And why exacly does the full 3D interior add nothing to gameplay?

[Sailor Steve]

Before SH3 we never even had 'limited compartments'. Some old-time players are still of the opinion that no matter what SH3's 3D views brought to the game, Aces Of The Deep still had the better gameplay, and is still the greatest sub sim of all time. I disagree with this, partly because modders were able to fix some of the troublesome parts of SH3, and partly because the 3D harbors and interiors really did increase the immersion, the feel of being there, dramatically.

I'm with Hitman. It does look like a major step forward, and maybe it will drastically change the way we play the game. But if, for all this, the things we've been complaining about for five years now - the broken AI, the bizarre behaviour of enemy ships, the lack of wolfpacks and everything else - then the gameplay will not be improved in spite of it all, and it will still be broken. That is what the complaints are really about.