No subsim review of silent hunter 5?

[Sonarman]

Originally Posted by cyllan

no wonder Dan Petrescu had nothing to say about DRM on the interview.
what a slap on the face to the subsim staff

If you are refering to Dan Dimitrescu the lead designer (If you are going to criticise someone you should at least get their name right!), he probably was not involved in the development of the DRM itself but only it's inclusion in SH5, also at the time of the interview the DRM may not have been finalised and it's method of operation may have been unknown to Ubisoft Romania. Reading between the lines on the interview here I'd say Alex & Dan were ordered not to reveal the specifics of the DRM... "We cannot comment on this at this time".

I do agree with you that the DRM situation is getting however out of hand and also that Ubisoft are shipping unfinished games, sadly paying customers seem to be taking second place to shareholders and stock reports, I think the SH5 development team may feel as crushed by this as we do. The blame is at a "higher level".

Perhaps Neal is holding off the review until the next patch to give the game a chance, which may be a good idea as SH6 no doubt depends on the sales of this one and DRM is doing it no favours. It's not like anyone will be playing an earlier version when it will be autopatched anyway.