PC Gamerzone SH5 review - Page 2

Sonarman · 04-03-10, 03:02 PM

Probably the biggest problem in the new approach is that being human beings are very random and need to be given a huge amount of animations and phrases to appear realistic, interesting and not just annoyingly repetitive, its a costly business adding "crew" to a subsim. Now we have a half size crew who never ever sleeps, tires or dies and that's a shame as it detracts from the atmosphere to a degree.

Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it is the wrong approach, the human element has been a key one long missing from simulation in general, but like so many other ideas in the game the feature was not given the correct budget/devtime to come to full fruition. I am sure that the devs had great goals for this aspect, a close look at the number of unused speech files lays testament to that, in time who knows what may be patched in and what our wonderful mod teams may add.

horsa · 04-03-10, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by goldorak

How do you reconcile this with all the whinning in the SH 5 forums about the lack of "hot keys" and quick access to stations (periscope, etc...) ?
These are simmers whinning not console gamers.

Ah, I think we might have a difference of definitions.

Firstly, I would have to emphasise my use of "as a generalisation".

Secondly, I would have to clarify that my sloppy use of "gamer" did not mean "console gamers" but anyone who is not a hard core simmer.

Thirdly, if your survey is correct I would have to question whether everyone on these forums is a hard core "simmer".

Onkel Neal · 04-03-10, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by goldorak

Its it boring to go up and down the uboat to give orders.

Yeah, but not boring to "walk around the U-boat" which is the statement I wanted to address.

KL-alfman · 04-03-10, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by horsa

Thirdly, if your survey is correct I would have to question whether everyone on these forums is a hard core "simmer".

but you is sure one of the few!

04-03-10, 03:02 PM	#16
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,392 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Probably the biggest problem in the new approach is that being human beings are very random and need to be given a huge amount of animations and phrases to appear realistic, interesting and not just annoyingly repetitive, its a costly business adding "crew" to a subsim. Now we have a half size crew who never ever sleeps, tires or dies and that's a shame as it detracts from the atmosphere to a degree. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying it is the wrong approach, the human element has been a key one long missing from simulation in general, but like so many other ideas in the game the feature was not given the correct budget/devtime to come to full fruition. I am sure that the devs had great goals for this aspect, a close look at the number of unused speech files lays testament to that, in time who knows what may be patched in and what our wonderful mod teams may add. __________________ "The action is simulated...the excitement is real!" Microprose Simulation Software. Last edited by Sonarman; 04-03-10 at 06:35 PM.