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09-23-08, 11:15 AM | #1 |
Swabbie
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Is it worth getting
After the craptacular duds SH2 and SH3, I gave up on Ubisoft. After playing a bit of AOD on dosbox I decided to revisit modern subsims. If anyone can bother to answer these questions yes/no I would greatly appreciate it.
1 Do ships in SH4 constantly run aground/into each other like in sh2 and 3? 2 Are there AI controlled subs and can they DIVE this time? 3 Do the AI DDs in any way cooperate or coordinate their moves? 4 Is the radio traffic random or always the same? 5 Does the enemy's detection work(or rather not work) the same way they do in earlier installments? |
09-23-08, 12:22 PM | #2 |
Eternal Patrol
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Hi DGJ
Hard to answer. SH3 & 4 have been so heavily Super Modded they don't resemble the stock games anymore Thankfully. At $30.00 for Sh-4 GOLD that has U-Boat Missions included you just can't go wrong for the price. And I ain't no UBISOFT fan. |
09-23-08, 12:40 PM | #3 | |||||
Planesman
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Overall, I'd say the game is worth the money. However, DO NOT attempt to play any version of the game before 1.4. That means, if you buy the non-gold edition you need to download the 1.4 patch and apply it before you play it. Several serious bugs were fixed between 1.0 and 1.4 (in fact, even between 1.2 which I bought and 1.4). The u-boat missions in the gold edition (also available separately from direct2drive) are patch 1.5, if you get either the gold edition or buy that patch separate (same price either way), you're fine. Also, mods make the game, and they're pretty easy to use too. |
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09-24-08, 02:20 PM | #4 |
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much of the game is unfinished just like the earlier versions but it has come a long way from those days and is worlds better than those ever were.
yes it is very well worth it, but get the gold version that already includes version 1.5 ps - the modders have mods to fix almost all of the short commings so no worries |
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