Which Silent Hunter to Buy??

AngusJS · 06-23-15, 09:21 PM

If you can get past the dated graphics, SH3 is the best of the bunch- for me it's one of the greatest games of all time.

With the GWX megamod, I had an absolute blast, starting in a II and ending in an XXI, having visited every theater (and then some).

I never really got into SH4.

SH5 - It's beautiful, and it has potential, but it's limited to just VIIs, and for me the difficulty of trying to get the SH3/GWX experience with it was just too taxing, due to design decisions (e.g. they threw out the great, stock Kriegsmarine map from SH3, and replaced it with....something that wasn't that, for some reason. It didn't even include the KM grids, and I had a devil of a time trying to find a compatible mod to fix something so simple).

If you get a physical copy of SH3, make sure it's free of Starforce.

Captain Vlad · 06-24-15, 10:55 AM

It obviously depends on your theater preference, but I found SH4 to be far more engaging than SH3. I did enjoy SH3, but the U-Boats have never stuck the same emotional chord as the fleet boats do with me. They're also faster and have more torpedo tubes and damnit I like that.

Neither game ever gave me much technical trouble, so I don't have anything to add there. Approaching them in a neutral fashion, I'd still suggest SH4 as the better option, due to the breadth of the Pacific Theater and the wider variety of submarines to captain.

adrians69 · 06-24-15, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AngusJS

due to design decisions (e.g. they threw out the great, stock Kriegsmarine map from SH3, and replaced it with....something that wasn't that, for some reason.

The KM map is back in the Wolves of Steel megamod!

06-24-15, 10:55 AM	#2
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	It obviously depends on your theater preference, but I found SH4 to be far more engaging than SH3. I did enjoy SH3, but the U-Boats have never stuck the same emotional chord as the fleet boats do with me. They're also faster and have more torpedo tubes and damnit I like that. Neither game ever gave me much technical trouble, so I don't have anything to add there. Approaching them in a neutral fashion, I'd still suggest SH4 as the better option, due to the breadth of the Pacific Theater and the wider variety of submarines to captain. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."

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06-23-15, 09:21 PM	#1
AngusJS Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 746 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	If you can get past the dated graphics, SH3 is the best of the bunch- for me it's one of the greatest games of all time. With the GWX megamod, I had an absolute blast, starting in a II and ending in an XXI, having visited every theater (and then some). I never really got into SH4. SH5 - It's beautiful, and it has potential, but it's limited to just VIIs, and for me the difficulty of trying to get the SH3/GWX experience with it was just too taxing, due to design decisions (e.g. they threw out the great, stock Kriegsmarine map from SH3, and replaced it with....something that wasn't that, for some reason. It didn't even include the KM grids, and I had a devil of a time trying to find a compatible mod to fix something so simple). If you get a physical copy of SH3, make sure it's free of Starforce.