Silent Hunter 6

Bilge_Rat · 05-07-10, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Faamecanic

Uh oh....even robbo is starting to sound a bit negative (hands cat-o-nine tails over)

He must be having an off day, I'm sure he will soon be back to full form...

p.s. come on robbo, we're counting on you...

robbo180265 · 05-07-10, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat

He must be having an off day, I'm sure he will soon be back to full form...

p.s. come on robbo, we're counting on you...

Yaay! Silent Hunter

robbo180265 · 05-07-10, 11:21 AM

Seriously though,

Having waited this long for a patch, without any updates from UBI except of course the ones coming from the German Forum, finding that the list of fixes has actually grown smaller instead of bigger, it's really difficult to find any enthusiasm for SH6 - or 5 for that matter.

*Thinking happy thoughts*

Bilge_Rat · 05-07-10, 11:28 AM

I hear you. I will actually be very surprised if there is a SH6.

Moeceefus · 05-07-10, 12:25 PM

if sh6 happens i will buy it. if another dev comes out with a new sub sim i will buy that as well. i like submarines.

Zedi · 05-07-10, 12:53 PM

Feuer, I fail to understand your argument. There is no need for reputation to start a business, but for sure it is needed to keep it floating.

Bottom line, I fire Ubi and I will never buy another SH version under their logo. Same mistakes again and again, nothing learned nor improved all these years. So in my opinion, they have to let it go. Maybe focus on AC series or whatever they can do best, but obviously, SH is not their strong point. Just to be grateful because is the only company that develop a sub sim.. is not a valid argument.

So maybe we should start talkin what we would like to see in SH6 or some similar sub sim. Maybe some indie development team/company is already thinking to take over the SH series and their best source for a wish list is subsim.com. To be honest, I can't think to anything else than fixing the bugs in SH5.. but I think there is some stuff that we all would like to have and see in SH and these are things that was not finished in SH5:

A living crew.
We like to hunt and sink ships, but we also love and feel for out boat. And the crew is the core and the heart of the ship. This is not a plane sim where you are all alone with your machine, is not a FPS where you fight you war all alone against the retarded enemy, is a living thing where you have under your command not only some cold machines but a crew. A crew with family left home, with dreams and hopes, with strength and weakness and so on. So beside the machine, you have to take care of the 52 men aboard, promote them or why not.. even shoot them if they disobey your orders.

Achievements.
This is maybe the most important thing. Is maybe the basic of the human kind, to achieve things... game or not. The whole campaigns should be based on achievements, but realistic ones. Sinking a battleship surrounded with heavy escorts is not a realistic one, is just lame. But surviving a heavy guarded convoy attack, yeah.. that something to cheer up and having a medal for it, is a very nice reward. Going in Scapa and own a battleship.. now that's something truly heroic and when you return to base.. well, you can expect Donitz himself waiting for you, free beer and chicks for the crew, loads of whiskey for you

And there is more. But sadly in SH series we are too busy to discuss about the bugs and how to fix it rather than discuss improvements. So that's why Ubi will have to close the SH series. They suck and are not capable to bring on the market a finished SH sim game. So I wish them luck in developing the AC series, the most pirated game ever.

05-07-10, 11:28 AM	#4
Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	I hear you. I will actually be very surprised if there is a SH6. __________________

05-07-10, 11:21 AM	#3
robbo180265 Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton, England.Party capital of the south Posts: 2,255 Downloads: 126 Uploads: 0	Seriously though, Having waited this long for a patch, without any updates from UBI except of course the ones coming from the German Forum, finding that the list of fixes has actually grown smaller instead of bigger, it's really difficult to find any enthusiasm for SH6 - or 5 for that matter. Thinking happy thoughts

05-07-10, 12:25 PM	#5
Moeceefus 中国水兵 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New York Posts: 278 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	if sh6 happens i will buy it. if another dev comes out with a new sub sim i will buy that as well. i like submarines.

05-07-10, 12:53 PM	#6
Zedi Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,845 Downloads: 184 Uploads: 2	Feuer, I fail to understand your argument. There is no need for reputation to start a business, but for sure it is needed to keep it floating. Bottom line, I fire Ubi and I will never buy another SH version under their logo. Same mistakes again and again, nothing learned nor improved all these years. So in my opinion, they have to let it go. Maybe focus on AC series or whatever they can do best, but obviously, SH is not their strong point. Just to be grateful because is the only company that develop a sub sim.. is not a valid argument. So maybe we should start talkin what we would like to see in SH6 or some similar sub sim. Maybe some indie development team/company is already thinking to take over the SH series and their best source for a wish list is subsim.com. To be honest, I can't think to anything else than fixing the bugs in SH5.. but I think there is some stuff that we all would like to have and see in SH and these are things that was not finished in SH5: A living crew. We like to hunt and sink ships, but we also love and feel for out boat. And the crew is the core and the heart of the ship. This is not a plane sim where you are all alone with your machine, is not a FPS where you fight you war all alone against the retarded enemy, is a living thing where you have under your command not only some cold machines but a crew. A crew with family left home, with dreams and hopes, with strength and weakness and so on. So beside the machine, you have to take care of the 52 men aboard, promote them or why not.. even shoot them if they disobey your orders. Achievements. This is maybe the most important thing. Is maybe the basic of the human kind, to achieve things... game or not. The whole campaigns should be based on achievements, but realistic ones. Sinking a battleship surrounded with heavy escorts is not a realistic one, is just lame. But surviving a heavy guarded convoy attack, yeah.. that something to cheer up and having a medal for it, is a very nice reward. Going in Scapa and own a battleship.. now that's something truly heroic and when you return to base.. well, you can expect Donitz himself waiting for you, free beer and chicks for the crew, loads of whiskey for you And there is more. But sadly in SH series we are too busy to discuss about the bugs and how to fix it rather than discuss improvements. So that's why Ubi will have to close the SH series. They suck and are not capable to bring on the market a finished SH sim game. So I wish them luck in developing the AC series, the most pirated game ever.