So does this mean the game wont be finished??

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I suspect a good indication of how well the developers can get this game into reasonable shape can be gleaned from how good Silent Hunter 4 was after it's 4 patches up to version 1.4 (five patches if you include the expansion pack).

What's the concensus opinion on the quality of SH4 after those patches? I binned the game around the second patch because it was too frustrating

Did the developers do a good job with SH4 patch support? How long did it take them to get to patch 1.4? Was the end result worthy of the contents of your wallet? I'm also talking about stock content, not how much modders twisted the thing into shape.

I got SH5 for £19.99 three days ago. At that price I thought I'd give the series one last try after the dismal experience with SH4. That's what happens when you cut corners with game development and release overly buggy products. Not as many people rush out to buy the latest versions on release day or buy expansion packs, so sales are very slow and depleted. And if you continue to push out unreasonably buggy products they eventually avoid your franchise altogether, utlimately killing it off and blaming it on the the fact sales performance was continuously poor, as though it's the customers fault and not theirs.

I really haven't enjoyed a decent subsim since the days of Sonalysts' Sub Command