SH4 removes some functionality from SH3

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I agree...since everyone doesn't care about the "eye candy" they should remove all the graphics of sh3/sh4 and just give us complete real working 2-D compartment models....they could probably design SH5 using macromedia flash which would save ubisoft alot of money and time on developing the current limited gaming engine. I'm sure no one would mind if they remove all of the 3-D environment. Its all just "eye candy" anyway and there is no real need for it. It seems many of the older games that simply use 2-D environments have more interesting gameplay than their 3-D counterparts.

I'm looking forward to SH5 I hope its 2-D all the way We could certainly do away with the control room next (I have 2-D interfaces and gauges that provide more functionality, than standing around looking at the helm in 3-D) I mean what were the developers thinking when they designed these 3-D compartments?! 3-D compartments just get in the way of things.

I'm pretty upset they removed the 2-D damage control screen. They didn't even replace it with a 3-D model. Instead they are replacing it with TEXT. I'm starting to see a pattern here. Maybe plans for SH6 will be to turn the Silent Hunter series into a MUD server and have the entire game in plain text that way they can remove the graphics all together!

Originally Posted by Hartmann

I think is the most important screen of your boat, were you can see how damaged is with a glimpse. what compartment is in red, yellow or blue (flooding).
Damage screen of Sh1