Has SH5 kept your interest?

[JScones]

A question for those THAT OWN AND HAVE PLAYED THE GAME...Do you find yourself playing the game as much, or more, now than when you first bought it? Or less? In either case, why? What is it that has a) kept you interested or b) made you lose interest?

I've decided not to make this a poll because the stats don't interest me, only the reasons one way or the other - I've read more than a handful of "I've stopped playing the game for now" posts recently, and when some are from guys who only two months ago were criticising anyone who had a negative comment about SH5, it makes me curious about the game's replayability.

No ulterior motive here, just curious for your opinion, one way or the other.

[Ablemaster]

Dont play it now, removed from hd and using arma2 im afraid, had enough of all the problems with it, may check it out in the future, after a couple of patches, but not caring right now.

[Gotmilk]

Played only one week and then got frustrated. Have not played after that.

[captainprid]

Played it and loved it at first. Clocked the game and immediately started again but despite all the excellent mods, I have lost patience with it now and stopped playing it mainly because of the bugs.

I really have been willing to give the game the benefit of the doubt but I have just got a bit sick of it. I will certainly give it another go when the patch comes out but until then, i'm not touching it.

I would be very interested to see the DRM figures for log on's and how they differ week to week

[Rip]

Haven't played in a couple weeks because I spend all my playing time wishing it worked properly. DRM has become a non-issue because I won't play until patched if it had NO copy protection at all.

[Highbury]

I haven't played it for about a month. It is in large part because the game still needs fixing IMO. Don't care about the DRM, hasn't bothered me a bit when I did play.

To be fair though I have been playing alot of rFactor because of a new 1972 Bathurst mod That has made it pretty easy to put SHV on the shelf until it is improved. I do see the potential, but it isn't there yet for me.

I've got to say I'm playing it more and more at the moment. The mods are really bringing the game more to life already for me. TheDarkWraith's UI mod definately makes a huge contribution to the game, and even better that he's been updating and has pretty much released a new version each day recently! ddrgn's feared hunters and elite campaign mods make the DD's a real challenge - I just installed them last night, went out on patrol, and came back with only half a ship!

I think SH5 is continually evolving, and that is what I like about it, to be honest, the mods are so good that I've stopped worrying about when the patch is coming out. (plus it worries me a little, I dont want all my mods to suddenly become incompatible!!!)

I think all those that have given up should perhaps wait a few months then come back. The modders are doing an excellent job, and 1.2 is only just around the corner and I truly believe that in 6 months to a year SH5 will almost certianly outclass SH3, and become the best subsim we've ever seen. It just needs us to have the patience to wait for the dev's to sort out the game engine (It does use wayyy to much GPU time as far as I'm concerned) and other little bugs, and wait for the modders to release some truly special mod pack! I think that in 5 years time, when/if ubi bring out, say, Silent Hunter 7, we'll all sit in here and moan and complain saying 'AAAAGH! Its nowhere as good as SH5!!!!!!!!!'

[Zedi]

I play it no more, waiting for patch. Until then I'm back to WoW.

Too much bugs and most of all, the AI is completely retarded. Campaign is boring based on "fire &refit" and even if there are mods that improve the AI behaviour, is not enough. I reistalled it yesterday again, but quited after an hour. The only reason that makes me to play it now and then is the graphics, is the only thing in SH5 that I really love.

[raymond6751]

The game itself doesn't hold my loyalty. If it weren't for the mods and the anticipation of what the game 'could' be, I'd not play it.

My experience with SH3 & 4 is that the game is vastly improved once the mods are in place.

(I'm not a modder.)

[SeaWolf U-57]

I still play it regularly just finished off all the missions through the Atlantic
path and got to be admiral of some NATO force lol
so now I started over again and I'm going to go fight in the med this time
as stated so many time before the mods greatly improve the game and
anything else I don't like I change

[ReallyDedPoet]

Similar to 4, there was enough in the initial release to keep my interest, plus there have been some nice mods released,
so that has helped as well.

[coronas]

I bought the game 6 weeks ago but I don't install it yet. I miss the feeling, the realism and the inmersion. Eyecandy is good but not enough. I'll wait for pachts and mods...but I don´t expect surprises.

[Feuer Frei!]

Yes it has.
Picked the game up about 3 weeks ago.
I'm anticipating some great things from the patch coming up.
I've applied certain mods to enhance gameplay.
Overall, lots of work still to be done on this, however i have faith, patience and an open mind.

[13owman]

I was going to start a new campaign when the patch came out but it's being delayed again so it is just sitting on my computer wasting space for now. I have been watching the mods to see which ones to use when it does come out but then again they might not work when it does. I wish you could start the campaign later cause I'm not sure the game has enough playability for me to finish it.

[jdkbph]

Shelved after two weeks for the same reasons stated in many posts above.

JD