Silent Hunter 5
Posted: 2010-03-03 11:36:35
PMC Tactical is about OFP, ArmA, ArmA 2 and Falcon 4... however I have long history on other games/sims than those too. This topic is bit offtopic so its on the main forum area
I love submarine simulations, dating back to Silent Service and Red Storm Rising on Commodore C64.
Today I purchased digital download of Silent Hunter 5.
I have been playing a lot of Silent Hunter 3 (SH3) and also I tested Silent Hunter 4 (SH4) when it came out, but at that time my computer was so old that it didn't run it good. Only now few weeks ago I installed SH4 again to give it a run on my new hardware and it runs smooth, finally.
In many ways SH4 is more advanced... but as its on pacific it somehow lacks the dirty and gritty German U-Boat feeling ala Das Boot. Sure there is uboat missions expansion out, but still it lacks all "heart" of SH3. Currently I have both SH3 and SH4 installed, I ended up playing more SH3 because it just feels more "dirtier" overall.
Now comes along SH5 then.
In many ways the previews I've seen from it looks really bad with the console user interface, ship health bars, god eye mini map and the ridiculous 3d crew role playing game elements.
However few of the latest screenshots and especially the videos have started to turn me around a bit, I'm trying to keep objective mind now that I wont start it up expecting trash... although I wont be surprised if it is.
All in all, I'm looking forward to try it out and definitely hoping it would be great and make SH3 finally obsolete.
Download is ongoing, I'll post my review of it when its done
I love submarine simulations, dating back to Silent Service and Red Storm Rising on Commodore C64.
Today I purchased digital download of Silent Hunter 5.
I have been playing a lot of Silent Hunter 3 (SH3) and also I tested Silent Hunter 4 (SH4) when it came out, but at that time my computer was so old that it didn't run it good. Only now few weeks ago I installed SH4 again to give it a run on my new hardware and it runs smooth, finally.
In many ways SH4 is more advanced... but as its on pacific it somehow lacks the dirty and gritty German U-Boat feeling ala Das Boot. Sure there is uboat missions expansion out, but still it lacks all "heart" of SH3. Currently I have both SH3 and SH4 installed, I ended up playing more SH3 because it just feels more "dirtier" overall.
Now comes along SH5 then.
In many ways the previews I've seen from it looks really bad with the console user interface, ship health bars, god eye mini map and the ridiculous 3d crew role playing game elements.
However few of the latest screenshots and especially the videos have started to turn me around a bit, I'm trying to keep objective mind now that I wont start it up expecting trash... although I wont be surprised if it is.
All in all, I'm looking forward to try it out and definitely hoping it would be great and make SH3 finally obsolete.
Download is ongoing, I'll post my review of it when its done