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06-21-07, 05:54 PM | #1 |
The Old Man
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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.
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06-21-07, 06:15 PM | #2 |
The Old Man
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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.
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06-21-07, 07:37 PM | #3 |
Bosun
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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, 08:09 PM | #4 |
Sea Lord
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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).
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06-21-07, 10:19 PM | #5 |
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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!
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06-21-07, 11:58 PM | #6 |
Pacific Aces Dev Team
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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
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06-22-07, 05:24 AM | #7 |
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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. |
07-02-07, 06:13 PM | #8 |
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I second that. Bought the game some months ago out of curiosity, played it for about 1 hour and de-installed it. Donīt buy it, itīs absolutely outdated and totally boring. Even if you are very enthusiastic about subsims (like me), itīs not worth any money. My two cents (that I wouldnīt spent on Shells of Fury...) AS
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07-02-07, 06:31 PM | #9 | |
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01-03-08, 09:33 PM | #10 |
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I don't care. I gotta have it to add to my collection.
It's an addiction I tell you. AN ADDICTION ! ! ! |
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02-01-08, 06:42 AM | #12 |
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I saw this game sitting on the Shelf at a Gamestop in Pendleton, OR last week.
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02-11-08, 10:26 AM | #13 |
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Was just discussing buying this with a friend, even poor reviews were not going to put me off. I play the game 'Making History' greatest turn based game since 'Medieval Total War' (the first one ).
One problem, I have a radeon 9800XT. Ahh well, another game instead maybe. Glad subsim is here to let me use my money with results |
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