I hear there's this new Silent Hunter game...

skookum · 05-03-12, 06:27 PM

Judging by the sparse screenies depicted on ubi's site, it looks like a dressed up Aces of the Deep or Silent hunter 1, minus the awesome campaign structure.

The golden age of gaming has ended.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to post-creative corporatism.

And the worst thing about this whole tragedy? The board members who give the nod to publish this trash are all patting themselves on the back saying, "Good job guys. Our customers will be really excited about this..." They really believe that they care more for customers than for money.

Excuse me, I'm going to be ill.

Ducimus · 05-03-12, 06:42 PM

Just want to say, for a future SH title, i really wanted , except for submarines instead of planes.

This "SH online" is way off the mark. In fact, its a circle runner.

u crank · 05-03-12, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Just want to say, for a future SH title, i really wanted , except for submarines instead of planes.

This "SH online" is way off the mark. In fact, its a circle runner.

Exactly! Agree 100%. They got the dang thing in reverse.

Hitman · 05-08-12, 08:32 AM

Quote:

Just want to say, for a future SH title, i really wanted , except for submarines instead of planes.

Oh no Ducimus, on the contrary: That one despite being about airplanes is still probably more accurate as a subsim than SHO

Herr-Berbunch · 05-08-12, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Hitman

Oh no Ducimus, on the contrary: That one despite being about airplanes is still probably more accurate as a subsim than SHO

Indeed

Gangrel38 · 06-29-12, 11:38 PM

not sure if this would be a good thing or not. but it looks to be killing the SH franchise

Julhelm · 06-30-12, 12:21 AM

I thought the franchise was dead when SH5 flopped?

Kevin123 · 07-01-12, 06:22 PM

Wondering how this game will end

SilentOtto · 07-02-12, 05:40 AM

This game will be nothing but a money-time sink, which is what all the new "F2P" games are. I played World of Tanks for a while, quit a couple months ago, when I realised I had spent more money on that game than I had ever spent on any other game. The objective is pushing you to spend countless hours grinding new equipment or spending $$$ so you unlock it. In Ubisoft's case, well I think it's something similar to give sharks appetite pills. If they were hungry sharks before, now they will be bloodthirsty!

Kloef · 09-04-12, 06:36 AM

They build a browser game with adds, doesnt matter who's playing, the adds are running and money is made( big finger to all of us, really deep), once the game is in Beta there will be no modding, no big changes, but the worst is there is a forum and they WILL delete 'bad' posts!

Just imagine sailing on the sea and seeing an add for 100m2 bricks or toiletpaper, there goes the 'intense experience', getting into the patrol area will be slow but the higher level you are the faster you can get there, you are going to pay them to travel faster! You are going to pay them to see further, to shoot better to do basically everything..you WILL pay!

It works both ways, either you buy your credits or whatever they will call it, or you have to spend enourmous amounts of time to generate credits and they can show you more adds, works out the same for them..not for me or you or us.

No influence from subsim just a bigger group of players with different interests, not people who just want a good sub game or simulator ( and give a part of their live for it to give us all a better experience, at NO costs) and the SHO forum fanboys/girls will love to jump at our throats when we complain about sonar not working properly or some other technical thing they screwed up because it works so well in the game, they won't care about realism.

For example i play WGT Golf, a 'free' browsergame. In 3 months i bought about 70 euro's of virtual clubs and balls to improve my game ( yes i caught the bait) to be able to get to a higher level. I gave them the benefit of the doubt as the clubs really are better (same as an enhanced tool in your sub, earn it with grinding or buy it) but now i got to a new Tier and my clubs are now useless because i didn't buy new ones when i levelled and the game is mad at me and wants me to buy even better clubs for more money, i drew the line right there and then. Also you can earn free credits by watching adds, now they increased the amount of views from 50 to 100(!) to get a lousy 75 Credits and 100 views is something like watching 7 adds a day for 14 days before you get the credits, but i'm drifitng off the subject..

All the browsergames work like this, it's all about generating money.

Is this worrying? Yes it is! It's the end of the line, it's a developer saying screw you we build this game and people will play because our marketing department says so,and they build in things to reward you so you develope a addiction in time ( that's the big picture) and the worst is they are right they will get their players. They will advertise with things like '2 million players on patrol' while they have 2 million subscribers, maybe 100.000 will play the game for a few days but they will try to lure us into it..

I'd rather have Ubi ask me to give them 100 Euro 's for a budget to build a good sub sim and let them do their stuff properly for a change for the next 5 years and give us SH6 with German ánd U.S subs and maybe some Japanese, British, Russian and Dutch subs too, especially Dutch

I just hope this game won't devide the people on this forum and get us into a fit about it, while THEY make money and people will succomb to the attractive pictures and screenshots on the website.

I've played loads of browser games, some where good others were less good but they never give you that total game experience, they never deliver the goods. I tried C&C Alliances, Battlestar Galactica and a few others but they don't come close to an installed game.

Just don't expect too much of the game..it's free, unless you pay.

Nexus7 · 09-11-12, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kloef

Just imagine sailing on the sea and seeing an add for 100m2 bricks or toiletpaper, there goes the 'intense experience', getting into the patrol area will be slow but the higher level you are the faster you can get there, you are going to pay them to travel faster! You are going to pay them to see further, to shoot better to do basically everything..you WILL pay!

I play World of Tanks since months and didnt spend a cent. It's not a browser game, allowing much more detail than a browser game, but its totally free and only multiplayer. There are no "in game" ads.
In WoT, you can pay to buy better tanks, to buy better ammo, to buy tank equipment, to buy better crew etc.

I like to go the "basic" (and slow) way and I am running a Tiger fully equipped, without to spend a cent.

What i notice sometimes, people that buy (cash) better tanks or better ammo will immediately "show up" as noobs because they didnt learn enough to go to that level and it is usually clear to see for the other players. (and i personally tend to belive they wont even enjoy the experience).

Still, some ppl WILL spend a lot.

I think this formula is plainly very rentable, if properly implemented, and yes, money matters a lot for that industry...

dancerdolphin · 10-13-12, 06:37 PM

i have played it. I suggest you do as I have and apply to beta test it and experience the game. I applied at the beginning of this week and wait to hear back.

10-20-12, 11:41 PM

Way to go, Beta test it first

Philipp_Thomsen · 11-15-12, 12:33 PM

I decided to login back to subsim to see what was going on... maybe some new game.

Tired of playing wow.

So I saw SHO, watched a bunch of videos on youtube.

LOL!

You know, I thought I'd be angrier, what with the utter fail that SH5 was,
and waiting that maybe the next one would be a bit better...
or maybe I'm just so unbelievably enraged that I have come full circle.

Browser game... for simulator fans... What the hell is the gaming company thinking.
Other than money.

Actually I'm not that impressed... I'm now working for the gaming industry (SGI, Cross Fire, quality control)
And I gotta tell you... if they have to choose between quality or profit, it's profit every time.

I used to get pissed at first... now days I'm just used to. Its a 2-month-long fight over email to fix an in-game typo.

shark11 · 01-12-13, 09:40 AM

haha i had a look at that youtube about sh online lol how true it is, playing on line ha, its as back as SH5 crap,
SH over the years are going the wrong way, instend of getting better there getting worst
must be why i keep going back to my old friend SH3 with GWX and a few mods.

05-03-12, 06:27 PM	#1
skookum Weps Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 351 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Judging by the sparse screenies depicted on ubi's site, it looks like a dressed up Aces of the Deep or Silent hunter 1, minus the awesome campaign structure. The golden age of gaming has ended. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to post-creative corporatism. And the worst thing about this whole tragedy? The board members who give the nod to publish this trash are all patting themselves on the back saying, "Good job guys. Our customers will be really excited about this..." They really believe that they care more for customers than for money. Excuse me, I'm going to be ill. __________________

06-29-12, 11:38 PM	#6
Gangrel38 Nub Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 2 Downloads: 49 Uploads: 0	Silent hunter online not sure if this would be a good thing or not. but it looks to be killing the SH franchise

09-04-12, 06:36 AM	#10
Kloef Weps Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 360 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	They build a browser game with adds, doesnt matter who's playing, the adds are running and money is made( big finger to all of us, really deep), once the game is in Beta there will be no modding, no big changes, but the worst is there is a forum and they WILL delete 'bad' posts! Just imagine sailing on the sea and seeing an add for 100m2 bricks or toiletpaper, there goes the 'intense experience', getting into the patrol area will be slow but the higher level you are the faster you can get there, you are going to pay them to travel faster! You are going to pay them to see further, to shoot better to do basically everything..you WILL pay! It works both ways, either you buy your credits or whatever they will call it, or you have to spend enourmous amounts of time to generate credits and they can show you more adds, works out the same for them..not for me or you or us. No influence from subsim just a bigger group of players with different interests, not people who just want a good sub game or simulator ( and give a part of their live for it to give us all a better experience, at NO costs) and the SHO forum fanboys/girls will love to jump at our throats when we complain about sonar not working properly or some other technical thing they screwed up because it works so well in the game, they won't care about realism. For example i play WGT Golf, a 'free' browsergame. In 3 months i bought about 70 euro's of virtual clubs and balls to improve my game ( yes i caught the bait) to be able to get to a higher level. I gave them the benefit of the doubt as the clubs really are better (same as an enhanced tool in your sub, earn it with grinding or buy it) but now i got to a new Tier and my clubs are now useless because i didn't buy new ones when i levelled and the game is mad at me and wants me to buy even better clubs for more money, i drew the line right there and then. Also you can earn free credits by watching adds, now they increased the amount of views from 50 to 100(!) to get a lousy 75 Credits and 100 views is something like watching 7 adds a day for 14 days before you get the credits, but i'm drifitng off the subject.. All the browsergames work like this, it's all about generating money. Is this worrying? Yes it is! It's the end of the line, it's a developer saying screw you we build this game and people will play because our marketing department says so,and they build in things to reward you so you develope a addiction in time ( that's the big picture) and the worst is they are right they will get their players. They will advertise with things like '2 million players on patrol' while they have 2 million subscribers, maybe 100.000 will play the game for a few days but they will try to lure us into it.. I'd rather have Ubi ask me to give them 100 Euro 's for a budget to build a good sub sim and let them do their stuff properly for a change for the next 5 years and give us SH6 with German ánd U.S subs and maybe some Japanese, British, Russian and Dutch subs too, especially Dutch I just hope this game won't devide the people on this forum and get us into a fit about it, while THEY make money and people will succomb to the attractive pictures and screenshots on the website. I've played loads of browser games, some where good others were less good but they never give you that total game experience, they never deliver the goods. I tried C&C Alliances, Battlestar Galactica and a few others but they don't come close to an installed game. Just don't expect too much of the game..it's free, unless you pay. __________________ http://www.dutchsubmarines.com/ Last edited by Kloef; 09-04-12 at 11:06 AM.

10-13-12, 06:37 PM	#12
dancerdolphin Nub Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I will reserve my judgment until.... i have played it. I suggest you do as I have and apply to beta test it and experience the game. I applied at the beginning of this week and wait to hear back.

10-20-12, 11:41 PM	#13
griff4 Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	online Way to go, Beta test it first

05-03-12, 06:42 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Just want to say, for a future SH title, i really wanted , except for submarines instead of planes. This "SH online" is way off the mark. In fact, its a circle runner.

06-30-12, 12:21 AM	#7
Julhelm Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Icy North Posts: 690 Downloads: 189 Uploads: 0	I thought the franchise was dead when SH5 flopped?

07-01-12, 06:22 PM	#8
Kevin123 Bilge Rat Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Wondering how this game will end

07-02-12, 05:40 AM	#9
SilentOtto Engineer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BF79 Posts: 209 Downloads: 71 Uploads: 0	This game will be nothing but a money-time sink, which is what all the new "F2P" games are. I played World of Tanks for a while, quit a couple months ago, when I realised I had spent more money on that game than I had ever spent on any other game. The objective is pushing you to spend countless hours grinding new equipment or spending $$$ so you unlock it. In Ubisoft's case, well I think it's something similar to give sharks appetite pills. If they were hungry sharks before, now they will be bloodthirsty!

11-15-12, 12:33 PM	#14
Philipp_Thomsen Old Gang Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Drunk at the whorehouse Posts: 2,278 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I decided to login back to subsim to see what was going on... maybe some new game. Tired of playing wow. So I saw SHO, watched a bunch of videos on youtube. LOL! You know, I thought I'd be angrier, what with the utter fail that SH5 was, and waiting that maybe the next one would be a bit better... or maybe I'm just so unbelievably enraged that I have come full circle. Browser game... for simulator fans... What the hell is the gaming company thinking. Other than money. Actually I'm not that impressed... I'm now working for the gaming industry (SGI, Cross Fire, quality control) And I gotta tell you... if they have to choose between quality or profit, it's profit every time. I used to get pissed at first... now days I'm just used to. Its a 2-month-long fight over email to fix an in-game typo. __________________ To each his own

01-12-13, 09:40 AM	#15
shark11 Watch Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australian Posts: 18 Downloads: 224 Uploads: 0	youtube haha i had a look at that youtube about sh online lol how true it is, playing on line ha, its as back as SH5 crap, SH over the years are going the wrong way, instend of getting better there getting worst must be why i keep going back to my old friend SH3 with GWX and a few mods. Last edited by shark11; 01-12-13 at 09:53 AM.