This game is screwed up!

Subnuts · 04-22-07, 04:26 PM

Hi everyone!

I bought and installed SH4 this weekend, hoping that I'd once again be able to recreate the fantastic Atlantic battles that were the most important part of World War II. Unfortunately, something is horribly wrong with SH4. This is the least accurate depiction of the U-boat war I've ever seen!

I knew something was wrong the minute I started a new campaign and couldn't start before December 1941. I was even more perplexed when I was assigned a bizarre "S" type submarine, which bares no resemblance to any U-boat I know of and doesn't have any aft torpedo tubes. I started out at "Manila," a base in the "phillypeenes." I was even more confused when I saw ships flying American flags in the harbor, and when I looked at the navigation screen the ocean I was in looked nothing like the Atlantic!

I left Manila, and decided to sink a few of the American ships. I entered the command room and noticed that none of my crew were wearing German uniforms! All of the labels on the controls were in some bizarre non-Germanic language, and my crew were speaking in a bizarre gibberish language I'd never heard. I sank one of the American destroyers, got bored, and returned to base. For some reason I was hauled away and court-martialed for sinking what I thought was one of the enemy's ships! An enemy ship that was sitting in my harbor!

I also noticed that the ships I were supposed to be sinking were the ones flying white flags with red circles on them. They didn't look British to me at all. One of their destroyers rammed me and shot me to pieces with it's guns. It turns out those ships were JAPANESE! Germany's ALLIES during World War II? Why the HELL did they shoot at ME and WHY am I supposed to sink THEM?!!!

This game sucks. The developers obviously never saw U-571, or else they'd know what the real U-boat war was like!

sqk7744 · 04-22-07, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Subnuts

Hi everyone!

I bought and installed SH4 this weekend, hoping that I'd once again be able to recreate the fantastic Atlantic battles that were the most important part of World War II. Unfortunately, something is horribly wrong with SH4. This is the least accurate depiction of the U-boat war I've ever seen!

I knew something was wrong the minute I started a new campaign and couldn't start before December 1941. I was even more perplexed when I was assigned a bizarre "S" type submarine, which bares no resemblance to any U-boat I know of and doesn't have any aft torpedo tubes. I started out at "Manila," a base in the "phillypeenes." I was even more confused when I saw ships flying American flags in the harbor, and when I looked at the navigation screen the ocean I was in looked nothing like the Atlantic!

I left Manila, and decided to sink a few of the American ships. I entered the command room and noticed that none of my crew were wearing German uniforms! All of the labels on the controls were in some bizarre non-Germanic language, and my crew were speaking in a bizarre gibberish language I'd never heard. I sank one of the American destroyers, got bored, and returned to base. For some reason I was hauled away and court-martialed for sinking what I thought was one of the enemy's ships! An enemy ship that was sitting in my harbor!

I also noticed that the ships I were supposed to be sinking were the ones flying white flags with red circles on them. They didn't look British to me at all. One of their destroyers rammed me and shot me to pieces with it's guns. It turns out those ships were JAPANESE! Germany's ALLIES during World War II? Why the HELL did they shoot at ME and WHY am I supposed to sink THEM?!!!

This game sucks. The developers obviously never saw U-571, or else they'd know what the real U-boat war was like!

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April 1st was 21 days ago

~but I see what you're doing and I like it!

OK, I'll bite...

<SQK7744_RANT=ON>
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"

And U-571 was WAAAAAAAAAAAY better than Das Boot. I mean, com'on people...
I'll take a bubble-gum, Classically Trained Eye Candy, balance sheet centric, B-Movie over creative, historical content anyday. In fact, they should remake Das Boot, Red October and Run Silent Run Deep with Ben Affleck, Orlando Bloom and Fabio!" (cue the three heckler's heads at the bottom of the screen ala MST3K)
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Subsim Monitor · 04-28-07, 02:26 AM

Merits a bump

Karl-Heinz Jaeger · 04-28-07, 02:44 AM

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Camaero · 04-28-07, 02:51 AM

Scoochy · 04-28-07, 03:10 AM

Imagine MY surprise when I found out there was no runway for my dive planes! How can my planes dive if I can't even take off! Totally undermodelled....How UBi could release a product in this state is beyond me.

If a car salesman did the same thing, we could sue him! totall rubish.

Sailor Steve · 04-28-07, 10:39 AM

Dive planes!:rotfl:

And Subnuts complaining the devs probably never saw U-571!:rotfl: I certainly hope they didn't see Pearl Harbor!

I can't wait till I get the game so I can take Nautilus to the North Pole! Umm, that is modelled, isn't it? Triton around the world underwater?

TheBrauerHour · 04-28-07, 10:50 AM

:rotfl:

LMAO You guys are killing me!!!!!!

Rhodes · 04-28-07, 11:02 AM

:rotfl:

:rotfl:

This thread has future!!!

Herr Karl · 04-28-07, 01:21 PM

Excellent analogy!!

AVGWarhawk · 04-28-07, 01:31 PM

Quote:

which bares no resemblance to any U-boat I know of and doesn't have any aft torpedo tubes.

And here I though Doenitz had sent my u-boat to the custom body and paint shop....this is what they came up with

Catfish · 04-28-07, 05:30 PM

Hello,
wrong flags everywhere, Manila and japanese allies shooting at "us". This sim must be even more buggy than the Sims lol. Phillypeenes and Sugar boats ? I hesitated, but when i read this post i knew i will have to get this sim

Unfortunately i spent so much time in improving, changing configurations and modding SH3 beyond any recognition with all those phantastic mods the crew from Subsim created, that i never made it through a whole career in SH3 yet. And then there's still "Dangerous waters".
Greetings,
Catfish

Fearless · 04-28-07, 05:46 PM

Bugga,,, I thought this was a Russian nuclear sub game

Sulikate · 04-28-07, 05:55 PM

:rotfl::rotfl:

Nice one mate

Kapitan_Phillips · 04-28-07, 05:57 PM

This is a piece of crap. My orders are repeated in an american accent! WTF?! Where's my translation option! What the fudge am I doing in the Pacific, huh? Not enough coffee, devs? Too many late nights? Get it right!

I dont even know WHAT these U-Boats are supposed to be. They look american! wtfomg! Patch! There better be one!

04-22-07, 04:26 PM	#1
Subnuts The Old Man Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,658 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	This game is screwed up! Hi everyone! I bought and installed SH4 this weekend, hoping that I'd once again be able to recreate the fantastic Atlantic battles that were the most important part of World War II. Unfortunately, something is horribly wrong with SH4. This is the least accurate depiction of the U-boat war I've ever seen! I knew something was wrong the minute I started a new campaign and couldn't start before December 1941. I was even more perplexed when I was assigned a bizarre "S" type submarine, which bares no resemblance to any U-boat I know of and doesn't have any aft torpedo tubes. I started out at "Manila," a base in the "phillypeenes." I was even more confused when I saw ships flying American flags in the harbor, and when I looked at the navigation screen the ocean I was in looked nothing like the Atlantic! I left Manila, and decided to sink a few of the American ships. I entered the command room and noticed that none of my crew were wearing German uniforms! All of the labels on the controls were in some bizarre non-Germanic language, and my crew were speaking in a bizarre gibberish language I'd never heard. I sank one of the American destroyers, got bored, and returned to base. For some reason I was hauled away and court-martialed for sinking what I thought was one of the enemy's ships! An enemy ship that was sitting in my harbor! I also noticed that the ships I were supposed to be sinking were the ones flying white flags with red circles on them. They didn't look British to me at all. One of their destroyers rammed me and shot me to pieces with it's guns. It turns out those ships were JAPANESE! Germany's ALLIES during World War II? Why the HELL did they shoot at ME and WHY am I supposed to sink THEM?!!! This game sucks. The developers obviously never saw U-571, or else they'd know what the real U-boat war was like!

04-28-07, 02:44 AM	#4
Karl-Heinz Jaeger Planesman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 188 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: __________________ Clear Skies and Good Hunting!! Regards, Kptn.Lt. Karl-Heinz Jaeger SHIII Commander Henry Hunter SHIV

04-28-07, 02:51 AM	#5
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	__________________

04-28-07, 03:10 AM	#6
Scoochy Sparky Join Date: May 2005 Location: San diego Ca. Posts: 150 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	Imagine MY surprise when I found out there was no runway for my dive planes! How can my planes dive if I can't even take off! Totally undermodelled....How UBi could release a product in this state is beyond me. If a car salesman did the same thing, we could sue him! totall rubish. __________________ SH5 Photobucket Slideshow

04-28-07, 10:39 AM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Dive planes!:rotfl: And Subnuts complaining the devs probably never saw U-571!:rotfl: I certainly hope they didn't see Pearl Harbor! I can't wait till I get the game so I can take Nautilus to the North Pole! Umm, that is modelled, isn't it? Triton around the world underwater? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-28-07, 02:26 AM	#3
Subsim Monitor System Monitor Bot Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,504 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	Merits a bump

04-28-07, 10:50 AM	#8
TheBrauerHour Mr. Eastwood Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 364 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: LMAO You guys are killing me!!!!!!

04-28-07, 11:02 AM	#9
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,517 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: :rotfl: This thread has future!!! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

04-28-07, 01:21 PM	#10
Herr Karl Medic Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Seattle,WA/Dutch Harbor,AK Posts: 163 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Excellent analogy!! __________________ Gato Last edited by Herr Karl; 04-28-07 at 01:35 PM.

04-28-07, 05:30 PM	#12
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,767 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Hello, wrong flags everywhere, Manila and japanese allies shooting at "us". This sim must be even more buggy than the Sims lol. Phillypeenes and Sugar boats ? I hesitated, but when i read this post i knew i will have to get this sim Unfortunately i spent so much time in improving, changing configurations and modding SH3 beyond any recognition with all those phantastic mods the crew from Subsim created, that i never made it through a whole career in SH3 yet. And then there's still "Dangerous waters". Greetings, Catfish

04-28-07, 05:46 PM	#13
Fearless Ace of the Deep Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 1,047 Downloads: 340 Uploads: 1	Bugga,,, I thought this was a Russian nuclear sub game

04-28-07, 05:55 PM	#14
Sulikate Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Korea Posts: 834 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	:rotfl::rotfl: Nice one mate __________________ Se flutua e não fala quack, afunde-o!

04-28-07, 05:57 PM	#15
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	This is a piece of crap. My orders are repeated in an american accent! WTF?! Where's my translation option! What the fudge am I doing in the Pacific, huh? Not enough coffee, devs? Too many late nights? Get it right! I dont even know WHAT these U-Boats are supposed to be. They look american! wtfomg! Patch! There better be one! __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.