Do we really need a Silent Hunter 6?

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

Could have been, would have been, should have been.

This thread should have died a slow terrible death a long time ago. Considering there won't be a SH6.
If there is, for some major miracle, my shout at the bar for drinks!

QFT

[makman94]

Originally Posted by JagdPanzer44

Only if:

1) Ubisoft is not involved.

2.) The emphasis is squarely on gameplay; not mindless fluff, i.e., useless crew dialogue, rpg elements, super-special abilities.

"Skyrim" in a submarine is not a simulation.

3.) The game needs to be finished and working.

Not a rough beta dumped into the hands of "those modders at Subsim". I think we've all paid Ubisoft more than enough money to test and then fix their broken products over all these years.


We also need to stop listening to those people who will invariably begin crowing "we need to support $$$ Ubisoft because they're the only game in town...". Been there done that, you can keep the T-shirt.

one of the best posts ^^^ ,totally agreed sir

[grayling]

We could definitely use another silent hunter 6. Would love to see the soviet WWII campaign, the big one thats missing in the series. We keep going back from German to american campaigns in all previous sims, when you have one of the most amazing submarine warfare campaigns in history in the Baltic, the black sea and sea of Okhotsk and the pacific to fight against the Japanese, imagine that! campaign against the Nazis and the Japanese all in one sim! Why has this not happen yet? Watch this documentary and you'll know what im talking about. The soviet boats were great and the missions really challenging, it could easily be the best subsim in the series. Anyway, watch this and tell me what you think, i drooled at the potential of basing a sim over this documentary!

Enjoy

[finchOU]

Originally Posted by grayling

We could definitely use another silent hunter 6. Would love to see the soviet WWII campaign, the big one thats missing in the series. We keep going back from German to american campaigns in all previous sims, when you have one of the most amazing submarine warfare campaigns in history in the Baltic, the black sea and sea of Okhotsk and the pacific to fight against the Japanese, imagine that! campaign against the Nazis and the Japanese all in one sim! Why has this not happen yet? Watch this documentary and you'll know what im talking about. The soviet boats were great and the missions really challenging, it could easily be the best subsim in the series. Anyway, watch this and tell me what you think, i drooled at the potential of basing a sim over this documentary!

Enjoy

I think there are so many elements that need to be fixed prior to even thinking about going to different campaigns/theaters. Ubisoft has been notorious for basically slapping crap in a box and calling it good. Then slapping another "theather" with basically the same crap game (A la SH3 to SH4). They failed miserably with SH5 because instead of "fixing" SH3 they tried to get the fluff involved (Read RPG, crew dialogue, a better graphics) and completely missed the boat with the basics of sim play....and didn't even test it enough. It was a Joke...this game was literally almost unplayable in the released game. I"m glad I waited (since I felt burned from SH3).

Like was mentioned above......if done right... then Yes. I would say no Ubisoft involvement. Since they add fluff already then need to fix and expand it. And add new features that add immersion and realism. Very few sims get it right of of the chocks.... but Ubisoft didnt really set the bar high minus maybe Graphics.

Personal things I would like to see as extras? Random breakdowns with realistic repair. Food levels and quality. Bunks with curtains on it. Realistic periscope view (no "stuff" just the view). Better leaving and returning to port stuff (victory pennants, escort, actual bunker stuff like an office...maybe a bar, better crew management (I actually liked SH3 in that respect), daily crew meeting...a la dinner scene in Das Boot but give status report on fuel, food (supplies), repairs, messages, news from home, and crew issues, curtains on bunks. Cleaning stations...hahaha just kidding. There is so much "extra" crap that just getting the AI, UI, Graphics, and Weather right would make me happy.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by grayling

We could definitely use another silent hunter 6. Would love to see the soviet WWII campaign, the big one thats missing in the series. We keep going back from German to american campaigns in all previous sims, when you have one of the most amazing submarine warfare campaigns in history in the Baltic, the black sea and sea of Okhotsk and the pacific to fight against the Japanese, imagine that! campaign against the Nazis and the Japanese all in one sim! Why has this not happen yet? Watch this documentary and you'll know what im talking about. The soviet boats were great and the missions really challenging, it could easily be the best subsim in the series. Anyway, watch this and tell me what you think, i drooled at the potential of basing a sim over this documentary!

Enjoy

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[murat124]

Originally Posted by grayling

Enjoy

Excellent find, thank you for sharing it.

[MiG-23Flogger]

I personally would like to see a Silent Hunter 6 which combines Silent Hunter 4 and 5 so you can play as German American and British and I personally wouldn't mind a DLC including Soviets and Japs... I dislike DLCs tho :P BTW Italy had one of the Largest submarine fleets in WW2 so..this is intresting
Yet.. what about a Silent Hunter 6 being focused on what if Cold war gone hot ? with Both NATO and Soviets :3
Anyways we all share the same point that Ubisoft should take it's time while making the games giving us a bug free one.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Welcome to SUBSIM grayling : )

[Aktungbby]

Grayling!

[Sniper297]

Call me when Silent Hunter DLXVII comes out, they should get it right by then.

[Deslicks]

Yes we need a new silent hunter 6, one with more options to configure crew, different and better reporting to superiors in and around u boat penns. Visit towns and use fame and wealth. Instead of Fuel always At %%%% Scale actualy have the total amounts in tons and more options so player can use ballast tank levers and the inside of boat more actions. More Actions. and have player figure out fuel, and fuel consumption givien the diesels wer rated at g/RPM/m, but map is at kilometer, so player has to use math. Better Graphics too cuz SH5 is kinda needing a new graphics engine badly... and more stock skins So we dont have to mod and deal with modding....

[ReallyDedPoet]

One of my favorite aspects of the Silent Hunter series are the mods. You can tailor the game to your own liking.

I would prefer a game that did not need multiple patches to fix or was not rushed to completion.

Welcome to SUBSIM by the way Deslicks

[Aktungbby]

Deslicks!A long silent running since joining!

[Sinkmore]

No one's mentioned that, since this thread began, we HAVE gotten SH6 from Ubi - and it's SH-Online. I gather they didn't read this thread.

Moral to the story: Forget too cynical; you can never be cynical enough.

But, who needed SH6? IMHO, SH3,4 and apparently SH5 (I haven't tried it), have all been modded nearly to perfection. These are great (modded) games! Sure, they could be better. Actually, they keep GETTING better. So forget SH6, accept the limitations, suspend a little disbelief, and play those excellent games.

[Jimbuna]

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