SH5 player review thread - post your opinions about the game here

[loreed]

WIthout doubt, to me, this is the best stock SH yet when it comes to graphics and the action of objects. However, the learning curve is extremely steep and the instrucions leave a lot of information and capabilities to be discovered by the player as he/she goes along. Luckily, there is SubSim or I would be totally lost.

[robbo180265]

Had the game since last Thursday and I have to say that since installing a few mods I really love the game. Sure there are a few bugs (a few that in my opinion they should have caught long before the game was released) but nothing yet that has really broken the game. I would imagine that in a year or so this will be a benchmark game in subsims.

The DRM is pants and needs to go. This is a gamebreaker, not being able to play at weekends sucks big time. Hopefully Boobysoft will realise the damage they are doing to their reputation and remove it.

My advice is - if you can buy the game at a reduced price (in the UK its selling at £22 on Amazon at the moment) then get it. If not then wait a while.

[Piiman]

Originally Posted by robbo180265

Had the game since last Thursday and I have to say that since installing a few mods I really love the game. Sure there are a few bugs (a few that in my opinion they should have caught long before the game was released) but nothing yet that has really broken the game. I would imagine that in a year or so this will be a benchmark game in subsims.

The DRM is pants and needs to go. This is a gamebreaker, not being able to play at weekends sucks big time. Hopefully Boobysoft will realise the damage they are doing to their reputation and remove it.

OK I've taken my pants off but I still need to connect to UBISOFT what gives

[Enchavado]

Apart from common issues i'm really disapointed with some oddities, like liberty ships on 1939 and my last experience....
Just west of Scapa i managed to get a tail of 2 brit subs, wich follow me all my mission to western aproachs and back to Bremen where the german scorts sank the 2 stupid subs.
BTW they never attack me only make a shadow.

[Gilbou]

Originally Posted by Piiman

OK I've taken my pants off but I still need to connect to UBISOFT what gives

Well that was the first step.

The next one involves some kind of bending.

The hotline of Ubisoft will explain it to you.

[Colonelgoldie]

I am new to the forum and this (SH5) is my first experience of subsims. Firstly I would like to thank all the moders out there for their contributions, I have already installed a few of them and all work fine. I am not able to comment on how SH5 compares to other version as this is my first, just a shame that I am unble to play when I want to (like now 1717hrs GMT) as Ubi servers appear to be down again. I have had the game since its release and gone to play it 3 times and have not been able to due to server issues at Ubi. When I am able to play I love the game and think the graphics are amazing.

[sid silent hunter]

i found that using deck gun manually I increased power of shells , when you see a ship hold cursor over ship bottum r\h cnr shows speed & distamce & when you are manning deck gun top L\h click on the small icon give optical zoom on deck gun , now the numbers 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 ect are kilometers distance example match ship 4km with 4 on zoom then you can watch the splash close to the ship or hit on the mini map -good luck it wrks well

[mcarlsonus]

My overall opinion (by the way, Ubi's servers were dead the day I did the Install. Wonder if that was a less-than-subtle hint from the, "diety-du-jour?")

Used to be some helpful and intuitive things in previous versions - like hitting, "P" for, "periscope depth." Not any more!

Ladders are annoying and add NOTHING to game play. By the way, can one, "crash dive" in this thing without hopping down a hatch first? I haven't tried it, but I honestly hope NOT! "Sir, we're under fire from a Tribal DD! BUT, we have to stay surfaced 'cuz that Dieter guy's still outside!"

New torpedo attack set-up. Why "fix" (quotes intended) what wasn't broken? This new setup now officially sucks (Kiel) canal water and uses FAR too much screen real estate (you know the 1,2,3 schema and then there's the new-and-unimproved manual targetting option)

FIXED salvo torpedo spread - of ~10 degrees??? WTF?

Where's, "range?" Why can't you tell me what KIND of ship that is without my going through the, "recognition manual" (again, quotes intended!)? YEAH - I get it! THAT's an, "Airplane," and that's a, "Ship!"

Those two planes from SH4-the-addon are back. In 4, they were Brewster Buffalos and did nothing but annoy as they stopped the action, but never attacked. Well, don't know if they're still Buffalos, but, THEY'RE BACK and, as ever, they serve the same useless function as they did in 4! AND, they, "spawn" just as often - if not MORE often! MODDERS !!!!

I sigh and fondly remember the good old days. You know, like the user's manual that was provided for Microprose's, "Silent Service." It was actually helpful! With every iteration of Silent Hunter, the manual becomes more and more useless. I can't understand that! Why should one have to learn how to function inside the game WITHOUT having to depend on folks who AREN'T on Ubi's payroll? Without Subsim posters, this game would've been relegated to the landfill!

Nothing I enjoyed more than transiting the Kiel Canal and watching ships run directly into the walls and burst into flame. That happened just before one of 'em reversed direction and backed into me!

Think I'm now officially, "disenfranchised with the franchise," and I'm finished with Silent Hunter. Been picking up sub sims since one could make a living by knowing DOS! But, I wasn't crazy about the buggy SH4 and it's extra cost option (even AFTER installing the five updates/patches!), but that pales in comparison to this...

[mcarlsonus]

earlier poster(s?) referred to the stability of SH5 - especially compared to SH4! That's been my experience as well, but, I'm here to announce my first crash - at about 8:30 PM Central. It simply stopped responding and had to force shutdown (Windows 7, 64-bit Home Premium, 4GB RAM, AMD dual-core 2.4 GHz, brand spankin' new nVidia GTS250 1GB)

I'm like a proud father, I am!

[Darnthetorpedoes]

It's nice to hear comments on the game negative and alike ...but i find myself wanting to stay with the franchise even more now, realizing that I may be one of the last supporters of a once great, but still entertaining game. Yes, while the qualities of gameplay have gone down, the number of bugs and annoyances have gone up. But I can say for myself that I will stand by Silent Hunter for the long haul