SHV, Your Intentions 3 Weeks Before Release

janh · 02-11-10, 11:28 AM

The information presented is still very insufficient and, especially since it is so close to the planned release date it is a suspiciously similar situation to the premature buggy releases of SHIII and SHIV... I hope they this time don't care about their stock prices only, but about providing customers with an error free quality product.

I want to know whether we'll definitely get the 43-45 years and the missing subs in a SINGLE addon for a reasonable price as I consider this ought to have been part of this product already (if it shouldn't be seen as a step back from SHIII). Further, I am worried that the RPG elements and walking in the sub can't be turned off and end up being unnecessary micromanagement distracting from the simulation part itself. I have seen real subs from inside, and I'll watch a documentary or read to book to see the internals with all detail. I want to simulate subwarfare here, not hitting my head on a bulkhead.
Lastly, but equally important: I want to see how the campaign missions link together. Is it a continuous dynamic campaign, or a set of linked subcampaigns (within which you have the freedom to operate in that theater at will, but not say "leave the mediteranean to join the hunt at the coast of Africa at will)? I'd like to be able to change my AO if I wish (though the BdU might get my ass on a silver tablet doing so). I want to be sure it is not a scripted set of campaigns linked together within which you just have a couple of missions in each theater, but the freedom that you had in SHIII.

Oh, finally: With the DRM issue as is, it is still an unconditional NO to buying, so that needs to be reversed too before I'd consider SHV a significant step forward over SHIII.

View Poll Results: With new info available, what are your leanings compared to two weeks ago?
More inclined to buy	70	26.72%
Less inclined to buy	102	38.93%
Same	83	31.68%
See DRM in more positive light	12	4.58%
See DRM less positive light	54	20.61%
Indiferent to DRM	39	14.89%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 262. You may not vote on this poll

02-11-10, 11:28 AM	#10
janh Stinking drunk in Trinidad Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 349 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	... The information presented is still very insufficient and, especially since it is so close to the planned release date it is a suspiciously similar situation to the premature buggy releases of SHIII and SHIV... I hope they this time don't care about their stock prices only, but about providing customers with an error free quality product. I want to know whether we'll definitely get the 43-45 years and the missing subs in a SINGLE addon for a reasonable price as I consider this ought to have been part of this product already (if it shouldn't be seen as a step back from SHIII). Further, I am worried that the RPG elements and walking in the sub can't be turned off and end up being unnecessary micromanagement distracting from the simulation part itself. I have seen real subs from inside, and I'll watch a documentary or read to book to see the internals with all detail. I want to simulate subwarfare here, not hitting my head on a bulkhead. Lastly, but equally important: I want to see how the campaign missions link together. Is it a continuous dynamic campaign, or a set of linked subcampaigns (within which you have the freedom to operate in that theater at will, but not say "leave the mediteranean to join the hunt at the coast of Africa at will)? I'd like to be able to change my AO if I wish (though the BdU might get my ass on a silver tablet doing so). I want to be sure it is not a scripted set of campaigns linked together within which you just have a couple of missions in each theater, but the freedom that you had in SHIII. Oh, finally: With the DRM issue as is, it is still an unconditional NO to buying, so that needs to be reversed too before I'd consider SHV a significant step forward over SHIII.