Ubisoft announces Silent Hunter 5

[Einsman]

I hope developers learn from past mistakes (Silent Hunter IV)

[Rotor]

It's alive! Looks very promising! - but allways MORE sim LESS arcade....

[kaptkirkU4467]

Looks great...guess I better start looking into more Ram as it looks like a real system hog.
*and all of you will buy it..say it!*

[Gezoes]

Dang, thanks for the e-mail Neil/Subsim, wonderful news indeed!

[bert8for3]

Can hardly scroll these pages fast enough to get to the end as more posts go up. LOL.

Looking forward to this.

[cherbert]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

I am somewhat surprised that SH5 should revert to U Boats as SH2 apparently did not gross as much profit in the UK as they would have liked simply because many sim fans, like me, did not want to 'kill their own'.

I don't agree with this.

I am so glad they went back to u-boats. For me stock SH4 with its American subs lacked all the atmosphere found in World War 2 German Uboats.

It was nice they attempted to bolt on uboats with the SH4 UBoat Expansion but it was bugged in places.

For me when you think of submarines you think of the German Uboat war primarily.

I can't wait!

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by kaptkirkU4467

Looks great...guess I better start looking into more Ram as it looks like a real system hog.
*and all of you will buy it..say it!*

thants a good point!!

[Boris]

Here's a few more screens, apart from those we've already seen...

http://games.magnus.de/vorschau/QQar...-hunter-5.html

[tiger shark]

I hope there will be Type XXI

[Webchessie]

Late to the party as usual, but thanks for the email heads-up on SHV!

When the game comes out, it will force me to "retire" my old trusty Dell Dimension 8400. I'll sink her with a clean bow shot in the hard drive.

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Boris

Here's a few more screens, apart from those we've already seen...

http://games.magnus.de/vorschau/QQar...-hunter-5.html

Hot damn...a U-boat crew that dresses like a U-boat crew!

[gordonmull]

I'm excited but wary about getting my hopes up...

I remember past disasters.

I do hope UBI make an announcement about wolfpacks soon and put us all out of our misery though!!!

[Sonarman]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

I am somewhat surprised that SH5 should revert to U Boats as SH2 apparently did not gross as much profit in the UK as they would have liked simply because many sim fans, like me, did not want to 'kill their own'.

Hmm... that arguement doesn't really hold water as SHIII also a U-Boat sim sold very well in the UK even entering and remaining in the charts for many weeks (unheard of for a sub sim). I think the reason SH2 did not sell well in the UK was simple, it was not a very good sim with poor graphics & AI and a multiplayer that barely worked and consequently it was reviewed poorly and sales suffered suffered accordingly.

Ubi recently announced that Europe was a larger market for them in terms of sales than the US and just yesterday they reported that Germany for the first time is now a bigger market for Ubisoft games than the UK, that could also have been a factor in the decision. It would be very interesting to see a breakdown in sales for the SH series by region, I bet it would be a real eye-opener!

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by Sonarman

Ubi recently announced that Europe was a larger market for them in terms of sales than the US and just yesterday they reported that Germany for the first time is now a bigger market for Ubisoft games than the UK, that could also have been a factor in the decision. It would be very interseting to see a breakdown in sales for the SH series by region, I bet it would be a real eye-opener!

which brings me back to U Boats

[tiger shark]