Something I've never done before...to buy or not to buy????

Nimmo55 · 03-05-10, 07:23 AM

I gotta be honest: I want out of SH5 a realistic submarine simulation that is atmospheric, looks great, performs even better and with AI that I MUST best if I am to survive. I want to have to plot the enemy's course on the map, estimate my own range, feed the AoB into the TDC, set the torpedo speed and depth. I want to have to think of when to dive and allow the right amount of time to achieve that. In short, I am a card-carrying member of the hard-core sim party; a curse and plague on all that takes this series away from its simulation roots!

And I have done something totally out of character with this release: I have NOT rushed to purchase it. Unlike every other release in the series, I have this time resisted the temptation. This is so out of character for me; he who rushed into the store to snap up SH3 & SH4 to very morning of release. Not this time, my friends (and Ubisoft!), not this time; my hand is stayed...and it will remain stayed while I am mightily confused.

For some say: "Buy! It's great!" in a shower of enthusiasm...and others say "Yuck, the worst ever" in a funk of despair. And some say..."I don't know; haven't decided..."

What is an honest bloke to do??? On one hand, I do not want to reward a studio and publisher that I suspect strongly of dumbing down a series which I have had years of enjoyment from...ruined the forumla with an insane push to the mass market. That may yet see their demise. And yet, on the other hand, I want support the very same studio for publishing a submarine simulation; Lord knows, we don't get many of them doing this.

So I fret and read and wait. I note the modding community, that wonderful, amazing group of talented artists, have begun to stir; if this thing IS a pig, then if anyone can save it, it will be the modders. They are like a faint glow of hope in a long, cold dark. Already some talented person has changed to UI to look more like SH4 and this begins the process which I hope will do what the developers wouldn't or couldn't do: produce a true simulation in all its glory, like they have done with SH4 and SH3. They are our salvation for this release if ever there was.

In the meantime, I will hold my money and watch and wait...and read the reviews that are coming thick and fast. Not a cent, Ubisoft, not a cent until I am convinced this ting is worthy of the Silent Hunter lineage...

I am a subsim fan.

Nimmo55 out.

03-05-10, 07:23 AM	#1
Nimmo55 A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 71 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Something I've never done before...to buy or not to buy???? I gotta be honest: I want out of SH5 a realistic submarine simulation that is atmospheric, looks great, performs even better and with AI that I MUST best if I am to survive. I want to have to plot the enemy's course on the map, estimate my own range, feed the AoB into the TDC, set the torpedo speed and depth. I want to have to think of when to dive and allow the right amount of time to achieve that. In short, I am a card-carrying member of the hard-core sim party; a curse and plague on all that takes this series away from its simulation roots! And I have done something totally out of character with this release: I have NOT rushed to purchase it. Unlike every other release in the series, I have this time resisted the temptation. This is so out of character for me; he who rushed into the store to snap up SH3 & SH4 to very morning of release. Not this time, my friends (and Ubisoft!), not this time; my hand is stayed...and it will remain stayed while I am mightily confused. For some say: "Buy! It's great!" in a shower of enthusiasm...and others say "Yuck, the worst ever" in a funk of despair. And some say..."I don't know; haven't decided..." What is an honest bloke to do??? On one hand, I do not want to reward a studio and publisher that I suspect strongly of dumbing down a series which I have had years of enjoyment from...ruined the forumla with an insane push to the mass market. That may yet see their demise. And yet, on the other hand, I want support the very same studio for publishing a submarine simulation; Lord knows, we don't get many of them doing this. So I fret and read and wait. I note the modding community, that wonderful, amazing group of talented artists, have begun to stir; if this thing IS a pig, then if anyone can save it, it will be the modders. They are like a faint glow of hope in a long, cold dark. Already some talented person has changed to UI to look more like SH4 and this begins the process which I hope will do what the developers wouldn't or couldn't do: produce a true simulation in all its glory, like they have done with SH4 and SH3. They are our salvation for this release if ever there was. In the meantime, I will hold my money and watch and wait...and read the reviews that are coming thick and fast. Not a cent, Ubisoft, not a cent until I am convinced this ting is worthy of the Silent Hunter lineage... I am a subsim fan. Nimmo55 out.