has some issues, but from my point of view, even with close-to-minimum specs, it's still a badass game. I'm in school for game development, and I couldn't imagine the amount of research put into the physics modeling and damage modeling in this game, not to mention the graphics engine. The fact that I can use convergence zones and the thermocline layer to elude escorts is cake enough for me. Icing will come with time as modders add and edit the game "to flavor."

Drokkon · 03-26-07, 11:32 PM

I'm between mixed bag and beta tester. Shipping it without a working chronometer and now I can't customize a career I can only pick very hard, hard, normal , and easy. I'm just hoping they keep plugging away at it.

PeriscopeDepth · 03-26-07, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Drokkon

I'm between mixed bag and beta tester. Shipping it without a working chronometer and now I can't customize a career I can only pick very hard, hard, normal , and easy. I'm just hoping they keep plugging away at it.

You can customize a career, click on the radio in the office. And I always thought the magical speed chrono was pretty gamey if your using manual TDC.

PD

03-26-07, 11:38 PM

Between: Perfect game and much better than SH3 and Great potential, but needs a bit of polishing.

Its such a fun game but like any game it has a couple bugs that need to get fixed.

PeriscopeDepth · 03-26-07, 11:44 PM

I voted great potential. It's still very fun to play, and as soon as the gameplay bugs get fixed I don't think I'll be going back to SH3 very often.

PD

03-26-07, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth

I voted great potential. It's still very fun to play, and as soon as the gameplay bugs get fixed I don't think I'll be going back to SH3 very often.

PD

I couldn't go back if I wanted to, the true owner of the SHIII Cd (my Dad) confiscated it, No worries, I'm quite hurredly catching up to his tonnage.

CCIP · 03-27-07, 12:03 AM

Option 2 almost precisely for me.

I would add to it that I'm having a blast with the game as it is. I may not be happy with every technical detail, but I'm absolutely floored with the athmosphere so far and if nothing else - polishing my torpedo-aiming skills never looked so good!

The potential will materialize later. And it's not one of those 'build your own game' deals, either - far from; it's indeed a lot of polish that's needed, but not the meat of it.

Skybird · 03-27-07, 06:06 AM

So until here (n=57), roughly three in five are happy with the game and think it has only so minor issues that it needs polishing only, and two in five think that game has some serious issues and (at least by the polling options availble) voted for staying with SH3 for now, and/or even longer time in the future.

In my ears, this translates into "UBI has some serious work to do". Thanks for your participation everybody, it helped me to come to my final decision: which is to wait for some months.

1mPHUNit0 · 03-27-07, 06:35 AM

Voted
So unfinished a release! I feel like a beta-tester. Recommend to buy not before 6 months.
And maybe not at all, it's depends.

woofiedog · 03-27-07, 06:55 AM

Really like the game over all so far... has a few things that need attention & a bit of tweaking. But I'd give it a 7.5 in ratings.

I'm still working on the controls right now... as they are set-up just a bit different than SHII or SHIII games.

But again... have to say Excellent work by the Developement Team. SHIV is going to be a Classic Sub Sim... No Doubt!

Dowly · 03-27-07, 07:04 AM

Great potential, with a few more patches & possible mods from the community, it´ll be a great game!

John Channing · 03-27-07, 07:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

So until here (n=57), roughly three in five are happy with the game and think it has only so minor issues that it needs polishing only, and two in five think that game has some serious issues and (at least by the polling options availble) voted for staying with SH3 for now, and/or even longer time in the future.

In my ears, this translates into "UBI has some serious work to do". Thanks for your participation everybody, it helped me to come to my final decision: which is to wait for some months.

70% say "Great potential, but needs a bit of polishing." or that it's perfect and that's what your ears hear?

Might be time to see an audiologist!

JCC

View Poll Results: Someone tells you he is eventually interested to into SH4. What do you say?
Perfect game and much better than SH3	3	2.73%
Great potential, but needs a bit of polishing.	66	60.00%
A mixed bag, and too many "issues". For the time being I stay with SH3.	12	10.91%
So unfinished a release! I feel like a beta-tester. Recommend to buy not before 6 months.	28	25.45%
At no cost would I buy it again. SH3 with/without GWX is a better experience for me and my system.	1	0.91%
Voters: 110. You may not vote on this poll

03-26-07, 07:22 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,621 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Give your scoring! I skimmed the UBI forum, collected some comments around the web, and red this forum, and formed an impression of that this sim for many players is in a very bugged state, several details are not functioning as advertised, or are broken all together, and that not a few people have technical issues and even CTDs as well. So I set up this poll. Don't judge by emotion and love for the genre, but by you honest fact-oriented gaming-experience please. In other words: do it cool. I myself am much interested, but plan not to get engaged before the next one or two patches are out, and until then I will silently follow the feedback and forum events. What I red at UBI forums,a dn various game sites were people left comments on the technical condition the sim is in, made me very cautious. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

03-26-07, 09:28 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,621 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	16 counts - keep it going! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

03-26-07, 10:48 PM	#4
Psycluded A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pacific Theater Posts: 71 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I just finished patrol 6 today of the USS Drum, and completely took apart a large convoy in the solomon islands area. I've been trying to do 2 patrols a day, as I can, and some exploring on the side where possible (sank a cruiser at wake on my way to the solomons today). The game has some issues, but from my point of view, even with close-to-minimum specs, it's still a badass game. I'm in school for game development, and I couldn't imagine the amount of research put into the physics modeling and damage modeling in this game, not to mention the graphics engine. The fact that I can use convergence zones and the thermocline layer to elude escorts is cake enough for me. Icing will come with time as modders add and edit the game "to flavor." __________________ Psycluded - Dad. Gamer. Programmer Captain, USS Drum (SS-228), Gato class US Submarine

03-26-07, 11:32 PM	#5
Drokkon Loader Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 90 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm between mixed bag and beta tester. Shipping it without a working chronometer and now I can't customize a career I can only pick very hard, hard, normal , and easy. I'm just hoping they keep plugging away at it. __________________

03-26-07, 10:12 PM	#3
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I fall somewhere in between "great potential" and "mixed bag". I haven't been complaining (or complimenting), i just fix what i can in the Mother F'er and try and understand the rest to see if that can't be fixed too. Im not giving SH4 a grading yet. Im waiting for the next patch before i open my yap.

03-26-07, 11:38 PM	#7
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Between: Perfect game and much better than SH3 and Great potential, but needs a bit of polishing. Its such a fun game but like any game it has a couple bugs that need to get fixed.

03-26-07, 11:44 PM	#8
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I voted great potential. It's still very fun to play, and as soon as the gameplay bugs get fixed I don't think I'll be going back to SH3 very often. PD

03-27-07, 12:03 AM	#10
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Option 2 almost precisely for me. I would add to it that I'm having a blast with the game as it is. I may not be happy with every technical detail, but I'm absolutely floored with the athmosphere so far and if nothing else - polishing my torpedo-aiming skills never looked so good! The potential will materialize later. And it's not one of those 'build your own game' deals, either - far from; it's indeed a lot of polish that's needed, but not the meat of it. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-27-07, 06:06 AM	#11
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,621 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	So until here (n=57), roughly three in five are happy with the game and think it has only so minor issues that it needs polishing only, and two in five think that game has some serious issues and (at least by the polling options availble) voted for staying with SH3 for now, and/or even longer time in the future. In my ears, this translates into "UBI has some serious work to do". Thanks for your participation everybody, it helped me to come to my final decision: which is to wait for some months. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

03-27-07, 06:35 AM	#12
1mPHUNit0 Chief Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 313 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Voted So unfinished a release! I feel like a beta-tester. Recommend to buy not before 6 months. And maybe not at all, it's depends.

03-27-07, 06:55 AM	#13
woofiedog Engineer Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New England Posts: 216 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Really like the game over all so far... has a few things that need attention & a bit of tweaking. But I'd give it a 7.5 in ratings. I'm still working on the controls right now... as they are set-up just a bit different than SHII or SHIII games. But again... have to say Excellent work by the Developement Team. SHIV is going to be a Classic Sub Sim... No Doubt! __________________

03-27-07, 07:04 AM	#14
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Great potential, with a few more patches & possible mods from the community, it´ll be a great game!