SH5 is not that good.

Skyraptor · 03-08-10, 05:12 PM

After playing it about 4 hours I don't think it measures up to the SH series. Auto TDC is not really auto. I seem to miss more than i hit anything. I spend most of my time going to get refits. I like getting to a station with a click not running there. The only thing i like about it is the graphics. Maybe after a few patches and some mods I'll like it more. As it stands I wish I would have used the money elsewhere.

Church SUBSIM · 03-08-10, 06:03 PM

Please don't take this the wrong way ... but I think you will come to find this is going to be the best SH game in the series by 1000x.

Give it some time to get patched, the modders to get the game way beyond and accept that there are new ways of doing things.

The TDC on manual is so much better now than previous versions in my opinion.

In previous game launches we were working with broken items and CTD all the time. Seems to be no one is complaining much about those things and all the things they do want changed or done is capable of being done via mods.

The only thing that really hurts this game is the DRM and that has not even been an issue for me at least.

Give it some time.

Vlad34 · 03-08-10, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Church SUBSIM

Please don't take this the wrong way ... but I think you will come to find this is going to be the best SH game in the series by 1000x.

Give it some time to get patched, the modders to get the game way beyond and accept that there are new ways of doing things.

The TDC on manual is so much better now than previous versions in my opinion.

In previous game launches we were working with broken items and CTD all the time. Seems to be no one is complaining much about those things and all the things they do want changed or done is capable of being done via mods.

The only thing that really hurts this game is the DRM and that has not even been an issue for me at least.

Give it some time.

Well said, just give it some time. The modding talent here is the best you will ever find. They will have this thing spit-shined in no time.

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-08-10, 07:00 PM

Maybe we should've given three quarters of the games selling price to the modders then.

Myxale · 03-08-10, 07:33 PM

Well said Phillips!

IMO there is a difference between modders adding something to the game and modders bug fixing the game and then adding!

We need to keep in mind that people Paid for this.
Hard earned money! In times of Economic instability no small thing.

But they've got...
... intrusive and profane copy protection; game that only plays when servers are online; unfinished software; and relying on the modders to fix it up so that the average joe and jane can play decently!

A hero we know surely would say:
"Feel the burning stare of my Hamster UBI. And change your ways"

On a side note

A bloke I know claims that the only reason UBI changed the Inner workings of the Software, is to give modders easier access for fixin' it

Skyraptor · 03-08-10, 08:48 PM

Don't get me wrong. I'm not dumping SH5. I'm just going to wait till it's playable for me. I did the training mission. After I started a career I could not get anyone to man the deck gun. The hydrophones didn't work. I would click on them and nothing. The man running the hydrophones said nothing useful. When I found a merchant ship I would try to guess where to fire fish..Big failure there. I was playing auto TDC. Manual TDC escapes me completely. The key commands make no sense at all. Why not D for dive...S for surface. I know there is a mod for this but when I tried it it locked out all the built in commands. F1 gave me all new key commands. So I will keep it on my hard drive and maybe when some changes are made I'll jump back in. Till then it will be SH4 (bargain bin purchase and DD of the expansion). Most of all I miss the simplicity of the workings of SH4. Two clicks and you're at the station you want to be at.

03-08-10, 05:12 PM	#1
Skyraptor Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 15 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	SH5 is not that good. After playing it about 4 hours I don't think it measures up to the SH series. Auto TDC is not really auto. I seem to miss more than i hit anything. I spend most of my time going to get refits. I like getting to a station with a click not running there. The only thing i like about it is the graphics. Maybe after a few patches and some mods I'll like it more. As it stands I wish I would have used the money elsewhere.

03-08-10, 06:03 PM	#2
Church SUBSIM Weps Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 353 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 4	Please don't take this the wrong way ... but I think you will come to find this is going to be the best SH game in the series by 1000x. Give it some time to get patched, the modders to get the game way beyond and accept that there are new ways of doing things. The TDC on manual is so much better now than previous versions in my opinion. In previous game launches we were working with broken items and CTD all the time. Seems to be no one is complaining much about those things and all the things they do want changed or done is capable of being done via mods. The only thing that really hurts this game is the DRM and that has not even been an issue for me at least. Give it some time. __________________

03-08-10, 07:00 PM	#4
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Maybe we should've given three quarters of the games selling price to the modders then. __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

03-08-10, 07:33 PM	#5
Myxale Admiral Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: PQ AN 25 Posts: 2,178 Downloads: 70 Uploads: 0	Well said Phillips! IMO there is a difference between modders adding something to the game and modders bug fixing the game and then adding! We need to keep in mind that people Paid for this. Hard earned money! In times of Economic instability no small thing. But they've got... ... intrusive and profane copy protection; game that only plays when servers are online; unfinished software; and relying on the modders to fix it up so that the average joe and jane can play decently! A hero we know surely would say: "Feel the burning stare of my Hamster UBI. And change your ways" On a side note A bloke I know claims that the only reason UBI changed the Inner workings of the Software, is to give modders easier access for fixin' it __________________ SH3+GWX SH5+WoS Still Sailing....still Deep

03-08-10, 08:48 PM	#6
Skyraptor Watch Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 15 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	Don't get me wrong. I'm not dumping SH5. I'm just going to wait till it's playable for me. I did the training mission. After I started a career I could not get anyone to man the deck gun. The hydrophones didn't work. I would click on them and nothing. The man running the hydrophones said nothing useful. When I found a merchant ship I would try to guess where to fire fish..Big failure there. I was playing auto TDC. Manual TDC escapes me completely. The key commands make no sense at all. Why not D for dive...S for surface. I know there is a mod for this but when I tried it it locked out all the built in commands. F1 gave me all new key commands. So I will keep it on my hard drive and maybe when some changes are made I'll jump back in. Till then it will be SH4 (bargain bin purchase and DD of the expansion). Most of all I miss the simplicity of the workings of SH4. Two clicks and you're at the station you want to be at.