No , No , No !!!!

[StarLion45]

I bought " SH4 " yesterday . Frustrating , boring , bad , simpel game
A big waste of money , time . Right now when I'm finish writing , I'm gonna reinstall my GAME SH3 GWX2.0 JSGME , and finally SH3Commander 3.0
GIVE ME A HIIIIGH FIVE FOR THAT GAME

sad sh4............................................... .....................................

[danlisa]

You like what you like. Simple really.

However, get ready for a sh*t load of replies saying:

"SH4 is better than SH3 ever was at the same time"
"Both are equally good, play both"
"Mods make the game a lot better"

Etc etc......blah blah.

Is there some kind of hidden forum reward for 'sitting on the fence' in this matter?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by StarLion45

I bought " SH4 " yesterday . Frustrating , boring , bad , simpel game
A big waste of money , time . Right now when I'm finish writing , I'm gonna reinstall my GAME SH3 GWX2.0 JSGME , and finally SH3Commander 3.0
GIVE ME A HIIIIGH FIVE FOR THAT GAME

You do realise that SHIV is in way better shape than SHIII was when it was released? Besides, in their own way, they are both good games. Wait for a while and you'll see the mods kick in and make the game better.


(:p)

[danlisa]

@ Dowly

Are you running for a Subsim Moderators position?

:rotfl::rotfl:

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by danlisa

@ Dowly

Are you running for a Subsim Moderators position?

Rofl! That'd mean 20yrs in the galley and another 20yrs of washing Neal's car. :rotfl:

EDIT: Oh and I'd have to cure cancer, then Neal MIGHT give me some deserted outpost to look after.

[Pikes]

The only positive thing you can construe from that post is that its an ode to how good GWX and the work that went into SH3. I for one still play both and I beg in equal amounts that 'this facet' was included in 'that game' and so on.

personally the atmosphere in SH3 is something i would like in SH4 and i think that is sheerly a personal thing (thats shared commonly ) remember SH3 before the tool mods? OUCH!

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Pikes

personally the atmosphere in SH3 is something i would like in SH4

Very true. I personally hate war games with bright colors. Tho, of course it's the Pacific, but still, even during the storms it looks too colorful. Let's take for example Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers series. Everything you see have been gone through 50%-75% de-saturating filter and it works. The places in the movies look like cold, dirty and sad.

[Fincuan]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Very true. I personally hate war games with bright colors. Tho, of course it's the Pacific, but still, even during the storms it looks too colorful. Let's take for example Saving Private Ryan or Band of Brothers series. Everything you see have been gone through 50%-75% de-saturating filter and it works. The places in the movies look like cold, dirty and sad.

Post-processing filter anyone? It isn't in SH4 for nothing you know

edit: Nvm, I just saw your post at the SH4 mods forum

[StevenLohr]

Starlion-Don't give up on SH4 yet. By your posting, you indicate you've only played it for a day. Have you added the Run Silent Run Deep and Trigger Maru Mods? Those two mods improve the experience considerably. Also, remember that the War in the Atlantic and War in the Pacific are different. That doesn't mean that SH4 is inferior, it just means that it is modeling a different war.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by danlisa

@ Dowly

Are you running for a Subsim Moderators position?

:rotfl::rotfl:

Funnier things have been known to happen here

[jpm1]

i don't have SH4 but i'll probably purchase it in few days cause the developement of the future series of silent hunter depends of the Silent hunter 4 success

[papa_smurf]

Never even looked at SH4, doubt I will ever paly it. But it it gets some good mods to improve it, I might just purchase it:hmm:

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by Dowly

You do realise that SHIV is in way better shape than SHIII was when it was released? Besides, in their own way, they are both good games. Wait for a while and you'll see the mods kick in and make the game better.


(:p)

WTF!!! Slaps head must be that wiskey i had last night! Totally agree with you Dowly both good games in their own way.

[Phaedrus]

Unless something that rivals GWX comes out for SH4, I don't see myself playing it.

I might get it to have a look, as I'll probably get a lot of different games / simulations in the next few years.


But right now, as with a select few other games I've encountered in my career, I will be playing this one 5 years from now.
I had a pretty slick machine 5 years ago when I got it, but now my P4 478 2.4 isn't compatible with the newest motherboards. My RAM was only 1 GB (Only! Ha. My computing started on a 386 overclocked to 486). My graphics card has to be AGP, and I am stuck trying to track down SD RAM to upgrade it.

But for GWX I've gone out of the way to do it. New graphics card, more RAM, I've even ripped off the side casing of my computer and placed a 2" wide, 12" blade desk fan at the side to keep it cool during use.
[By the way; anyone stuck with an older machine like me that wants to beef up performance on the cheap - try Ebay. I've got three 1GB P133 SD RAM sticks on the way for $80!]


Hopefully in the next year or two they release the hard code for SH III it will unlock even more possibilities.

What I'd really like to see is an Ubisoft expansion of the Battle of the Atlantic / SH III using the same SH III engine (so we all don't need a Cray to run it); just extremely fine tuned AI, units, events, historical accuracy, etc.

If something as suberb as GWX can be produced by individuals on their own time, I'd like to see what the people who came up with the hard code can do given a corporate budget / man-hours.

In the perfect world, the folks at Ubisoft would already have their heads out of their asses and into the history books researching... and they would be starting with GWX as the base.


Long story short: When it comes to submarine simulation, unless something absolutely ground-breaking comes along, I'll be sticking with SH III GWX.