SH4 vs. SH3 w/GW Mod?

[BillCar]

I think that SH4 with RFB / TMO / OM is definitely on a par with SH3 + GWX 3.0.

The problem is that SH3 has so many other fantastic mods that build on top of the megamods.

There are a few things that make it hard for me to get into SH4 – one is the campaign thing, where it starts you off on a specific date and gives you a really over-the-top intro message before you start sailing.

Another is the theatre – I'm less interested in Pacific sub operations to begin with, and I often find that since it is the world's largest ocean, you do a lot of empty sailing without seeing anything else for a long time. That's not a fault of the game, that is a simple reality of that theatre.

The biggest deal for me, though, is the horrible interface (which is apparently replicated in SH5). It looks like an iPhone app and handles horribly, I find.

I'd like a really nice, ol' timey-looking interface for SH4. Judging by the fact that I haven't seen any yet, I assume the style of the stock one is hard-coded and can't be done away with.

Additionally, I'd like a GUI mod for OM that is similar to Hitman's beta GUI for GWX 3.0. Some of his optics are in the RFB mod, and I enjoy that.

I just got SH4 last week, so I'm still new. At the moment, my preference runs heavily to SH3, despite the graphics of SH4. In fact, there are some recent graphics mods for SH3 that make it look almost as good in some ways. I'm going to keep playing SH4, but definitely less often than SH3.