Silent Hunter 3 vs. Silent Hunter 5 ... who's the best?

[Moeceefus]

Originally Posted by robbo180265

What does it really matter anyway - as long as you are enjoying the game that you are playing , who cares what anyone else thinks?

indeed

[rik007]

After I have been modding the SH-5 environment-files for a while I cannot stand watching this banding-issue and the strange mist+sun any longer. The problem is in the shaders and cannot be corrected from outside the game.

I see people saying that SH-5 will eventually overtake SH-3 and I can only hope that that will happen as I bought SH-5 in blind trust in Ubi.

But I can be wrong but I have the impression that Ubi isnot working on another patch. There are no signs or threats which indicates otherwise so we could well be at the end of the road.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Reece

The biggest gripe in SH4 to me was the U-boat buoyancy, the boat almost flies and in rough weather the crew appearing/disappearing is really annoying!!

I'm pretty sure that was fixed.

Originally Posted by kylania

That's because they are busy playing the wonderfully modded SH5 game rather than trolling the forums of a game they don't even play, like the SH3 crowd is doing.

That analogy can be used on MANY games, but it is also false to some degree. If everyone was too busy playing SH5 rather then trolling/posting on forums, then you wouldn't be making that post at all, would ya?

Another thing is, a lot of people tend to be active in a forum of a game their really into when they can't be at home to play it. That is evident in just about any game forum. So no, not everyone is too busy playing their game to troll the forums.

[SteelViking]

Originally Posted by rik007

After I have been modding the SH-5 environment-files for a while I cannot stand watching this banding-issue and the strange mist+sun any longer. The problem is in the shaders and cannot be corrected from outside the game.

I see people saying that SH-5 will eventually overtake SH-3 and I can only hope that that will happen as I bought SH-5 in blind trust in Ubi.

But I can be wrong but I have the impression that Ubi isnot working on another patch. There are no signs or threats which indicates otherwise so we could well be at the end of the road.

reaper7 has supplied a replacement sky texture in the downloads section, it really does a good job removing the banding. It does not remove the banding from the moon or sun though. Have you given that a try? Also, once W_clear gets his environmental mod totally straightened out, the mist/sun/a lot of other things in the environment will look much better. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I'm pretty sure that was fixed.



That analogy can be used on MANY games, but it is also false to some degree. If everyone was too busy playing SH5 rather then trolling/posting on forums, then you wouldn't be making that post at all, would ya?

Another thing is, a lot of people tend to be active in a forum of a game their really into when they can't be at home to play it. That is evident in just about any game forum. So no, not everyone is too busy playing their game to troll the forums.

Aye, Ducimus, you have a good point there. But, I still agree with the message that kylania was trying to convey.

[Faamecanic]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

I'm pretty sure that was fixed.

O-rly? By a mod? I stopped playing sH4 because even after the Uboat PAID patch... there was still very little pitch and roll, and the boat still came out of the water.

Again..not to beat a dead horse.... I remember the first time playing GWX I almost felt sea-sick!

If FREE modders could figure out how to make a sub behave realistically...then why couldnt the DEVS to it in 5 years of development, money, and the source code.

[jwilliams]

Originally Posted by Moeceefus

whats a better reason one should play sh3 as opposed to sh5? is the game play really that dramatically different? honestly? im hoping those who have actually played both will answer.

The game play is very similar... After all SH5 is SH3 with better eye candy.

Before patch 1.2 Sh5 had bugs that made the game unplayable. BUT now the game braking bugs arnt there ( patch and mods fixed the game).

I play the game exactly the same as i played SH3.

SH5 just lacks things like :-

More ships
last 2years of war
and extra u-boats


All of which will prob be added in...... in time.

ummmmm, help me out...
What else is SH5 lacking?

And if you say AI. theres mods that make the AI hard as... check my sig