Silent Hunter V Dev Team Interview: Deeper, Kapitän, deeper. (1/19/10) - Page 23

longam · 01-26-10, 09:24 AM

That drop is bigger then the other drop. Thats not realistic.

Onkel Neal · 01-26-10, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by longam

That drop is bigger then the other drop. Thats not realistic.

And where are the drop's dynamic shadows??

Anyway, I can understand the general unease... where are the acts of good faith called "previews"?

There's no way we can manage expectations when we do not know what the game is looking like. I cannot write a preview on SH5 like I did on SH3. Thanks to Florin, the SH3 producer, I was able to write several:

http://www.subsim.com/2004e3_ssr.html
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/sh3_1104/preview_sh3_oct04.htm.php (This was 8 months before the game was released!)
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/sh3_rc1/sh3_mar05_dc1.htm
http://www.subsim.com/ssr/sh3_1104/preview_sh3_oct04_tdc.htm

and Drebbel also got a firsthand look: http://www.subsim.com/ssr/sh3_1104/review_sh3_aug04.htm

So, players knew what to expect, and this silliness, doubt, and negativity we are experiencing now was pretty non-existent with SH3.

johan_d · 01-26-10, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

So, players knew what to expect, and this silliness, doubt, and negativity we are experiencing now was pretty non-existent with SH3.

Thats what UBi wants apparently...
Times has changed, maybe there is something they are afraid for.

Arclight · 01-26-10, 10:44 AM

I think it's the fans who are afraid of something.

Lanzfeld · 01-26-10, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I cannot write a preview on SH5 like I did on SH3.

Why wont they send you a preview Neal?

kapitan_zur_see · 01-26-10, 12:54 PM

Maybe they don't want to send preview copies for fear of piracy?
As it's a major concern among the gaming industry these days, they could kind of rightfully gets a little paranoid that one previewer would release a torrent soon after?

Don't know, just thinking about it. I don't know much in this department

Alex · 01-26-10, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kapitan_zur_see

Maybe they don't want to send preview copies for fear of piracy?
As it's a major concern among the gaming industry these days, they could kind of rightfully gets a little paranoid that one previewer would release a torrent soon after?

That may be true, since I remember playing some Unreal Tournament game before release day.

elanaiba · 01-26-10, 01:16 PM

While they may be "institutional / bureaucracy issues" in getting a review or preview copies to Neal, I'm pretty sure no one in Ubisoft thinks he'd supply pirates with his copy.

01-26-10, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by kapitan_zur_see

Maybe they don't want to send preview copies for fear of piracy?
As it's a major concern among the gaming industry these days, they could kind of rightfully gets a little paranoid that one previewer would release a torrent soon after?

Don't know, just thinking about it. I don't know much in this department

sooner or later the game will be on torrent ( i know i shouldnt talk about ilegal stuffs on forum but i am just saying informativley) and in the matter of days i hope it will get a good amount of seeds

mookiemookie · 01-26-10, 01:18 PM

Enjoy your stay in the brig.

floundericiousWA · 01-26-10, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Can you imagine being on a real U-boat with some of these guys as crew?

"Hey, Johan, where is that dripping coming from?"

"Dripping? Water? OMG, we are sinking! Everyone, we are sinking! The boat is doomed, the leak is scripted, it's bee-yoo-tiful but that's just eye candy, we're all gonna dieeeee!"

Yep, right out of the "I DEMAND realism so I feel like I'm really risking it all as I play at 35% realism settings...k...thx..bai" school

kapitan_zur_see · 01-26-10, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by spiksy

i hope it will get a good amount of seeds

If you're hoping that in a matter of days it will get a good amount of seeds, then sorry, but you're basically hoping that a pirated and cracked copy of SH5 could be conveniently and rapidly downloaded... Slip of the tongue maybe? Couldn't I rightfully assess by this that this is no longer an "i am just saying informativley" posture then or at least, that the idea of the game being pirated by others gives you pleasure (as a way of bashing the devs and/or UBI, I presume)?

At the very least, I find you quite bold to post such a statement right after a post from Elanaiba who happens to be, if you don't know it already, one of SH5 dev...

No selling SH5, probably no more future Silent Hunter... that's quite simple

01-26-10, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

we're all gonna dieeeee!"

darn neal,

now i cant get the sound of sid the sloth saying that out of my head

hmm,

maybe that would make a good mod

Onkel Neal · 01-26-10, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Webster

darn neal,

now i cant get the sound of sid the sloth saying that out of my head

hmm,

maybe that would make a good mod

Haha, I didn't have him in mind when I wrote that but NOW I DO!

robbythesub · 01-26-10, 05:59 PM

Neal- thanks for the interview results, and as a great fan of SH3, especially WAC 4.1 modded, I am looking forward to this very much.
I echo the concerns raised above about shortened campaign to 1943 and one sub type, but was there any mention in discussions about radio messages?
I mean messages giving orders from bdu that need to be acted on?

Just wondered whether this was coming as it would make the game much more real.

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Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I think it's the fans who are afraid of something. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

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kapitan_zur_see Commodore Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: France Posts: 614 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Maybe they don't want to send preview copies for fear of piracy? As it's a major concern among the gaming industry these days, they could kind of rightfully gets a little paranoid that one previewer would release a torrent soon after? Don't know, just thinking about it. I don't know much in this department __________________

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elanaiba Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 1,058 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 3	While they may be "institutional / bureaucracy issues" in getting a review or preview copies to Neal, I'm pretty sure no one in Ubisoft thinks he'd supply pirates with his copy. __________________ With strength I burn...

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longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	That drop is bigger then the other drop. Thats not realistic.

01-26-10, 05:59 PM	#345
robbythesub Captain Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Somewhere under the ocean Posts: 504 Downloads: 302 Uploads: 0	Neal- thanks for the interview results, and as a great fan of SH3, especially WAC 4.1 modded, I am looking forward to this very much. I echo the concerns raised above about shortened campaign to 1943 and one sub type, but was there any mention in discussions about radio messages? I mean messages giving orders from bdu that need to be acted on? Just wondered whether this was coming as it would make the game much more real.