I already gave up on SH5

Drifter · 03-03-10, 09:34 PM

This is not a thread to bash SH5. I just though I would post my personal experience for those of you here who are considering buying SH5.

I hate to admit it, but I bought SH5 on impulse due to all the initial excitement, and am now sorry I did so. I feel totally ripped-off. The game is broken, unfinished, and buggy beyond belief. Much worse than when SH3 was first released. Poor frame rates. The interface is so terribly hellish and makes no sense at all. Probably the worst I have ever seen in a game. The rpg element is really ridiculous, too.

So I have already uninstalled SH5 and am coming back to that wonderful SH3. I am tired of paying to be a beta tester. Maybe someday SH5 will be as good as SH3, but I am seriously having doubts that modders can save it. I guess time will tell.

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=163024

sergei · 03-03-10, 09:54 PM

You may well be right.
Straight out of the box it is not a satisfying game.
People may have to come back in a year or 2 to get satisfaction.

Vipper · 03-03-10, 10:35 PM

SH3 GWX is all i need anyway.

Damo · 03-04-10, 12:43 AM

All I see SH5 doing is creating more interest in SH3 and SH4 with their well established and ever evolving mod community. All those people who wouldn't have normally bought a sub sim will try SH5, be let down and come to places like Subsim to find answers, instead, they'll see what has been done with the earlier games and probably go and buy them instead. After a couple of years when the bugs and mods have been dealt with, they may dust off SH5 again, all depends on how easy it is to mod/fix.

SH3/4 will be the ultimate winners I believe, and that can't be a bad thing. GO UBI!!

03-04-10, 01:14 AM

I'm glad I gave up on that mess.

SH3, you're the greatest!

Apache312 · 03-04-10, 11:43 AM

Welcome back Gentlemen.

/S

Apache312

sharkbit · 03-04-10, 12:24 PM

I'll be sticking with SH3+GWX and SH4+RFB+RSRD for a while myself but I wonder....

How many threads like this were posted when SH3 and SH4 were first released?

I'm optimistic-give SH5 some time and it may become a great and fun game to play after patches and mods. Yeah, it will have a different feel but it sounds like the game has some potential. It may take a couple of years before it realizes its full potential though.
I'm staying hopeful.

Damo · 03-04-10, 01:16 PM

SH3 is the benchmark. If SH5 makes just half that journey, it'll be worth playing, patience is a virtue, impatience and impulse buying is what causes these games to be released unfinished in the first place.

Grab the cash, ignore the complaints.

Sailor Steve · 03-04-10, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharkbit

How many threads like this were posted when SH3 and SH4 were first released?

SH3 got complaints comparing it to AOTD, but the eye candy muted those somewhat. And the only other game it could be compared to was SH2, alongside which it was a vast improvement.

SH4 was an improvement to SH3 in some areas, but the complaints were that it didn't fix some of the obvious problems, and it broke some things that weren't broken before. So it fared badly, and some folks still haven't given it a second chance and still say bad things about it in spite of the great mods.

SH5 is taking a pounding, but as I see it, if it is as easy to mod as they say it is, it could end up making them all look bad.

We'll see.

Jimbuna · 03-04-10, 03:56 PM

Give it 6 to 12 months, a patch or two and some modding...then we'll see for sure

KL-alfman · 03-04-10, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Give it 6 to 12 months, a patch or two and some modding...then we'll see for sure

wouldn't March reveal all for us?

Iron Budokan · 03-04-10, 04:42 PM

SH3 and SH4 both got tagged with being "buggy" upon release. But there was nothing like the current imbroglio over SH5, I'm afraid.

That game is being shredded for the most part by people who feel they were ripped off.

frau kaleun · 03-04-10, 05:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KL-alfman

wouldn't March reveal all for us?

It seems to have revealed that we'll need another 6-12 months, a patch or two and some modding.

Sailor Steve · 03-04-10, 07:43 PM

Which is 'all'.

PappyCain · 03-04-10, 09:04 PM

I'll wait and stave off the frustration. Every new sub in real life brings both advances and issues that bubble up from sea time until the Planning Yard can get a fix on the alterations and re-designs right.

03-03-10, 09:34 PM	#1
Drifter Frogman Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 308 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	I already gave up on SH5 This is not a thread to bash SH5. I just though I would post my personal experience for those of you here who are considering buying SH5. I hate to admit it, but I bought SH5 on impulse due to all the initial excitement, and am now sorry I did so. I feel totally ripped-off. The game is broken, unfinished, and buggy beyond belief. Much worse than when SH3 was first released. Poor frame rates. The interface is so terribly hellish and makes no sense at all. Probably the worst I have ever seen in a game. The rpg element is really ridiculous, too. So I have already uninstalled SH5 and am coming back to that wonderful SH3. I am tired of paying to be a beta tester. Maybe someday SH5 will be as good as SH3, but I am seriously having doubts that modders can save it. I guess time will tell. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=163024

03-04-10, 12:43 AM	#4
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	All I see SH5 doing is creating more interest in SH3 and SH4 with their well established and ever evolving mod community. All those people who wouldn't have normally bought a sub sim will try SH5, be let down and come to places like Subsim to find answers, instead, they'll see what has been done with the earlier games and probably go and buy them instead. After a couple of years when the bugs and mods have been dealt with, they may dust off SH5 again, all depends on how easy it is to mod/fix. SH3/4 will be the ultimate winners I believe, and that can't be a bad thing. GO UBI!! __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

03-04-10, 12:24 PM	#7
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	I'll be sticking with SH3+GWX and SH4+RFB+RSRD for a while myself but I wonder.... How many threads like this were posted when SH3 and SH4 were first released? I'm optimistic-give SH5 some time and it may become a great and fun game to play after patches and mods. Yeah, it will have a different feel but it sounds like the game has some potential. It may take a couple of years before it realizes its full potential though. I'm staying hopeful. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

03-04-10, 01:16 PM	#8
Damo Captain Join Date: May 2009 Location: Forever stuck in Data folder... Posts: 482 Downloads: 259 Uploads: 0	SH3 is the benchmark. If SH5 makes just half that journey, it'll be worth playing, patience is a virtue, impatience and impulse buying is what causes these games to be released unfinished in the first place. Grab the cash, ignore the complaints. __________________ The owl and the pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat. It only took one T1 eel to convince that boat not to float.

03-04-10, 03:56 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,914 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Give it 6 to 12 months, a patch or two and some modding...then we'll see for sure __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-03-10, 09:54 PM	#2
sergei Sea Lord Join Date: May 2008 Location: London UK Posts: 1,788 Downloads: 405 Uploads: 29	You may well be right. Straight out of the box it is not a satisfying game. People may have to come back in a year or 2 to get satisfaction.

03-03-10, 10:35 PM	#3
Vipper Machinist's Mate Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 122 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	SH3 GWX is all i need anyway.

03-04-10, 01:14 AM	#5
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I'm glad I gave up on that mess. SH3, you're the greatest!

03-04-10, 11:43 AM	#6
Apache312 A-ganger Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 78 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Welcome back Gentlemen. /S Apache312

03-04-10, 04:42 PM	#12
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	SH3 and SH4 both got tagged with being "buggy" upon release. But there was nothing like the current imbroglio over SH5, I'm afraid. That game is being shredded for the most part by people who feel they were ripped off. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-04-10, 07:43 PM	#14
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Which is 'all'. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-04-10, 09:04 PM	#15
PappyCain Samurai Navy Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: on the Atlantic Ocean Posts: 559 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I'll wait and stave off the frustration. Every new sub in real life brings both advances and issues that bubble up from sea time until the Planning Yard can get a fix on the alterations and re-designs right. __________________ DID, no cheats, no shortcuts, no non-historic equipment deviations. Boat and crew safety is integral with my immersion style! Follow the historic events during your patrol: http://www.uboat.net/today.html