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Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: republic on March 20, 2007, 10:14:02 PM: Just got my call saying my copy is in, anyone else gonna pick it up tomorrow?
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: WilldCrd on March 20, 2007, 10:21:01 PM: will be delivered tomarrow i pre-ordered it
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Russian on March 20, 2007, 10:21:55 PM: It's out tomorrow here.
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: john9001 on March 20, 2007, 11:01:21 PM: you people are now obligated to give us reports, screenshots, etc.
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: LLv34 Jarsci on March 20, 2007, 11:30:22 PM: I tried it and found it buggy as Hell..

Almost nothing works like advertised.
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Nefarious on March 21, 2007, 06:44:56 AM: Quote
Originally posted by LLv34 Jarsci
I tried it and found it buggy as Hell..

Almost nothing works like advertised.

Sounds like every single SH release, to a certain extent.
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Curval on March 21, 2007, 07:05:22 AM: Even the diehards over at Subsim are complaining about this release.

I'm gonna wait a few months until many of the bugs are fixed.
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Russian on March 21, 2007, 10:13:51 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Curval
Even the diehards over at Subsim are complaining about this release.

I'm gonna wait a few months until many of the bugs are fixed.

Yeah, I noticed that too. So today instead of SH4, I'm getting STALKER,
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on March 21, 2007, 10:55:48 AM: If it doesn't have Starforce this time it can't be that bad.. :rolleyes:
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Post by: Squire on March 21, 2007, 11:21:45 AM: Why would anybody buy a version 1.0 of anything? No games ever come ready now, the release dates are quarterly driven for the shareholders, ready or not. I always wait a few months. I just bought SH3 last month. Glad I did, I get the 1.4b version right off the bat.

To those that ran out and got Vista so they can say they got it, all I can say is, you were warned. ;)
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Nefarious on March 21, 2007, 11:22:10 AM: Quote
Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
If it doesn't have Starforce this time it can't be that bad.. :rolleyes:

Remember SHII? Its release, followed by DC were both pretty filled with problems. It took a 3rd party patch to make SH2 what it finally became (Same with SHIII)
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: flakbait on March 21, 2007, 11:31:32 AM: I've got my eye on both S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and SH4, and I won't be buying either one for at least two months. I want the bad bugs gone, not a repeat of the F.E.A.R. fiasco. Release a game, the 1.01 and 1.02 patches in the same week? I paid for a finished product, not to BETA test a release the marketing dept. wanted to put out two months ahead of schedule.

I'm waiting on both.

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Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: WilldCrd on March 21, 2007, 02:51:26 PM: Quote
Originally posted by LLv34 Jarsci
I tried it and found it buggy as Hell..

Almost nothing works like advertised.

just revieved word that my pre-order is delayed from amazon, maybe i should cancel till they get the bugs out
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: republic on March 21, 2007, 03:52:00 PM: My pre-order with Gamestop was delayed. This is probably the 4th game they've done that with. I have no problems with "popular" games, the ones all teh kiddiez are crazy about...but actual worthwhile games they falter on.

I believe it will be gogamer.com from now on for me.

Meanwhile, I'm downloading Silent Hunter 4...6.5 hours remaining. :(

I just hope the patches are adapted quickly for Direct2Drive.

Sigh...
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Russian on March 21, 2007, 04:21:58 PM: Some bugs are ........good for 'caption this' topics.

(http://www.silentdivine.com/img/horror.jpg)
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: john9001 on March 21, 2007, 04:24:15 PM: "sir, we are surrounded"
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Post by: Viking on March 21, 2007, 05:44:47 PM: Did they make all crewmembers "fat American" stereotypes?
Title: Silent Hunter 4 out
Post by: Fishu on March 21, 2007, 09:07:46 PM: At least SH2 and SH3 didn't have big time show stoppers. SH4 is full of those. SH3 was a good investment right off the bat - There wasn't any absolutely annoying bugs. SH4 on the other hand has me totally annoyed.

btw. it seems to be easier to sink a CV than cargo ships - 1 or 2 torps are enough to sink a CV, but you'll be lucky to sink a cargo ship.

At least it's now possible to sink warships bigger than destroyers (I mean, you'll actually meet them on regular basis). It's not uncommon to find a cruiser. I've even seen a BB, but it was too far and heading away. I met a CV fleet when returning back to port - Fortunately I had some torps left and managed to sink 3 CV's and heavily damaged a heavy cruiser.

I shot a salvo of 4 torpedoes right off the bat at the biggest CV in the fleet. Soon after one torpedo explodes prematurely, then another and then third. By now I'm totally annoyed and cursing loudly, as only one torpedo is headed to the target and I'm sure it's not enough. A minute or two after the impact I take a second look at the CV - It was about to flip over! A single torpedo sunk the 2nd biggest CV in the entire japanese navy.

The other two were rather easy because they kept doing circles and the escorts didn't do anything while I was reloading torpedoes and picking off the cherries.