Cold Waters

[Sir Slash]

Be very careful guys. Remember there's a lot of 'shrinkage' when you're in cold waters.  :hide:

[Jarhead0331]

These puns are sinking faster than the Titanic.

[mirth]

We're plunging into the icy depths.

[Jarhead0331]

If this keeps up, someone is going to end up in Davy Jones' Locker.

[mirth]

Shiver me timbers!

[RyanE]

Even if this game is good, I'm worried the expectations might doom it.

[Nefaro]

It was a mistake for the dev to say "less than 24 hours"...famous last words.

Yeah, that pretty much doomed it. We're probably looking at 6 more months now :P

If it were up to Steam's CS, it would be 4-6 weeks.

Fortunately I don't think there is much of a "review" process before Steam releases new stuff.  Judging by some of the crap they put up.


The Steam Review Process:

1) Does it install?

2) Let it sit for a few days before uploading.

:clap:

[Nefaro]

Even if this game is good, I'm worried the expectations might doom it.

Judging by the RPS gameplay preview from last week, and the many screenshots, it sounds much like the old RSR style gameplay. 

The guy was impressed with it and he actually had an idea of what it's meant to be - not some FPS twitcher who's never tried anything in the genre.

Based on that, and the quality of the dev's previous naval warfare game, I expect to enjoy it quite a bit.  Barring a showstopper bug.  No worries, other than likely wanting MORE stuff.  :arr:


Didn't even realize it's coming with both '68 and '84 campaign settings.  Dunno if I'll play the '68 setting much, since less stuff.  But there's already scuttlebutt that they may add Soviet and British campaign DLC, and other extras, if it does well.  I think it will;  the sub simmers are out there.  Lurking.  Waiting.   :arr:

[Con]

Das Boots well

[Staggerwing]

Das Boots well

Groan/laugh

[Hofstadter]

Das Boots well

AIDS

[Nefaro]

Das Boots well

AIDS

Swamped with syphilis.

[Thomasew]

Hi,

In an attempt to get this thread back on track ..  ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WqLYXqzIws

Some gameplay via Onkel Neal at Subsim ..  8)

Cheers
Tom

[JudgeDredd]

Unfortunately, that video didn't actually fill me with confidence and in fact highlighted some concerns

• Guy said he was going to the periscope depth but ended up breaking the surface
• Guy said he was going to slow down but in fact had stopped - which he then realised, commenting on lack of feedback
• I didn't see an indication of the "thermal" layers...was that there?
• Lots and lots of freezing of the video...especially, it seemed, when things kicked off

Mostly, it seemed the guy struggled with the interface (my first two points above). They could've been his issues - not knowing the controls well enough - but he said he had played several times quoting "you don't always get that lucky". Given the issues the guy had with control in game and his statement at the end, that might suggest a "difficult" interface.

Having said that, I actually enjoyed watching it all kick off and I'm still looking forward to it - just with a little bit more trepidation.

[undercovergeek]

There's a 50 page manual for all of that

But you're not going to read it  :D