SH5: Back in Atlantic or Again in Pacific?

[KrvKpt. Falke]

Originally Posted by Calbeck

I had to wait HOW many years between SH1 and SH4? And people want to go right back to playing in the Atlantic in the next version, when they already have the superior SH3 to play with? About the only thing you'll get out of an SH5 being in the Atlantic is better graphics --- overall gameplay will be almost identical (unless someone screws up really badly).

Not to mention that almost every OTHER sub sim done since SH1 has ALSO been set in the Atlantic. It's a two-ton b***h finding anything at all to play in the Pacific that isn't so dated it creaks.

Meanwhile, Ubi isn't even finished getting all the bits in SH4 working right.

Gimme a BREAK, here!

But if someone is playing SH3 since 2005 there's nothing left to do there. You know: youve been everywhere, sunk every type of ship 1000 times, moded the game to its limits... SDK in hands of modders could mean a second life for SH3 but without it theres is only one choice: SH5. And its not about better graphics, its about better gameplay (search this forum for all those threads about SH5 and "ultimate" sub simulator to find out what peoples expectations are).
What you said: "overall gameplay will be almost identical" i would refer to SH3 vs SH4. I think that no metter which theatre the devs will choose they need to do something really revolutionary with SH5 (they did it with SH3 - it was a revolution in sub-sim games - but SH4 is only small evolution in graphics) - only that way the gameplay wont be identical to SH3/4s.
And why Atlantic - not Pacific? In my opinion Atlantic is more interesting and entertaining, it has this feeling of hunting and being hunted, almost every one is your enemy there. Pacific it so traditional: you are the good one and fighting against the bad one, and you will win.