This thread is a pictured abstract on
- Our Way of 'Game-Immersion'
- Why We Choose to Play SH3 Instead of SH4 and/or SH5
It might appear a bit odd that we still enjoy this old dinosaur 'Silent Hunter III'. Since so many players are returning from SH5 to SH3, this thread is an attempt to introduce them to what has happened in the 15+ years of SH3. This is how it can be explained what we all like about playing SH3... we call it
immersive gameplay!Sure, SH4 and SH5 are newer, with better graphics, and perhaps sound files, but do not have the level of playability as does SH3. They also do not have the quantity and quality of Super Mods and Mods available, as SH3. SH3 Modders are still hard at work developing new or updated Mods: GWX Reworked Russian, WAC5.0 and CCOM12.0, to name a few.
Browse through the S3A (SH3 Archives) or susi file downloads section and you will see a massive amount of files available. There have been so many wonderful and immersive Mods, it sometimes makes it difficult to decide which ones to incorporate.
Playability (gameplay), to me, is the most important aspect of a WWII submarine simulation. In this respect, SH3 is far above SH4 and SH5. I don't know why the developers messed with the controls overlay when they created SH4. To me, it is far better in SH3 than the others. In this regard, "if its not broken, don't fix it", seems to be something overlooked when they took SH3 and upgraded it into SH4 and then SH5. I guess they wanted to draw the masses and younger generation(s) of players, which is why they went more towards arcade game play.
SH3 has held its own against SH4 and SH5, and does not look like it is going to lose the race any time soon. Having been around since 2005, it has withstood the test of time, and is still going strong! Now, lets go sink some merchants....
This is not an attempt to talk other games down, but to show and explain the decision made by the only truely active WW2-U-Boot-Flottille:
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...written and compiled by BL!TZKR!EG, GATORDAD & GREY EMINENCE