Silent Hunter 6

indy · 05-02-11, 03:56 PM

Hello Guys,
I heard a rumor that the next Silent Hunter 6 will be a cold war sim starting in the 1960s to 1980s, has anybody got any info on this?
Thanks Indy

Takeda Shingen · 05-02-11, 04:22 PM

I'm not sure from where and whom you heard this rumor, but everything from Ubi, the dev team and the community forums manager indicates that there will likely be no further titles in this series.

oscar19681 · 05-03-11, 07:30 AM

I never heard such rumors either

Sailor Steve · 05-03-11, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by oscar19681

I never heard such rumors either

No, but there has been a lot of speculation and wishful thinking. That's probably what he heard.

elanaiba · 05-05-11, 04:19 AM

You can be happy that the same kind of speculation happened in the office also, a long time ago.

Sonarman · 05-05-11, 11:04 AM

Sorry, no SH6. How about this as a consolation prize ( from a post by Gatorman82 on the simhq naval forum)...

"Nice to hear people are still playing TF1942. I was co-designer and lead programmer on the project. I've been working at home on a new game that combines 1942: the Pacific Air War and Taskforce: 1942. I wrote both games and have wanted to re-do them both. The engine is mostly written at this point, but the problem is art. I have talked a couple of artists into helping me out, but they lack my enthusiasm to work in my spare time. So although I still work on it, the project will never really go anywhere until I get more art support. Sims aren't seen as big money makers, so I won't get any monetary support unless I've got something pretty much done....

Ed Fletcher
Formerly of MicroProse Software"

Sailor Steve · 05-06-11, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by elanaiba

You can be happy that the same kind of speculation happened in the office also, a long time ago.

Really? That's interesting.

milky · 06-26-11, 04:55 AM

Is this the future??.........Date: December 2011.

‘Reality Gaming group' (formerly ubisoft ) are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Silent Hunter 6: The Cold War will be released as planned on March 6th 2012
‘Reality Gaming Group’, who took over management of the Ubisoft company following it's demise following the DRM 'scandle' that blighted sales of major titles in 2010 and 2011, think that they have reached agreement with the original developers of the popular Silent Hunter series and intend to take it back to it's roots.

The original Silent Hunter Series, which was a 'simmers' paradise for PC gamers was thrown into disarray with the release of the fifth game in the series ‘Battle of the Atlantic’ , which saw a switch in the game aiming it more at casual and Console users. A version was even to be released for the mobile phone.

Tragedy struck when the PC gamers and hardcore simmers turned their backs on the products following its release with features that had been so stripped back that it had no feel and was basically built to be transported to the Consoles. The problem was further compounded when Ubisoft installed draconian DRM methods to prevent piracy which meant that to play the game the users had to be online at all times. The actual calculated numbers of pirated copies in use outnumbered genuine copies more than 2 to 1.

With Ubisoft losing it’s cash flow and unable to port the game to the consoles and the DRM forcing people away from Ubisoft games in general the past twelve months was only to be expected.
Reality are now confident that having got rid of those responsible for the Silent Hunter 5 and DRM fiasco, that the release of the new Silent Hunter Game will help to restore the fortunes of the company.

The Reality Gaming Group, formerly the people behind the *** ‘Supermod’ for SH3, believe that their return to the fundamentals of the Silent Hunter ‘Sim’ will draw back the hardened PC gamers who were the front runners in all marketable games in the 1990’s and early 21st Century. They are also aiming to get new users from the console market who seem to resent being treated as ‘cash-cows’ when offered the likes of ‘Need For Speed No 10’ and ‘The Sims No 37’ as the best games available.

The new Silent Hunter 6 ‘Sim’ will include all the ‘submarines’ from the early 1950’s through to the present day. There are 3 Campaign modes which will run through a scenario of a third World War and will take place over a 10 year period. The game is expected to be released on time with a new feature of an online mode, with servers able to handle a ‘global conflict’ with up to 28 players commanding state of the art Submarines with the most current technology, being available as a download in the not to distant future. Registration will require a once only internet connection for the Campaign mode and high speed internet for the Online Multiplayer mode.

The marketing Director ‘*******’, (his online gaming profile!!) said in a statement..’Give the simmers what they want and you WILL have them for life and we intend to bring them back and keep them and the amount of content the game holds will negate any fears of massive piracy.’ These are considered welcoming words indeed by the ‘Simmers’ themselves and with pre-orders exceeding any other game, current or in the last 10 years, the future does indeed look rosy for the ‘Reality Gaming Group’.

Maverick….The ‘Roving Reporter’.

SILENT HUNTER 6 IS CONFIRMED

Arclight · 06-26-11, 06:04 AM

Could have been funny. This is just nonsense though: "[...] the game aiming it more at casual and Console users."

It's the same game under the hood, with the added bonus of it accepting scripts. Technically it is superior to SH3 and SH4, it was just never finished, resulting in a rather poor experience. It's come a long way, but it's nowhere near as matured as for example SH3.

SalmonVGM · 06-26-11, 06:18 AM

yeah, in case people don't know or read this out of context. It's a joke:

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...7/m/6491044138

Pretty mean not to say so lol.

Sailor Steve · 06-26-11, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by milky

SILENT HUNTER 6 IS CONFIRMED

Really? Given the date on the 'article' is next December, I think there's some more wishful thinking going on.

UBOOT_fan · 07-01-11, 05:14 AM

Serious pc gamers won't ever fall for consoles...I know I won't. Frankly I hate them (the console it is) because they brought the pc gaming where it is today. In fact not them directly, but the kind of people who like and handle them. In my country there is a saying: "only stupid people who can't handle a pc go for a console" so in my country, with good reason, people who use consoles are saw beeing merely stupid. It's somehow a vicious circle here, prices rather high (when a game is out) make people go for piracy, piracy descurages pc games developers, and they go for consoles where people don't have much expectation, they just wanna play. Anything, no matter how bad or stupid or ugly it is. So as someone above pointed out, yes, the pc gaming is , slowly, a sinking ship...The good part in the process is that the water is not to ....deep so even sunked the ship will appear at the surface lol

Pintea · 07-01-11, 06:59 AM

Both PC and console games will fall to cloud gaming services like OnLive or Gaikai. No more piracy for devs but no console sales either, I forsee a battle between console OEMs and cloud gaming providers

Even SH5 was supposed to also be able to run in a cloud gaming environment, don't know what happened to that though
...talk about death of modding...

rosco34 · 07-01-11, 07:26 AM

i hope play it quickly

BigBANGtheory · 07-02-11, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Pintea

Both PC and console games will fall to cloud gaming services like OnLive or Gaikai. No more piracy for devs but no console sales either, I forsee a battle between console OEMs and cloud gaming providers

Even SH5 was supposed to also be able to run in a cloud gaming environment, don't know what happened to that though
...talk about death of modding...

Maybe but the cost of running the cloud infrastructure is hardly an attractive option for publishers and developers. Lets face it there is no way they will recover the pirate->legit purchase gains with the revenue offset in the infrastructure costs.

I think what you will see is a growing divide between junk-food style games and more realistic simulations.

What would IMHO make a great deal of sense for this community is taking something like UDK or CryEngine3 and experimenting with subsim options. Far too much for one person to take on, you would need a pipeline of asset creators, scripters and coders.

I may have a go myself... just to see what a type VII sub in DX11 tesselated water looks like.

05-02-11, 03:56 PM	#1
indy Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 500 Ft. Below the Surface Posts: 105 Downloads: 883 Uploads: 0	Silent Hunter 6 Hello Guys, I heard a rumor that the next Silent Hunter 6 will be a cold war sim starting in the 1960s to 1980s, has anybody got any info on this? Thanks Indy

05-03-11, 07:30 AM	#3
oscar19681 Admiral Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: netherlands Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 119 Uploads: 0	I never heard such rumors either __________________ we live we die but death does not ends it. Jim Morrison 1943-1971

05-05-11, 04:19 AM	#5
elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	You can be happy that the same kind of speculation happened in the office also, a long time ago. __________________ With strength I burn...

05-05-11, 11:04 AM	#6
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Sorry, no SH6. How about this as a consolation prize ( from a post by Gatorman82 on the simhq naval forum)... "Nice to hear people are still playing TF1942. I was co-designer and lead programmer on the project. I've been working at home on a new game that combines 1942: the Pacific Air War and Taskforce: 1942. I wrote both games and have wanted to re-do them both. The engine is mostly written at this point, but the problem is art. I have talked a couple of artists into helping me out, but they lack my enthusiasm to work in my spare time. So although I still work on it, the project will never really go anywhere until I get more art support. Sims aren't seen as big money makers, so I won't get any monetary support unless I've got something pretty much done.... Ed Fletcher Formerly of MicroProse Software" __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software.

06-26-11, 06:04 AM	#9
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Could have been funny. This is just nonsense though: "[...] the game aiming it more at casual and Console users." It's the same game under the hood, with the added bonus of it accepting scripts. Technically it is superior to SH3 and SH4, it was just never finished, resulting in a rather poor experience. It's come a long way, but it's nowhere near as matured as for example SH3. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-02-11, 04:22 PM	#2
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I'm not sure from where and whom you heard this rumor, but everything from Ubi, the dev team and the community forums manager indicates that there will likely be no further titles in this series.

06-26-11, 04:55 AM	#8
milky Loader Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 87 Downloads: 188 Uploads: 0	Is this the future??.........Date: December 2011. ‘Reality Gaming group' (formerly ubisoft ) are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Silent Hunter 6: The Cold War will be released as planned on March 6th 2012 ‘Reality Gaming Group’, who took over management of the Ubisoft company following it's demise following the DRM 'scandle' that blighted sales of major titles in 2010 and 2011, think that they have reached agreement with the original developers of the popular Silent Hunter series and intend to take it back to it's roots. The original Silent Hunter Series, which was a 'simmers' paradise for PC gamers was thrown into disarray with the release of the fifth game in the series ‘Battle of the Atlantic’ , which saw a switch in the game aiming it more at casual and Console users. A version was even to be released for the mobile phone. Tragedy struck when the PC gamers and hardcore simmers turned their backs on the products following its release with features that had been so stripped back that it had no feel and was basically built to be transported to the Consoles. The problem was further compounded when Ubisoft installed draconian DRM methods to prevent piracy which meant that to play the game the users had to be online at all times. The actual calculated numbers of pirated copies in use outnumbered genuine copies more than 2 to 1. With Ubisoft losing it’s cash flow and unable to port the game to the consoles and the DRM forcing people away from Ubisoft games in general the past twelve months was only to be expected. Reality are now confident that having got rid of those responsible for the Silent Hunter 5 and DRM fiasco, that the release of the new Silent Hunter Game will help to restore the fortunes of the company. The Reality Gaming Group, formerly the people behind the * ‘Supermod’ for SH3, believe that their return to the fundamentals of the Silent Hunter ‘Sim’ will draw back the hardened PC gamers who were the front runners in all marketable games in the 1990’s and early 21st Century. They are also aiming to get new users from the console market who seem to resent being treated as ‘cash-cows’ when offered the likes of ‘Need For Speed No 10’ and ‘The Sims No 37’ as the best games available. The new Silent Hunter 6 ‘Sim’ will include all the ‘submarines’ from the early 1950’s through to the present day. There are 3 Campaign modes which will run through a scenario of a third World War and will take place over a 10 year period. The game is expected to be released on time with a new feature of an online mode, with servers able to handle a ‘global conflict’ with up to 28 players commanding state of the art Submarines with the most current technology, being available as a download in the not to distant future. Registration will require a once only internet connection for the Campaign mode and high speed internet for the Online Multiplayer mode. The marketing Director ‘*****’, (his online gaming profile!!) said in a statement..’Give the simmers what they want and you WILL have them for life and we intend to bring them back and keep them and the amount of content the game holds will negate any fears of massive piracy.’ These are considered welcoming words indeed by the ‘Simmers’ themselves and with pre-orders exceeding any other game, current or in the last 10 years, the future does indeed look rosy for the ‘Reality Gaming Group’. Maverick….The ‘Roving Reporter’. SILENT HUNTER 6 IS CONFIRMED

06-26-11, 06:18 AM	#10
SalmonVGM Seaman Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: UK Posts: 33 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	yeah, in case people don't know or read this out of context. It's a joke: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...7/m/6491044138 Pretty mean not to say so lol. __________________ Salmon (VGM)

07-01-11, 05:14 AM	#12
UBOOT_fan Bosun Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 62 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 0	Sunked but not dead Serious pc gamers won't ever fall for consoles...I know I won't. Frankly I hate them (the console it is) because they brought the pc gaming where it is today. In fact not them directly, but the kind of people who like and handle them. In my country there is a saying: "only stupid people who can't handle a pc go for a console" so in my country, with good reason, people who use consoles are saw beeing merely stupid. It's somehow a vicious circle here, prices rather high (when a game is out) make people go for piracy, piracy descurages pc games developers, and they go for consoles where people don't have much expectation, they just wanna play. Anything, no matter how bad or stupid or ugly it is. So as someone above pointed out, yes, the pc gaming is , slowly, a sinking ship...The good part in the process is that the water is not to ....deep so even sunked the ship will appear at the surface lol

07-01-11, 06:59 AM	#13
Pintea Sparky Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 152 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Both PC and console games will fall to cloud gaming services like OnLive or Gaikai. No more piracy for devs but no console sales either, I forsee a battle between console OEMs and cloud gaming providers Even SH5 was supposed to also be able to run in a cloud gaming environment, don't know what happened to that though ...talk about death of modding...

07-01-11, 07:26 AM	#14
rosco34 Bilge Rat Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	i hope play it quickly