If I were Ubisoft I would...

Captain Vlad · 02-11-08, 08:45 PM

I voted for the MMOG for the same cash-flow related reasons stated elsewhere, but also for the sheer fun of pitting yourself against human opponents. Just look at this forum...can you imagine the nail-biting fights people with our usual knowledge and experience of subsims would have?

There's a lot of issues doing 'real war' style online games, though, especially if you're going for serious realism. As a former player of WWII Online I will happily state that spending half your spare time walking or riding to someplace you might see some action kinda blows.

Cost wise, 14.99 a month is perfectly reasonable. If you're not willing to give up 3 movie rentals in a 30 day period, you probably aren't that keen on playing the game anyway.

In my heart of hearts, though....I want DC2. I haven't played a decent surface ship sim in years, simply because I can't remember when the last one was released.

Oh...an additional point about the MMOG idea...if you think you get attached to your boat on stock SH IV...you'd be amazed how personal your virtual vehicle can become when real people shoot at it.

View Poll Results: If I was Ubisoft the next thing I would do would be...
Make another expansion to SH4 this time with Japanese subs + Japanese strategic control	11	8.59%
Make another expansion this time with less generic ports and harbours	2	1.56%
Make a sequel to Destroyer Command with small fleet actions eg Convoy Commander	29	22.66%
Make a larger WWII fleet action sim ala "Task Force 1942"	21	16.41%
Make a World war 1 subsim	4	3.13%
Make a Cold war subsim 1950s- 1960's era	5	3.91%
Make a Cold war subsim 1980s- 1990's era	10	7.81%
Make an MMORPG with ships subs & aircraft to control	12	9.38%
Make SH5 an Atlantic subsim with "local wolfpack control	20	15.63%
other, please list.	14	10.94%
Voters: 128. You may not vote on this poll

02-11-08, 08:45 PM	#13
Captain Vlad Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pollard, Oklahoma Posts: 679 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I voted for the MMOG for the same cash-flow related reasons stated elsewhere, but also for the sheer fun of pitting yourself against human opponents. Just look at this forum...can you imagine the nail-biting fights people with our usual knowledge and experience of subsims would have? There's a lot of issues doing 'real war' style online games, though, especially if you're going for serious realism. As a former player of WWII Online I will happily state that spending half your spare time walking or riding to someplace you might see some action kinda blows. Cost wise, 14.99 a month is perfectly reasonable. If you're not willing to give up 3 movie rentals in a 30 day period, you probably aren't that keen on playing the game anyway. In my heart of hearts, though....I want DC2. I haven't played a decent surface ship sim in years, simply because I can't remember when the last one was released. Oh...an additional point about the MMOG idea...if you think you get attached to your boat on stock SH IV...you'd be amazed how personal your virtual vehicle can become when real people shoot at it. __________________ "Stop sounding battlestations just to hear the alarm."