Did the old sweats move on?

[Herr-Berbunch]

Have all the old sweats, sorry - experience hands, on this SH3 forum tried SH4?

I got SH4 at the same time as SH3 but it's still sitting on the shelf waiting to be installed, I'm not in a rush to do so what with all the great mods for SH3, but am just wondering what it's like in comparison or should I just stick it back on ebay (or Amazon Marketplace - would Onkel Neal still get a cut?

[Platapus]

I don't think you can really compare SH3 and SH4. They are really two separate games. I have been playing both for a long time. Sometimes I feel a little "u-boaty" and other times I feel a little "fleety".

The games are different from each other. Not only are the theaters of operation different but the gui's are different.

I am sure there are some people who like SH3 but not SH4.
I equally sure there are some people who like SH4 but not SH3.

To each his own. We fought wars to ensure that game players have the right to play whichever version of SH they want?

As for myself? I go both ways.



Uh I mean I like SH3 and SH4.

[Paul Riley]

I think the main thing to consider is whether the player prefers the European theatre or the Pacific.
I have never played SH4,and not sure if I will,I just love the gritty stormy conditions of the Atlantic so much,and lets not forget the Arctic convoys!
The graphics look good on SH4 though,but as we all know graphics are not be all and end all of a good game
German U-Boats kick so much anus!

[sharkbit]

I go both ways myself.
I have both games installed but I only got SH4 about a year ago. Like platapus , I play them as the mood suits me but I would say I play SH3 more...around 75% of the time compared to SH4. Usually the cold grey Atlantic keeps calling me back.

Give SH4 a shot if you have even a little interest in the Pacific. There are some pretty good books out there that might peak your interest.

[Paul Riley]

One thing I will say impressed me once on a documentary (which was brilliant I must say) on the Pacific war was the Japanese use of submersible aircraft carriers! Basically you have a submarine with a watertight hangar on the deck able to house 3 swordfish dive bombers I think they were,their wings used to fold back to allow them to fit in snugly.Are they featured in SH4? if so then that alone could tempt me to buy the game some day.
I have to say I would prefer to be the Japanese in that game,but what would be the point in the end,the idea is to sever Japanese supplies by the US just like the Germans tried (and almost did!) with the allies.

Thats the bugger (below) I saw in the doc,what an amazing innovative machine!
I imagine dive times being horrendous though!

[Herr-Berbunch]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

One thing I will say impressed me once on a documentary (which was brilliant I must say) on the Pacific war was the Japanese use of submersible aircraft carriers! Basically you have a submarine with a watertight hangar on the deck able to house 3 swordfish dive bombers I think they were,their wings used to fold back to allow them to fit in snugly.Are they featured in SH4? if so then that alone could tempt me to buy the game some day.
I have to say I would prefer to be the Japanese in that game,but what would be the point in the end,the idea is to sever Japanese supplies by the US just like the Germans tried (and almost did!) with the allies.

Thats the bugger (below) I saw in the doc,what an amazing innovative machine!
I imagine dive times being horrendous though!

Definately not Fairey's finest Stringbag, it's Aichi M6A.

If you look at my sig, the RN is also trying out a submergible carrier.

I would't take the proverbial over something that I wouldn't find funny if it happened to me, and I wouldn't've found that funny whatsoever... but my trousers splitting... well that's something entirely different

[Von -E]

Originally Posted by Paul Riley

One thing I will say impressed me once on a documentary (which was brilliant I must say) on the Pacific war was the Japanese use of submersible aircraft carriers!

Before being too impressed, I recommend you read Submarine Commander by Paul Schratz (USN Ret), who commanded one of them after the war on it's trip to Pearl (in a nutshell, they were pieces of crap that were lucky to make it, even while intermittantly needing to be towed).

As for the original intent of the thread, I tried to run SH4 for a couple of weeks very recently, and found it far too unstable to even finish a patrol.

[maillemaker]

I've only ever played SH3. I won't move on until I've mastered it by surviving the war.

Steve

[Paul Riley]

Originally Posted by maillemaker

I've only ever played SH3. I won't move on until I've mastered it by surviving the war.

Steve

Good point! me neither,there is still much to be seen/experienced in SH3,the furthest I ever got was the beginning of 1943,and that campaign ended due to a disaster with a hard drive once,I formatted everything by mistake...including my career