Shells of Fury review by Horsa - Page 2

CCIP · 11-19-07, 02:58 AM

Well, having played a few "real" campaign missions, I gotta say I'm really in total agreement with Horsa on this review. This game's got charm and essence of a good subsim - too bad that essense is really stripped down to truly bare essence. But if you go into it with a lot of imagination... the game takes you back. A few years ago this would've been a stellar subsim title -far better than SHII when it was released!

Again, shame it wasn't really finished. I'll be happy to play it along and wait for mods though!

Meanwhile, back to sailing. I totally agree with the assesment that it feels a bit comic-book-ish. It is! As I said, with a lot of imagination this one makes for some cool adventures. It also feels a bit less pressuring and less time-consuming to play than SHIII/IV assuming you don't mind the lack of in-mission saves. It doesn't have nearly as much tension as SHIII/IV, more just... you make an error, you pay for it quickly (and pay you do!). While I love the nail-biting drama of being depth-charged, it's nice when you can step back from that and play a game of peekaboo with the enemy.

I call her U-7, 4 missions in and 6660t sunk (since I've only attacked warships and small vessels sailing in suspicious areas so far). From humble beginnings bigger things go, though! :p

Col7777 · 03-04-08, 06:00 AM

Well I got the game and at first I wasn't all that struck on it, but now CB is getting his teeth in to it, it now shows a lot of promise.

Well done CB, nice to see you again, I'm still flight simming but I keep looking in from time to time.

CB.. · 03-05-08, 12:33 PM

cheers COL..nice to see you again too

it's a very moddable game...the best part is really seee-ing the ww1 ships up close..very nice models and you just never see these turn of the century ships anywhere else...the game is a bit "heath robinison" but either deliberately or accidentaly that's strangely appropiate for the time period!

same here tho.. i've been else-where too

there's no end to that which could be achieved with the game tho...even SH2 wasn't as moddable as this..mission-script wise..

11-19-07, 02:58 AM	#16
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Well, having played a few "real" campaign missions, I gotta say I'm really in total agreement with Horsa on this review. This game's got charm and essence of a good subsim - too bad that essense is really stripped down to truly bare essence. But if you go into it with a lot of imagination... the game takes you back. A few years ago this would've been a stellar subsim title -far better than SHII when it was released! Again, shame it wasn't really finished. I'll be happy to play it along and wait for mods though! Meanwhile, back to sailing. I totally agree with the assesment that it feels a bit comic-book-ish. It is! As I said, with a lot of imagination this one makes for some cool adventures. It also feels a bit less pressuring and less time-consuming to play than SHIII/IV assuming you don't mind the lack of in-mission saves. It doesn't have nearly as much tension as SHIII/IV, more just... you make an error, you pay for it quickly (and pay you do!). While I love the nail-biting drama of being depth-charged, it's nice when you can step back from that and play a game of peekaboo with the enemy. I call her U-7, 4 missions in and 6660t sunk (since I've only attacked warships and small vessels sailing in suspicious areas so far). From humble beginnings bigger things go, though! :p __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

03-04-08, 06:00 AM	#17
Col7777 Grey Wolf Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 944 Downloads: 260 Uploads: 0	Well I got the game and at first I wasn't all that struck on it, but now CB is getting his teeth in to it, it now shows a lot of promise. Well done CB, nice to see you again, I'm still flight simming but I keep looking in from time to time. __________________ Silent and Violent

03-05-08, 12:33 PM	#18
CB.. Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: UK Posts: 1,278 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	cheers COL..nice to see you again too it's a very moddable game...the best part is really seee-ing the ww1 ships up close..very nice models and you just never see these turn of the century ships anywhere else...the game is a bit "heath robinison" but either deliberately or accidentaly that's strangely appropiate for the time period! same here tho.. i've been else-where too there's no end to that which could be achieved with the game tho...even SH2 wasn't as moddable as this..mission-script wise.. __________________ the world's tinyiest sh3 supermod- and other SH3/SH2 stuff http://www.ebort2.co.uk/ The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W.B.Yeats