Is SH5 worth playing over SH3 yet?

[ddiplock]

I personally, do not consider Silent Hunter 5 to be any good at all.....I bought the game about three months ago and tried to play it, and quit after about 10 minutes.

Tonight, I tried to play it again and tinkered around with it for a good while to give it a chance, but I'm sorry the feeling just isn't there. I originally thought walking around the submarine would be fun and really immersive, but I don't know, maybe its just me, but it doesn't feel right and if anything just feel more a chore.

The interface is all crappy and arcady and god knows what the game designers thought they were doing. Did they even bother to look at how they made SH3 & 4???

I guess its back to SH4.....but SH5 is being shelved and is among a very small pile of "forgotten" games that I have. Not two minutes ago, I finally uninstalled it from my PC, it will no longer grace my hard drive and I'm afraid I wish I hadn't bought it. In truth, I actually feel like throwing it away I'm so dissapointed.

Shame such a great series had to fall from grace so far and hard!!

[0rpheus]

I've come from SH4 and although the initial amount of modding is a bit of a nightmare, I'd say it's well worth it when it comes together. Dynamic Environment, KZS's new hull-wetness mod, MO and the new OHII Light campaign have really turned the stock SH5 into something brilliant. With TDW's UI mod you can recreate your SH3 appearance, if you wish.

Not being tied to objectives, just cruising around these beautiful oceans is well worth the time spent modding imo. Take the plunge, expect a cold shock but keep on diving

Here's a couple of snaps taken just now:

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...10EC8F2ABC941/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...1E3C53D2AF63D/

Hehe, and one extra - this was the British Merchant 'Last Plausible Objection'
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...BF33A41A9648D/

[TheDarkWraith]

Originally Posted by 0rpheus

Hehe, and one extra - this was the British Merchant 'Last Plausible Objection'
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...BF33A41A9648D/

Have you thought about changing your map colors (the tools drawing lines color)? The exe patcher I made will let you select colors for the tools drawings among other things.

[0rpheus]

Originally Posted by TheDarkWraith

Have you thought about changing your map colors (the tools drawing lines color)? The exe patcher I made will let you select colors for the tools drawings among other things.

I have, but wasn't sure which option modified the pencil/ruler markers. I'm kinda trying not to switch on anything I don't fully understand as stuff keeps breaking.

[flag4]

Originally Posted by 0rpheus

I've come from SH4 and although the initial amount of modding is a bit of a nightmare, I'd say it's well worth it when it comes together. Dynamic Environment, KZS's new hull-wetness mod, MO and the new OHII Light campaign have really turned the stock SH5 into something brilliant. With TDW's UI mod you can recreate your SH3 appearance, if you wish.

Not being tied to objectives, just cruising around these beautiful oceans is well worth the time spent modding imo. Take the plunge, expect a cold shock but keep on diving

Here's a couple of snaps taken just now:

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...10EC8F2ABC941/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...1E3C53D2AF63D/

Hehe, and one extra - this was the British Merchant 'Last Plausible Objection'
http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/56...BF33A41A9648D/

great photos Orpheus.

seeing the water and boat makes my son drool!!

one day i will get SH5, maybe just for the eye candy or to make my son happy. cant live in the past forever, but SH3 is not past - not just yet anyway

[Frank0001]

So far SH5 hasn't been worth the time, for me.
I've been running all useful mods I could find and it still doesn't do anything for me. It's just not as exciting as SH3 was, when I sink a ship it's '....yay.......NEXT', put the TC on +5000 and off we go.

It's just a shame that this game needs that much modding to be playable (hurray for modders though, you rule!)

Above would be the case IF SH5 would've worked correctly at all and not CTD every 5 minutes or so

[zzsteven]

Thanks Steve and Urfisch,

These were some of the same questions I had about SH5 and I appreciate your answers.
Guess I'll go look at SH4.

zz

[stoianm]

privater you did not finish yet?... you aare too old man... go to azil where is your place.. there they have toys for your age ... zedi is not gone... he is in vacance

Et Tu, Mentula?


As an Old Guy?
Ya, I'll go ahead and keep the toys for grown ups then if you insist!
God forbid I tell you where, what, and how to add new GR2 files!
Or how to edit some of them!
That's for Old Guys like me I guess.