Silent Hunter 3 vs. Silent Hunter 5 ... who's the best?

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by Cybermat47

They should remake SHIII without changing the engine, but gupive it SH5 graphics

They ptprobably won't, though

III was a gem, no argument there. It had that special intangible feel to it. Great job in capturing the 'depressive U-boat' environment. A true classic.

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

III was a gem, no argument there. It had that special intangible feel to it. Great job in capturing the 'depressive U-boat' environment. A true classic.

I liked the way I had it modded. If it had SH5 or even SH4 graphics Hell Id be content. The graphics how they are are fine though.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

I liked the way I had it modded.

I think that's part of what made it so special. The fact that so many people were 'captured' by it, led to a very deep collection of mods that made it everything it could be.

People mod what they love, and SH3 got lots of love!

[Faamecanic]

Originally Posted by USNSRCaseySmith

I liked the way I had it modded. If it had SH5 or even SH4 graphics Hell Id be content. The graphics how they are are fine though.

As of today I STILL go back to my SH3 with GWX, and some audio files from my grammaphone. And those are the only mods I need to make SH3 a joy to play even years later.

SH5, while full of eye-candy, is too buggy and with the mod soup you have to install (without a supermod to collate all the great mods to ensure compatibility) it just isnt worth my time or trouble. I have YET to complete a campaign in SH5 without loosing a save file, or it bugging my campaign out to the point of havinig to start over. And its not because I die.

SH3 I have finished 2 GWX campaigns (by being VERY careful in the later years) and made it past 1943 on several others before meeting my demise.