Silent Hunter 5 Announced?

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by OrangeYoshi

I resent that remark, and you should to being from Texas. We are just the silent majority. It isn't "cool" to be seen playing games like these. It is cool however, to be seen playing games like Halo. Our society just likes to glorify the "cool" people. That glorifacation makes a nice stereotype for everyone else to say, "Look at those dumb Americans. All they do is play mindless killing games, blah blah blah, etc."

[/end rant]

Edit: This isn't meant to offend anyone who like to play Halo, or anyone from anywhere other than America.

You shouldn't resent it at all as I meant no offense by it nor to pass judgment on the "coolness" of liking one game genre or another. I was just saying that simulation games are popular in Europe. You are reading far too much into my factual statement. Easy there, tiger.

[Kipparikalle]

This sounds interesting, but I have great doupts about that release date.
I'm quite sure it will be delayed to year 2010.

[OrangeYoshi]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

You shouldn't resent it at all as I meant no offense by it nor to pass judgment on the "coolness" of liking one game genre or another. I was just saying that simulation games are popular in Europe. You are reading far too much into my factual statement. Easy there, tiger.

Sorry, I was in a really bad mood that day. Nothing was going right.

[oscar19681]

Pretty quet around silent hunter 5 huh? I seriously doubt that it will ever be released any time soon. Even if they would have delayed it to 2010 we should have gotten at leasts a sneak preview of the very early features .

[Stealhead]

It is said that SH5 will be back with the U-Boats and is supposed to have some "cutting edge" stuff what ever that means. They are keeping info on the planned release date under wraps that is very clear.I wonder if they kind of just suprise everyone and wont say much of anything until just before they release it.Kind of like hype without the hype.

[Brenjen]

Whatever they do I hope that -

A: they get it right & work out all the major bugs before release

&

B: they don't pull some lame@$$ pay X-many dollars for the game & then pay X-many dollars a month for future patches, updates & online play (imo the single player AI will suffer if it's turned into an MMOG & I can't & won't pay yet another monthly fee)


I acquire my software & hardware on the delayed acquisition plan. I wait at least six months after a products release to see how it shapes up with the public. If they make it right I'll be on board; if they do something radically stupid like monthly fee based play or if they release a buggy pos I won't touch it.


Just my opinion you understand.

[Coopz]

So after 600++ replies no one still has any clue what it ill be based on?
WW1 would still be best
...and I'm sure most players want to play as the goodies. Sinking allied convoys and warships in SH3 never gave me the warm fuzzy feeling...

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Coopz

So after 600++ replies no one still has any clue what it ill be based on?

The link in the first post tells you

[Rip]

Originally Posted by Coopz

So after 600++ replies no one still has any clue what it ill be based on?
WW1 would still be best
...and I'm sure most players want to play as the goodies. Sinking allied convoys and warships in SH3 never gave me the warm fuzzy feeling...

I have thought that a WW1 could be a perfect MMO entry if they went that way. Each server could potentially handle running the entire conflict with every platform. Have it just keep running the entire war in simulation over and over. When you join it is whatever date it is and you get thrown into wherever the platform you choose is/was at that time.

What would be cool is to have a team of guys that would control a platform in shift throughout the war. In real time. Of course I could be in the minority as to how much I would love being able to do that. It seems there are a lot more people out there what want to only play when there is action and to time warp when there is not. What makes that even stranger is how much I hate to fish.

[dcb]

I see Subsim updated the release date of SH5 to 2010 and added it will be about the Atlantic theater of operations, all new code. All we can do is wait until Ubi decides to post some info, I think.

[Kloef]

Maybe its time for a 'Red Storm Rising' sequal?

Can be alot of fun,more complex sensors to work with,guided torpedoes all set in a cold war what if scenario..hunting boomers,escaping helisweeps and aircraft,under the ice operations..dropping special forces.

I remember the good old days with this game,the sonar alone was a game in itself and it was worked out very well.

We can allways play SH3 and 4 but this would add something totally different and new,maybe its time for that.

[Nexus7]

Originally Posted by Kloef

Maybe its time for a 'Red Storm Rising' sequal?

Can be alot of fun,more complex sensors to work with,guided torpedoes all set in a cold war what if scenario..hunting boomers,escaping helisweeps and aircraft,under the ice operations..dropping special forces.

I remember the good old days with this game,the sonar alone was a game in itself and it was worked out very well.

We can allways play SH3 and 4 but this would add something totally different and new,maybe its time for that.

You might want to try Dangerous Waters

[captgeo]

Old game, but Sub Comand offers all that "cold war era " stuff,......I have it gathering dust here, kinda boring, point and shoot stuff,.....

Now lets say early "cold war" say about 1950 on up to the late 60's....now that wouldnt be too bad. But I can not get enough of WWII sub's.

[Kloef]

You might want to try Dangerous Waters

You must be kidding.

Red storm was a pure subsim!

[mookiemookie]

Neal gave us all beta discs of SH5 at our mini-meetup. I think you guys will have fun.

It's a blast shooting at U-boat periscopes with the guns on my Large Cargo ship. You guys are really going to dig Merchant Gunner: Penguins of the Atlantic!