Pc Format review this month

doomlordis · 04-14-10, 01:44 AM

They gave SH5 81%, quote "the drm alone could have sunk this sim, but the carrier command style gaming is worth the battle"

never thought about it being like carrier command but I guess it is a bit, anyway they love the water effects and graphics generally and the tense moments in the game.
The main criticism is That the repetition and slow pace may turn off some.

04-14-10, 02:37 AM

81% huh, based on the reviews that I have read on other websites that is way too high.

(I have not bought the game)

Feuer Frei! · 04-14-10, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by doomlordis

they love the water effects and graphics generally and the tense moments in the game.

Obviously only interested in the eye candy, hence the high score, hardly worth taking note of that.

Nisgeis · 04-14-10, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Obviously only interested in the eye candy, hence the high score, hardly worth taking note of that.

Have you got a link to the review?

Feuer Frei! · 04-14-10, 03:41 AM

Nope, does the O.P. ?

Nisgeis · 04-14-10, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Nope, does the O.P. ?

Have you read the review?

Sonarman · 04-14-10, 04:31 AM

PC Format is a UK print magazine, not sure they post reviews online. The PC Zone magazine review (another UK printed title from the same company) has also been published and gives the game 49%. I think the quality of reviews in both magazines is rather poor and juvenile and in the case of SH usually littered with mistakes like the comparison to Carrier Command above.

Both PC Format & PC Zone are more intent on writing "clever" puns than actually reviewing games properly as the wide variation in scores from two magazines from the same company shows.

Feuer Frei! · 04-14-10, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Nisgeis

Have you read the review?

No i haven't, why?
If you are alluding as to why i made the comment about only interested in eye candy, well, i was picking up from the O P, who seems to be the only person (so far) who has read the review.
Maybe i should have rephrased the comment to: perhaps they are moreso interested in eye candy.

Riana · 04-14-10, 12:00 PM

From the beginning, I have to tell you that I have the game (as a gift from my brother) but I can't play it because of my old PC. My brother must buy for me a good PC too

.
But ... because I am from Romania and I am interested in many things "made in Romania", I read lots of reviews about this game. There are good reviews too. I wonder you are surprised:
http://www.game-debate.com/articles/...ilent+Hunter+5
http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/anali...lent-hunter-5/
These are just two examples.
My very personal point of view, is that all judgments made about this game started with "0 tolerance" for the project itself, because of that DRM.
I am a user of industrial software applications (elaborate mods for our own plants) and I can be sure that PERFECT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS DOESN'T EXIST

. They are always not enough tested and they never fulfill all wishes or all needs.
Best wishes to all of you, and ... enjoy the game!

I have to wait a few months.

John Channing · 04-14-10, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riana

From the beginning, I have to tell you that I have the game (as a gift from my brother) but I can't play it because of my old PC. My brother must buy for me a good PC too

.
But ... because I am from Romania and I am interested in many things "made in Romania", I read lots of reviews about this game. There are good reviews too. I wonder you are surprised:
http://www.game-debate.com/articles/...ilent+Hunter+5
http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/anali...lent-hunter-5/
These are just two examples.
My very personal point of view, is that all judgments made about this game started with "0 tolerance" for the project itself, because of that DRM.
I am a user of industrial software applications (elaborate mods for our own plants) and I can be sure that PERFECT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS DOESN'T EXIST

. They are always not enough tested and they never fulfill all wishes or all needs.
Best wishes to all of you, and ... enjoy the game!

I have to wait a few months.

An excellent first post! Welcome aboard .

JCC

IanC · 04-14-10, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riana

I am a user of industrial software applications (elaborate mods for our own plants) and I can be sure that PERFECT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS DOESN'T EXIST

. They are always not enough tested and they never fulfill all wishes or all needs.

Ah yes, but who was asking for perfect software? I think what most of us wanted was a good subsim, or the very least a finished game. Alas...
and Welcome aboard matey

04-14-10, 01:44 AM	#1
doomlordis Wild Night in Bangkok Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 179 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Pc Format review this month They gave SH5 81%, quote "the drm alone could have sunk this sim, but the carrier command style gaming is worth the battle" never thought about it being like carrier command but I guess it is a bit, anyway they love the water effects and graphics generally and the tense moments in the game. The main criticism is That the repetition and slow pace may turn off some. __________________ subs and birds!

04-14-10, 03:41 AM	#5
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Nope, does the O.P. ? __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

04-14-10, 04:31 AM	#7
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	PC Format is a UK print magazine, not sure they post reviews online. The PC Zone magazine review (another UK printed title from the same company) has also been published and gives the game 49%. I think the quality of reviews in both magazines is rather poor and juvenile and in the case of SH usually littered with mistakes like the comparison to Carrier Command above. Both PC Format & PC Zone are more intent on writing "clever" puns than actually reviewing games properly as the wide variation in scores from two magazines from the same company shows. __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software.

04-14-10, 12:00 PM	#9
Riana Nub Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Other reviews From the beginning, I have to tell you that I have the game (as a gift from my brother) but I can't play it because of my old PC. My brother must buy for me a good PC too . But ... because I am from Romania and I am interested in many things "made in Romania", I read lots of reviews about this game. There are good reviews too. I wonder you are surprised: http://www.game-debate.com/articles/...ilent+Hunter+5 http://www.3djuegos.com/juegos/anali...lent-hunter-5/ These are just two examples. My very personal point of view, is that all judgments made about this game started with "0 tolerance" for the project itself, because of that DRM. I am a user of industrial software applications (elaborate mods for our own plants) and I can be sure that PERFECT SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS DOESN'T EXIST. They are always not enough tested and they never fulfill all wishes or all needs. Best wishes to all of you, and ... enjoy the game! I have to wait a few months.

04-14-10, 02:37 AM	#2
Kefru Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	81% huh, based on the reviews that I have read on other websites that is way too high. (I have not bought the game)