sh4 vs sh5

[Sailor Steve]

The whole "Americans vs Germans" thing is just not true. SH4 Gold has a German campaign, and with Operation Monsun you get a full 1939-1945 campaign, plus all the different u-boat types, whereas SH5 only lets you play in a Type VII, and in a very limited and unrealistic campaign. That has sort of been extended but still has totally unrealistic goals and assignments. It does let you walk all through the u-boat, which is something no previous version did.

SH4 has better crew management than SH3 did, whereas SH5 has no crew at all, just the department heads. It does let you interact with them more closely than any previous version.

SH4 has many ships imported from SH3. SH5 has so far resisted attempts to import new ships except in a very limited fashion.

SH3 had Kriegsmarine grid squares. SH4 has latitude and longitude coordinates for the American side and both coordinates and KM grids for the German side, which get subdivided as you get closer in on the map until you get the full four-digit grids. SH5 doesn't even have KM squares.

SH5 does have the best graphics.