Has the "magic" gone?

10-13-05, 07:36 PM

Just wanted to see how other folks felt about this game now. I remember almost a year ago this time, we were all devistated when the DEV team informed us that SHIII would be delayed yet again for another few months. The days, weeks, and months went by so slowly. The excitement was too much to bear, but most of us came here for some insight and hoping to see a new screenshot or hear a precious breath from the DEV team that the game would soon be shipped. Now that those days are gone and over with, how do you feel nearly a year later about this game..

I honestly am beginning to look at it much the way I looked at SHII after playing it for an incredible length of time and just about couldn't stand to look at it on my CD-ROM shelf when browsing through them to find something I wanted to play again. I'd get so bored just looking at the case of the game that I had to go to the store and buy something else that I didn't even care about just to entertain myself some more. I know, how sad! Now, I am getting that way with SHIII, and I now find myself depending on MODS to rekindle that special feeling I had before SHIII came out! I'm afraid however, that despite all the hard work and efforts that the community has done to improve the game, I feel as though we will soon run into a dead end without the SDK that could be so useful to build much more and much better MODs.

Anyways, that is my current feeling and I am starting to look forward to Operation Flashpoint 2, Xbox 360 and a few its games, as well as the PS3. I never thought I'd ever go back to a console but damn, some of the games on Xbox 360 and PS3 are looking quite awesome.

10-13-05, 07:45 PM

Oops, meant to post this in the general SHIII forum!!! Can I get a helping hand please?

Fidd2 · 10-13-05, 08:45 PM

I remain surprised that Ubisoft ceased patching it as early as they did. In many ways it seems barely half-finished. It would have been nice to have been able to have internal views of all crew compartments, a more progressive damage model, and above all, all the great multitude of apparantly clickable guages and switches in internal view actually work. (The ones where the mouse-hover goes red)

It's a great game, but I doubt I'll be purchasing another ubisoft product, I've had way too much grief with starforce and more still with a recent purchase of another ubisoft product that wouldn't install properly.

10-13-05, 09:56 PM

I agree with you. Perhaps I am just missing the WHOLE U-boat experience. We should have a fully explorable U-boat. Perhaps an addon or SH4 will have this?

WolfyBrandon · 10-13-05, 09:56 PM

Humm, not option I wanted,

SH3 is still fun, and having new mods come out just keeps the game as great as it was when I first got it!

Wolfy

CCIP · 10-13-05, 10:01 PM

As a game, it's still the mainstay of my spare gaming hours - as much as it was 6 months ago. So no, nothing's changed in that regard - thankfully, enough new stuff happens to keep it interesting.

10-13-05, 11:26 PM

HEY

, who voted for the seventh option?

Not nice!

glenno · 10-13-05, 11:54 PM

Its not just the game thats still great . What about the great guys on the forums , modders etc .

Beery · 10-14-05, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Oops, meant to post this in the general SHIII forum!!! Can I get a helping hand please?

Your wish is my command.

gdogghenrikson · 10-14-05, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCIP

As a game, it's still the mainstay of my spare gaming hours - as much as it was 6 months ago. So no, nothing's changed in that regard - thankfully, enough new stuff happens to keep it interesting.

I totally agree

Dowly · 10-14-05, 04:03 AM

I`m just a liiittle bit bored to SHIII.

I`m waiting BdU to assign me to a flotilla and to my first patrol in WaW. Maybe thatÂ´ll keep the game "fresh" for a few weeks.

The Avon Lady · 10-14-05, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

I`m waiting BdU to assign me to a flotilla and to my first patrol in WaW. Maybe thatÂ´ll keep the game "fresh" for a few weeks.

Just you wait!

That's what keeps this game constantly fresh for me! Some WaW members event portray 2 Uboat captains! I barely have the time for one.

Dowly · 10-14-05, 05:57 AM

I filed my training mission KTB yesterday. Hope they assign me to 7th or 29th.

Sheppard · 10-14-05, 06:03 AM

I got bored, and sorta gave up on SH3, but with all the new stuff coming out and now that we've cracked the 3D model code....I'm
getting back into the swing

FERdeBOER · 10-14-05, 06:03 AM

What? Bored? Of course!!!

I'm in a tin, with 50 rude men, traveling at 10 knots for weeks to set in position and wait for some merchant (convoy? they are real? :P ) to pass close, then return and find a great objetive when I,m out of torpedoes...

That's the U-Boat life, hours, days of boring, for minutes, maybe a couple of hours, of enjoy.

No, seriously, It's normal that you start to bore after many months of playing. And the anxiety for waiting SHIII increases this sensation, but I still play.

In fact, I set the navigation course, put the time to 128 and read a book, watch the tv, make my univertisy homeworks... you can play also gamecube while you wait to your crew to alert you for a plane or a ship in the horizont.

Of course I play other games, like Dangerous Waters, Brothers in Arms, Lock On... chess. Making allways the same bores to everybody.
You are not betraying SH and you are not poorer kaptain if you left it fow a while.

View Poll Results: Has the "magic" of SHIII left you?
YES, I've been bored with SHIII for awhile now.	19	13.87%
YES, but it could be rekindled with an offical addon or an SDK enhancement modification	23	16.79%
YES, and I won't settle for anything less than Silent Hunter 4	2	1.46%
NO, I am very much in love with SHIII as I was when it first came out. Still feels like a new game.	57	41.61%
NO, but recently I find myself growing a little more bored with it than I used to.	26	18.98%
NO, but I just bought the game recently so it's still new to me.	6	4.38%
N/A, I hate polls, and I hate you SubSerpent, you non-loyal prick!!!	4	2.92%
Voters: 137. You may not vote on this poll

10-13-05, 07:36 PM	#1
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Has the "magic" gone? Just wanted to see how other folks felt about this game now. I remember almost a year ago this time, we were all devistated when the DEV team informed us that SHIII would be delayed yet again for another few months. The days, weeks, and months went by so slowly. The excitement was too much to bear, but most of us came here for some insight and hoping to see a new screenshot or hear a precious breath from the DEV team that the game would soon be shipped. Now that those days are gone and over with, how do you feel nearly a year later about this game.. I honestly am beginning to look at it much the way I looked at SHII after playing it for an incredible length of time and just about couldn't stand to look at it on my CD-ROM shelf when browsing through them to find something I wanted to play again. I'd get so bored just looking at the case of the game that I had to go to the store and buy something else that I didn't even care about just to entertain myself some more. I know, how sad! Now, I am getting that way with SHIII, and I now find myself depending on MODS to rekindle that special feeling I had before SHIII came out! I'm afraid however, that despite all the hard work and efforts that the community has done to improve the game, I feel as though we will soon run into a dead end without the SDK that could be so useful to build much more and much better MODs. Anyways, that is my current feeling and I am starting to look forward to Operation Flashpoint 2, Xbox 360 and a few its games, as well as the PS3. I never thought I'd ever go back to a console but damn, some of the games on Xbox 360 and PS3 are looking quite awesome.

10-13-05, 09:56 PM	#5
WolfyBrandon Frogman Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: U-957: Patrol 05 In Progress... Posts: 306 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Humm, not option I wanted, SH3 is still fun, and having new mods come out just keeps the game as great as it was when I first got it! Wolfy __________________ [Current JSGME Mods Used In My Game] "Dave, you will always be remembered! R.I.P." U-759

10-13-05, 10:01 PM	#6
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	As a game, it's still the mainstay of my spare gaming hours - as much as it was 6 months ago. So no, nothing's changed in that regard - thankfully, enough new stuff happens to keep it interesting. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

10-14-05, 06:03 AM	#15
FERdeBOER XO Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 431 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 1	What? Bored? Of course!!! I'm in a tin, with 50 rude men, traveling at 10 knots for weeks to set in position and wait for some merchant (convoy? they are real? :P ) to pass close, then return and find a great objetive when I,m out of torpedoes... That's the U-Boat life, hours, days of boring, for minutes, maybe a couple of hours, of enjoy. No, seriously, It's normal that you start to bore after many months of playing. And the anxiety for waiting SHIII increases this sensation, but I still play. In fact, I set the navigation course, put the time to 128 and read a book, watch the tv, make my univertisy homeworks... you can play also gamecube while you wait to your crew to alert you for a plane or a ship in the horizont. Of course I play other games, like Dangerous Waters, Brothers in Arms, Lock On... chess. Making allways the same bores to everybody. You are not betraying SH and you are not poorer kaptain if you left it fow a while. __________________ Hay dos tipos de buques: los submarinos... y los blancos. There are two types of ships: the subs... and the targets.

10-13-05, 07:45 PM	#2
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Oops, meant to post this in the general SHIII forum!!! Can I get a helping hand please?

10-13-05, 08:45 PM	#3
Fidd2 Seaman Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 31 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I remain surprised that Ubisoft ceased patching it as early as they did. In many ways it seems barely half-finished. It would have been nice to have been able to have internal views of all crew compartments, a more progressive damage model, and above all, all the great multitude of apparantly clickable guages and switches in internal view actually work. (The ones where the mouse-hover goes red) It's a great game, but I doubt I'll be purchasing another ubisoft product, I've had way too much grief with starforce and more still with a recent purchase of another ubisoft product that wouldn't install properly.

10-13-05, 11:26 PM	#7
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	HEY , who voted for the seventh option? Not nice!

10-13-05, 11:54 PM	#8
glenno Electrician's Mate Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 138 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Its not just the game thats still great . What about the great guys on the forums , modders etc .

10-14-05, 04:03 AM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I`m just a liiittle bit bored to SHIII. I`m waiting BdU to assign me to a flotilla and to my first patrol in WaW. Maybe thatÂ´ll keep the game "fresh" for a few weeks.

10-14-05, 05:57 AM	#13
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I filed my training mission KTB yesterday. Hope they assign me to 7th or 29th.

10-14-05, 06:03 AM	#14
Sheppard Captain of the Nautilus Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 146 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 0	I got bored, and sorta gave up on SH3, but with all the new stuff coming out and now that we've cracked the 3D model code....I'm getting back into the swing