Why is SH5 only rated 2 stars!? - Page 2

Catfish · 12-21-14, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

This is why I always buy the disc. I don't have to wait several hours for download. I only have to wait...several days for delivery.

Well i did buy the disc, i have it here.
With a code.
You cannot use the code, but with an online account.
The code is tied to one, and only one account.
This account does not exist anymore, deleted by UBI it seems when this whole Uplay thing crashed some time ago.
So i cannot make up the same account ("taken")
And i cannot use the key, because it is tied to ... ah forget it.

This all is not the guilt of the programmers of this game, but only and alone UBI's Digital Rights Mamagement and [insert expletive here] "Uplay". I hate this. I HATE this.

I wonder what happens if the download is finished. Will there be a key code, with the download ? Will i need another Ubi Uplay account ? I am sure there will be no manual either.

Eichhörnchen · 12-21-14, 11:28 AM

This all drove me to distraction too. I once loaded and registered a number of games to a Steam account, then when I tried to log on a second time I was told that because I was using a "different computer" from the one used to set up the account (I wasn't) and in a "different location" (Milton Keynes as I recall... I've never been near the place) I'd have to go through some complex anti-hacking security process to get it back. I deleted Steam and binned the games. Very expensive, but I knew that if I didn't chuck them I'd forever be going back to try and retrieve the situation... in vain.

I couldn't even donate the games to a charity shop because, as my mate Catfish has pointed out, they've been registered to an account which is now deleted or paralyzed. I want none of it...

Buddahaid · 12-21-14, 11:40 AM

Don't bother with SH5. I have it and the only thing I like is the environment and getting to walk through the sub. I find everything else incomprehensible to the point of never using it, or wanting to learn to use it, or mod it, or anything. Even Shells of Fury is more fun no save game and all.

Eichhörnchen · 12-21-14, 01:30 PM

That's helpful, Buddy: I sometimes have wondered what I'm missing. To tell you the truth, I also enjoy SH3 more than SH4, despite the latter being head and shoulders above in terms of environment.

vanjast · 12-22-14, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

This is why I always buy the disc. I don't have to wait several hours for download. I only have to wait...several days for delivery.

You're lucky... Amazon won't deliver 'my' SH3 Gold to my door

Haven't they heard of DHL.. Is my money not good enough ???

Eichhörnchen · 12-22-14, 04:54 AM

I haven't heard of SH3 Gold (had my bog standard disc for years). What extra content do you get in this?

vanjast · 12-22-14, 05:07 AM

SH2.. that box on sale at Subsim's Amazon account.

Jimbuna · 12-22-14, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by vanjast

SH2.. that box on sale at Subsim's Amazon account.

Nice one

Sailor Steve · 12-22-14, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Eichhornchen

I haven't heard of SH3 Gold (had my bog standard disc for years). What extra content do you get in this?

There is no 'SH3 Gold'. There's GWX3 Gold, which is the same as GWX3. There is SH4 Gold, which is SH4 with the U-Boats add-on added on.

Titanicgeek · 12-23-14, 09:25 PM

So if I buy the disc version will I be able to modify it?

Sailor Steve · 12-23-14, 10:45 PM

If you get the correct version (dated 2008 or newer) it will be fully patched, Starforce-free and good to go.

Titanicgeek · 12-23-14, 10:50 PM

So if I buy SH5 disc version will I be able to modify it?

-Titanicgeek on stand by!

Titanicgeek · 12-23-14, 10:51 PM

For some reason I cant see anything I post. Sorry is a accidentally spammed.

*Edited*
Never mind I can see now.

Sailor Steve · 12-23-14, 10:53 PM

Absolutely. I believe that's the best way to go.

nikimcbee · 12-27-14, 10:14 AM

SHV is just eye-candy and once the sugar rush is over.....

I can't get mine to run.

12-21-14, 11:40 AM	#18
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Don't bother with SH5. I have it and the only thing I like is the environment and getting to walk through the sub. I find everything else incomprehensible to the point of never using it, or wanting to learn to use it, or mod it, or anything. Even Shells of Fury is more fun no save game and all. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

12-23-14, 10:45 PM	#26
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	If you get the correct version (dated 2008 or newer) it will be fully patched, Starforce-free and good to go. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-23-14, 10:50 PM	#27
Titanicgeek Watch Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 22 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	So... So if I buy SH5 disc version will I be able to modify it? -Titanicgeek on stand by!

12-23-14, 10:51 PM	#28
Titanicgeek Watch Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 22 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	oops For some reason I cant see anything I post. Sorry is a accidentally spammed. Edited Never mind I can see now.

12-23-14, 10:53 PM	#29
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Absolutely. I believe that's the best way to go. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-21-14, 11:28 AM	#17
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,458 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This all drove me to distraction too. I once loaded and registered a number of games to a Steam account, then when I tried to log on a second time I was told that because I was using a "different computer" from the one used to set up the account (I wasn't) and in a "different location" (Milton Keynes as I recall... I've never been near the place) I'd have to go through some complex anti-hacking security process to get it back. I deleted Steam and binned the games. Very expensive, but I knew that if I didn't chuck them I'd forever be going back to try and retrieve the situation... in vain. I couldn't even donate the games to a charity shop because, as my mate Catfish has pointed out, they've been registered to an account which is now deleted or paralyzed. I want none of it...

12-21-14, 01:30 PM	#19
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,458 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	That's helpful, Buddy: I sometimes have wondered what I'm missing. To tell you the truth, I also enjoy SH3 more than SH4, despite the latter being head and shoulders above in terms of environment.

12-22-14, 04:54 AM	#21
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 17,458 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I haven't heard of SH3 Gold (had my bog standard disc for years). What extra content do you get in this?

12-22-14, 05:07 AM	#22
vanjast Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somewhere else now Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 825 Uploads: 4	SH2.. that box on sale at Subsim's Amazon account.

12-23-14, 09:25 PM	#25
Titanicgeek Watch Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 22 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	So if I buy the disc version will I be able to modify it?

12-27-14, 10:14 AM	#30
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	SHV is just eye-candy and once the sugar rush is over..... I can't get mine to run. __________________