dduff442 |
11-15-2010 02:52 PM |
One big problem with SH is the sensor modelling. Without even having bought SH5 modders' work proves it's no better than in SH3 and SH4. Given that usually neither the destroyers nor the sub can see each other, sensors are crucial to the game.
SH sensors are absurd for the most part; radar warning receivers have a range limit for instance, which makes no sense. Parameters for signal sensitivity, antenna gain etc. would make sense and even if all the actual numbers were wrong modders would produce corrected versions quickly enough. SH sensors are so terrible that even modders' best efforts can't fix them though.
So... It's not that Ubi can't produce a good product, it's that they don't care if they produce a good product or not. They want games that look good and sell well. They simply don't care enough to correct absurdities that have dogged the series for more than a decade now.
dduff442
PS regarding DRM: this can be a tolerable nuisance provided players trust their ownership rights and privacy are not being abused. RoF's DRM has attracted relatively little criticism for instance. People don't trust Ubi not to switch off their products or otherwise drag them into prisoner status.
Ubi's antics are permissible for console games as the consoles themselves are sold under cost. PC owners who've paid through the nose will never accept serfdom at the hands of publishers.
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