1914 Shells of Fury available outside Germany in August

Sonarman · 06-21-07, 05:54 PM

Strategy First have announced that an English version of the German game "1914 Shells of Fury" will be published by them as a boxed / download version in August.

Reaves · 06-21-07, 06:15 PM

Hmm WW1 submarines. I'm not expecting it to be as good as SH3/SH4 but i'll certainly give it a go.

More competition in the sub genre is always a good thing.

hellas1 · 06-21-07, 07:37 PM

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to know what the community thinks about this subsim.

Comments please.

hellas1-WWI subsim, finally!

PeriscopeDepth · 06-21-07, 08:09 PM

IIRC, our German members said that it wasn't the best ever, but far from the worst. It is linked single campaign missions (not dynamic).

PD

bookworm_020 · 06-21-07, 10:19 PM

If it is priced Ok, I'll give it a go!

It will be a change from WW2. I'm still waiting for a British sub subsim, WW1 or WW2 would be nice!

FAdmiral · 06-21-07, 11:58 PM

It looks to me like for about $20.00, you get 5 year old graphics.
Just how it plays out, well, we'll know next month I guess....

JIM

dcb · 06-22-07, 05:24 AM

I have the game, bought it from Germany last November. If you liked SH2, you may like Shells of Fury as well, though it's inferior to it. By today's standards, it's dated, ugly and terribly boring. Missions are repetitive, AI is obviously scripted, ships behave the same every time you load the same mission, its a play-once-and-you're-done-with-it game.
And if you have a radeon card of the 1xxx generation, it won't load. Period. Check here for the explanation:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=102034

I paid some 27 euros for it and it certainly wasn't worth the sum. Maybe some 10-15 euros, perhaps.
Graphics are plain ugly and nobody gave a thought at optimising them, 'cause the game performs poorer than SH3 on my NVidia 7900GS, while looking terribly old.
There's only a few missions in it, no replay value, ugly graphics - this is my brief, first-hand, overview about it.
Anyone interested can find other accounts about it here, on subsim, by searching some older posts.

06-21-07, 05:54 PM	#1
Sonarman The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ayr,Scotland,UK Posts: 1,384 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	1914 Shells of Fury available outside Germany in August Strategy First have announced that an English version of the German game "1914 Shells of Fury" will be published by them as a boxed / download version in August.

06-21-07, 06:15 PM	#2
Reaves The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,509 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Hmm WW1 submarines. I'm not expecting it to be as good as SH3/SH4 but i'll certainly give it a go. More competition in the sub genre is always a good thing. __________________

06-21-07, 07:37 PM	#3
hellas1 Bosun Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 68 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	How good is this WWI subsim? Opinions? Hello everyone, I just wanted to know what the community thinks about this subsim. Comments please. hellas1-WWI subsim, finally!

06-21-07, 10:19 PM	#5
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	If it is priced Ok, I'll give it a go! It will be a change from WW2. I'm still waiting for a British sub subsim, WW1 or WW2 would be nice! __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

06-21-07, 11:58 PM	#6
FAdmiral Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Posts: 1,079 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	It looks to me like for about $20.00, you get 5 year old graphics. Just how it plays out, well, we'll know next month I guess.... JIM __________________ If you\'re not taking losses, you\'re not doing enough. RAdm. Kelly Turner, USN ********************************** www.fairtax.org

06-21-07, 08:09 PM	#4
PeriscopeDepth Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,894 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	IIRC, our German members said that it wasn't the best ever, but far from the worst. It is linked single campaign missions (not dynamic). PD

06-22-07, 05:24 AM	#7
dcb Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bucharest, Romania Posts: 845 Downloads: 544 Uploads: 0	I have the game, bought it from Germany last November. If you liked SH2, you may like Shells of Fury as well, though it's inferior to it. By today's standards, it's dated, ugly and terribly boring. Missions are repetitive, AI is obviously scripted, ships behave the same every time you load the same mission, its a play-once-and-you're-done-with-it game. And if you have a radeon card of the 1xxx generation, it won't load. Period. Check here for the explanation: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=102034 I paid some 27 euros for it and it certainly wasn't worth the sum. Maybe some 10-15 euros, perhaps. Graphics are plain ugly and nobody gave a thought at optimising them, 'cause the game performs poorer than SH3 on my NVidia 7900GS, while looking terribly old. There's only a few missions in it, no replay value, ugly graphics - this is my brief, first-hand, overview about it. Anyone interested can find other accounts about it here, on subsim, by searching some older posts.