SH5 player review thread - post your opinions about the game here - Page 3

walter36 · 03-07-10, 07:58 PM

I am using the retro SH IV keyboard and instrument Mod,most seems familiar now,I do like the game.There is no point jumping on the developers,i am sure others are to blame for the stupid stuff,we all know who.

Enjoy the game

03-07-10, 08:28 PM

I have seen a few people on these forums moaning about crash dives, and the way they have to climb down ladders before they can dive, I can not get over how people want to call this a sim in one breath, then in the other they moan when they add something in line with a sim.....guys you can not just morph inside a sub, this not STARTREK lol

Must say that I'm really enjoying this sim so far

but wont say NO to a few more patches lol

vonEnoch · 03-07-10, 08:50 PM

First, looks good.

Ahh..i want to complain so i begin now

Why dont UBi take impression of what modders do and how popular the mods are. That is what players want. But no! They have to do something different, that even isnt by far finished (suppose they trust on free work from the modders to fix their game, cheaper that way). Why do they HAVE to try make something "different" every time instead of making what works better?

I got incredibly irritated this time over SH because this IS really quite unfinished and bad product. Im not saying it cant be good, it can, after few patches and loads of mods (something ubi seems to expect, free fixes for their product).

Ok, i put some of the mods that already exist and tried again. It was better now. I went to scapa flow, was incredibly easy to slink in. (played on realisic). Sank 2 battleships. Began to withdraw...what happens. Yeah, a new battleship spawned where i had sunk one. WOW fantastic! Here i could lie in one position, sink a battleship, wait a moment for next to spawn sink that and so on... sigh! Tried then another harbour, sank a tanker, and yes, a new one spawned in its place! Faaantastic

Ok...well there is loads of other things im very dissapointed with in this game. But its promising, very much so. But promising and a finished product. Its a VERY big difference!

Must say one more thing. With products like this......no wonder people download pirated games...no wonder. Long time since i have laid my hands on so unfinished product like this....and its not cheap either.
Im afraid that a product like this can kill the interest in SH.........sigh.

15 tumbs down ubi....

IRONxMortlock · 03-08-10, 04:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmall

I have seen a few people on these forums moaning about crash dives, and the way they have to climb down ladders before they can dive, I can not get over how people want to call this a sim in one breath, then in the other they moan when they add something in line with a sim.....guys you can not just morph inside a sub, this not STARTREK lol

Is it not conceivable that the Captain could order the crash dive and then make his way down the hatch? To me it seems kind of stupid that you are not able to do this.

03-08-10, 05:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IRONxMortlock

Is it not conceivable that the Captain could order the crash dive and then make his way down the hatch? To me it seems kind of stupid that you are not able to do this.

Fair enough, but I was not moaning about that, more about the guys who want to morph into the sub startrek style, (beam me in scotty lol

)
to get ultra fast and unrealistic crash dives, the guys that want a sim one minute, but then moan when its more sim like lol

03-09-10, 12:01 PM

I am impressed by the positivity that I see here. Everywhere else I read forums it's a bloody flame-fest. Good for you guys!

That being said, and this being the "What do you think" thread, I must say I am stunned by the lack of quality control in this product. For me, the game is was broken right off the bat, because I can't select the first mission at all. So there's a game breaking bug in the first 10 minutes. That's bad.
Second when I'm out patrolling there are surface contacts when I'm submerged, hydrophone contacts when I'm surfaced, failure of the crew to REPORT new contacts, and so on and so forth. So, horribly buggy.

I don't mind the new button scheme etc. but I really feel like there are way way too few things you can actually DO with the buttons in the game. Can't call out depth under keel? Return to course? etc.

I would have liked to see an improvement in the captains ability to interface with the boat. When I open up F1 to see what I can do.. I'm puzzled. Seems like in a hardcore subsim with realism at 100% every button on the keyboard, plus shift, alt, and ctrl should be able to do something.

The visuals are good, I love the ocean and the sub model, but the merchant models are virtually identical in many cases. Can anyone tell the difference between the large steamer and the liberty ship? i don't think there is one. There are like 8 merchants in the target id book thing.

Thankfully, modders will come to the rescue, as this is the single best modder community I have EVER had the pleasure to follow, but they are being charged with finishing the game.. and that is not how it should be done.

I'm not saying I want a refund and I hate UBI and all that, but an honest review at this stage just has to be very very negative.

I fully expect to love this game, once it's received several patches and myriad mods from the community!

Kudos ubisoft for making a subsim, but I'd like to see it polished like so many other ubisoft releases.

Safe-Keeper · 03-09-10, 12:15 PM

Wonderful so far - the installer gives me the choice between "Complete" and "Custom" Install, and if I didn't know better (thank you, whoever on this forums it was who pointed out this flaw), I'd have picked "Complete", but it turns out that in order to get German voice lines, you have to choose "Custom" for a choice between English and German voices

. Despite the two choices being shown as checkboxes, not bullet points, you do not have the option to install both German and English voices - checking one box will uncheck the other.

Furthermore, the game's default path is "C\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5" or something, and I've been told that installing it to Program Files will cause bugs ingame. I don't have space on D drive, which is a small hard drive in my case, and so I really hope the game won't mind me installing it to D drive

.

marcel1980 · 03-09-10, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ipecac

I am impressed by the positivity that I see here. Everywhere else I read forums it's a bloody flame-fest. Good for you guys!

That being said, and this being the "What do you think" thread, I must say I am stunned by the lack of quality control in this product. For me, the game is was broken right off the bat, because I can't select the first mission at all. So there's a game breaking bug in the first 10 minutes. That's bad.
Second when I'm out patrolling there are surface contacts when I'm submerged, hydrophone contacts when I'm surfaced, failure of the crew to REPORT new contacts, and so on and so forth. So, horribly buggy.

I don't mind the new button scheme etc. but I really feel like there are way way too few things you can actually DO with the buttons in the game. Can't call out depth under keel? Return to course? etc.

I would have liked to see an improvement in the captains ability to interface with the boat. When I open up F1 to see what I can do.. I'm puzzled. Seems like in a hardcore subsim with realism at 100% every button on the keyboard, plus shift, alt, and ctrl should be able to do something.

The visuals are good, I love the ocean and the sub model, but the merchant models are virtually identical in many cases. Can anyone tell the difference between the large steamer and the liberty ship? i don't think there is one. There are like 8 merchants in the target id book thing.

Thankfully, modders will come to the rescue, as this is the single best modder community I have EVER had the pleasure to follow, but they are being charged with finishing the game.. and that is not how it should be done.

I'm not saying I want a refund and I hate UBI and all that, but an honest review at this stage just has to be very very negative.

I fully expect to love this game, once it's received several patches and myriad mods from the community!

Kudos ubisoft for making a subsim, but I'd like to see it polished like so many other ubisoft releases.

Good review here! I agree that i would like to love this game, but at this stage its not possible and thats why it hurts even more. I would say that UBI has to release a second patch quickly which would cover the issues with contacts, dumb crew etc and then modders should have free space

Woodybcn · 03-09-10, 12:49 PM

Hi Maltro,
What a great picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I'm biting my nails since March 4th because in Spain SH5 will appear on March 11th!!!! (as always, in Spain, late, late, late.)

I've been reading all your posts (almost), basically are negative. Well, just think about positive things:

-We have a NEW SIMULATOR!!
-Stunning graphics
-Open source software to large changes
-A qualified community of modders

If in a week we have seen so many mods, think in a near future!!
Try to be a little patient and we'll have a GREAT simulator.

If you, in spite of it, still are negative, always can take again SH3 or 4.

Safe-Keeper · 03-09-10, 02:13 PM

Have played, or rather tried to, for some time now, will post more detailed feedback when I've had some more experience.

By the way, am I the only one who finds this smiley

sort of... disturbing, seeing we're playing a game in the era of the Nazis :P ?

MadDog09 · 03-10-10, 05:48 AM

and we are the Testers!

Ablemaster · 03-10-10, 06:03 AM

Like many ive bought all previous SH series and expected so much, but in all honesty this is so bad its hard to believe. Graphics are wonderful if youve got a powerful computer to run it that is, gameplay is terrible, its got more bugs than the average jungle. Dont upset yourself stay away from this one. Until its sorted, if it can be. Whats so obvious is that ubi could not of possibly pre tested this. Ive always been a Silent Hunter fan and like many have bought this regardless, but it is so bad i can hardly believe it. Seems like the movies, ubi spend on advertisement and hype and unfortunately we all pay the price. Still i live in hope, well you got to havent you, thanks to all the modders we still have a chance to enjoy this.

PS: if anyone wants to buy it from Amazon UK they have dropped their price again, yeh already now only 22 quid, get it while its low. says it all doesnt it.

spf69 · 03-10-10, 07:41 AM

ive been hearing so much bad press about sh5..but i will still buy it and its guna cost me $100 here in australia its just hit the shelfs here im sure with mods it will all work out..stop winging pomes..

your lucky it only cost you guys 20 quid..

Gilbou · 03-11-10, 02:17 PM

So do you guys have an idea of when you will have finished beta testing the game so it can be published ?

Nufsed · 03-16-10, 05:22 AM

What amazes me more than anything else (and there is a lot to be amazed about) is the stability of this game! I have installed most of the mods now available (apart from those which directly conflict with oneanother) and not once has this game crashed. I have installed graphics mods, campaign mods, launched the game from a save which saw me in the middle of a convoy being depth charged, and every time the gamed loaded perfectly! As I said before.....AMAZING!

03-07-10, 08:50 PM	#3
vonEnoch Bilge Rat Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	My impressions First, looks good. Ahh..i want to complain so i begin now Why dont UBi take impression of what modders do and how popular the mods are. That is what players want. But no! They have to do something different, that even isnt by far finished (suppose they trust on free work from the modders to fix their game, cheaper that way). Why do they HAVE to try make something "different" every time instead of making what works better? I got incredibly irritated this time over SH because this IS really quite unfinished and bad product. Im not saying it cant be good, it can, after few patches and loads of mods (something ubi seems to expect, free fixes for their product). Ok, i put some of the mods that already exist and tried again. It was better now. I went to scapa flow, was incredibly easy to slink in. (played on realisic). Sank 2 battleships. Began to withdraw...what happens. Yeah, a new battleship spawned where i had sunk one. WOW fantastic! Here i could lie in one position, sink a battleship, wait a moment for next to spawn sink that and so on... sigh! Tried then another harbour, sank a tanker, and yes, a new one spawned in its place! Faaantastic Ok...well there is loads of other things im very dissapointed with in this game. But its promising, very much so. But promising and a finished product. Its a VERY big difference! Must say one more thing. With products like this......no wonder people download pirated games...no wonder. Long time since i have laid my hands on so unfinished product like this....and its not cheap either. Im afraid that a product like this can kill the interest in SH.........sigh. 15 tumbs down ubi....

03-09-10, 12:15 PM	#7
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Wonderful so far - the installer gives me the choice between "Complete" and "Custom" Install, and if I didn't know better (thank you, whoever on this forums it was who pointed out this flaw), I'd have picked "Complete", but it turns out that in order to get German voice lines, you have to choose "Custom" for a choice between English and German voices. Despite the two choices being shown as checkboxes, not bullet points, you do not have the option to install both German and English voices - checking one box will uncheck the other. Furthermore, the game's default path is "C\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 5" or something, and I've been told that installing it to Program Files will cause bugs ingame. I don't have space on D drive, which is a small hard drive in my case, and so I really hope the game won't mind me installing it to D drive. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-09-10, 12:49 PM	#9
Woodybcn Watch Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 27 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hi Maltro, What a great picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, I'm biting my nails since March 4th because in Spain SH5 will appear on March 11th!!!! (as always, in Spain, late, late, late.) I've been reading all your posts (almost), basically are negative. Well, just think about positive things: -We have a NEW SIMULATOR!! -Stunning graphics -Open source software to large changes -A qualified community of modders If in a week we have seen so many mods, think in a near future!! Try to be a little patient and we'll have a GREAT simulator. If you, in spite of it, still are negative, always can take again SH3 or 4. __________________ https://flic.kr/p/BzjrTv My new toy!

03-09-10, 02:13 PM	#10
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Have played, or rather tried to, for some time now, will post more detailed feedback when I've had some more experience. By the way, am I the only one who finds this smiley sort of... disturbing, seeing we're playing a game in the era of the Nazis :P ? __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-10-10, 05:48 AM	#11
MadDog09 Watch Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 25 Downloads: 167 Uploads: 0	BETA... and we are the Testers!

03-07-10, 07:58 PM	#1
walter36 Nub Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 2 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	I am using the retro SH IV keyboard and instrument Mod,most seems familiar now,I do like the game.There is no point jumping on the developers,i am sure others are to blame for the stupid stuff,we all know who. Enjoy the game

03-07-10, 08:28 PM	#2
shmall Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I have seen a few people on these forums moaning about crash dives, and the way they have to climb down ladders before they can dive, I can not get over how people want to call this a sim in one breath, then in the other they moan when they add something in line with a sim.....guys you can not just morph inside a sub, this not STARTREK lol Must say that I'm really enjoying this sim so far but wont say NO to a few more patches lol

03-09-10, 12:01 PM	#6
Ipecac Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I am impressed by the positivity that I see here. Everywhere else I read forums it's a bloody flame-fest. Good for you guys! That being said, and this being the "What do you think" thread, I must say I am stunned by the lack of quality control in this product. For me, the game is was broken right off the bat, because I can't select the first mission at all. So there's a game breaking bug in the first 10 minutes. That's bad. Second when I'm out patrolling there are surface contacts when I'm submerged, hydrophone contacts when I'm surfaced, failure of the crew to REPORT new contacts, and so on and so forth. So, horribly buggy. I don't mind the new button scheme etc. but I really feel like there are way way too few things you can actually DO with the buttons in the game. Can't call out depth under keel? Return to course? etc. I would have liked to see an improvement in the captains ability to interface with the boat. When I open up F1 to see what I can do.. I'm puzzled. Seems like in a hardcore subsim with realism at 100% every button on the keyboard, plus shift, alt, and ctrl should be able to do something. The visuals are good, I love the ocean and the sub model, but the merchant models are virtually identical in many cases. Can anyone tell the difference between the large steamer and the liberty ship? i don't think there is one. There are like 8 merchants in the target id book thing. Thankfully, modders will come to the rescue, as this is the single best modder community I have EVER had the pleasure to follow, but they are being charged with finishing the game.. and that is not how it should be done. I'm not saying I want a refund and I hate UBI and all that, but an honest review at this stage just has to be very very negative. I fully expect to love this game, once it's received several patches and myriad mods from the community! Kudos ubisoft for making a subsim, but I'd like to see it polished like so many other ubisoft releases.

03-10-10, 06:03 AM	#12
Ablemaster An able master Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: England Posts: 274 Downloads: 121 Uploads: 5	Like many ive bought all previous SH series and expected so much, but in all honesty this is so bad its hard to believe. Graphics are wonderful if youve got a powerful computer to run it that is, gameplay is terrible, its got more bugs than the average jungle. Dont upset yourself stay away from this one. Until its sorted, if it can be. Whats so obvious is that ubi could not of possibly pre tested this. Ive always been a Silent Hunter fan and like many have bought this regardless, but it is so bad i can hardly believe it. Seems like the movies, ubi spend on advertisement and hype and unfortunately we all pay the price. Still i live in hope, well you got to havent you, thanks to all the modders we still have a chance to enjoy this. PS: if anyone wants to buy it from Amazon UK they have dropped their price again, yeh already now only 22 quid, get it while its low. says it all doesnt it. __________________

03-10-10, 07:41 AM	#13
spf69 Watch Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: australia Posts: 22 Downloads: 314 Uploads: 0	ive been hearing so much bad press about sh5..but i will still buy it and its guna cost me $100 here in australia its just hit the shelfs here im sure with mods it will all work out..stop winging pomes.. your lucky it only cost you guys 20 quid..

03-11-10, 02:17 PM	#14
Gilbou Chief Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: France Posts: 313 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	So do you guys have an idea of when you will have finished beta testing the game so it can be published ?

03-16-10, 05:22 AM	#15
Nufsed Sparky Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 156 Downloads: 500 Uploads: 0	What amazes me more than anything else (and there is a lot to be amazed about) is the stability of this game! I have installed most of the mods now available (apart from those which directly conflict with oneanother) and not once has this game crashed. I have installed graphics mods, campaign mods, launched the game from a save which saw me in the middle of a convoy being depth charged, and every time the gamed loaded perfectly! As I said before.....AMAZING!