SH4 and Bungo Pete - Page 2

Weissman · 07-29-06, 08:06 PM

I was disappointed to see that SH4 will be in the Pacific - to me that will always be boring. BUT I am willing to give it a go providing Ubisoft provide a balanced game. Even SH3, as good as it is, got boring with only one playable side. The inaccuracies, like the almost total lack of Allied Air Power in the form of long-range patrols from the ground or from escort carriers, just became too much for me. I'd rather have seen SH4 as a revised Destroyer Command with a full-on upgrade to SH3 so we FINALLY had a game where the Battle of The Atlantic could be fought on line from both sides. The Cruel Sea is, for me, the definitive blueprint for what I want in a WW2 submarine simulator. The only thing that ever came close was an Avalon Hill boradgame called SUBMARINE, which covered both the Atlantic and the Pacific theatres and allowed both sides as playable.
Ubisoft may make another good game with SH4, but unless they provide the ability to select either a US sub or a Japanese escort it will not be a GREAT game, not will it sell as well as it deserves.

07-29-06, 08:06 PM	#1
Weissman Swabbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 12 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	SH4 and Bungo Pete I was disappointed to see that SH4 will be in the Pacific - to me that will always be boring. BUT I am willing to give it a go providing Ubisoft provide a balanced game. Even SH3, as good as it is, got boring with only one playable side. The inaccuracies, like the almost total lack of Allied Air Power in the form of long-range patrols from the ground or from escort carriers, just became too much for me. I'd rather have seen SH4 as a revised Destroyer Command with a full-on upgrade to SH3 so we FINALLY had a game where the Battle of The Atlantic could be fought on line from both sides. The Cruel Sea is, for me, the definitive blueprint for what I want in a WW2 submarine simulator. The only thing that ever came close was an Avalon Hill boradgame called SUBMARINE, which covered both the Atlantic and the Pacific theatres and allowed both sides as playable. Ubisoft may make another good game with SH4, but unless they provide the ability to select either a US sub or a Japanese escort it will not be a GREAT game, not will it sell as well as it deserves.