alsevillajr
10-13-2011, 08:16 PM
I re-posted here on this forum...knowing this is a console platform forum
What a piece of crap...that's all I can say...The moment I laid eyes on the Box art, I already had feelings of dread.
I was on another forum and shared my disgust over the "changes" they made in the game.I'm pretty sure many of you on this forum, being die hard flight fans, share my sentiment.
A big issue discussed in that forum was the switch from strangereal. I really didn't mind that but that was not my main concern. I do however, would have liked it if they had kept it in fantasy world.
I just want to mention that I purchased the game on the launch date and returned it the same day...that's how disgusted and disappointed I was!!!
Having not played the demo...I did not know what to expect in game-play. I rushed home, excited to see what was to unfold. My initial impression was not good...not impressed with the opening menu...not too impressed with graphics either...something off with the colors...
I then initiated with settings...to my dismay...no support for flight stick...my gut was already wrenched at this point. The game's default setting was on "optimum"...mind you, this is the term they use. Left it on this setting and started the game. Using the sixaxis, I was horrified to realize that the plane only banked left and right...this is "optimum" setting???? I paused and went back to settings and it had an option to switch to original setting.
I want to digress and point out that using the word "optimum", as a default setting, and the plane only banks left and right to me, was slap in the face. It was an indicator of more bad things to come.
Now on original setting...OK...now it rolls...yeyyy(sarcastically). I then take the controls and throw the plane around a few times when I again am faced with another gut wrenching observation...a complete absence of flight physics...now I'm on panic mode...I thought that maybe it was speed related and try a few other maneuvers...then horror sets in...my observations are confirmed.
To add insult to injury they came up with this gimmick DFM (Dog Fight Mode)...You speed up to get close enough behind your target hit a button and you're locked on to your target...at this point you're not in control of the flight path...your objective at this point is to keep the target in the circle and hurl your rockets and or cannons at it...and in the process, if another enemy locks on to you, you have to disengage using triangle button ...having another option which is DFM...a defense maneuver that I won't even discuss at this point...also to find out in other posts that being in "optimum" setting would be a better mode of play using this maneuver...What a big frikken Joke huh!!!!!
I only played the first mission to play the next one when I decided I had enough...I know there was more to this game...but for now...I had decided to return the game...I would have to think about going back to this game after the price drop...or even boycott this game in protest.
I have befriended some of you Aces on this board, who are well regarded and with whom I have a lot of respect for. I would hope that some of you would would rise up make some noise. I have not had the privilege of jousting with you up there in the friendly skies, but maybe one day.
I don't know if AC would ever redeem themselves...I'm afraid that the new generation of gamers are happy with the gimmicks and might lead the developers to think that they are on the right track. On that note, perhaps Gaijin could pick up the slack and develop a Modern Jet flight sim for consoles that would be generally accepted to us "old school flight enthusiasts"
What a piece of crap...that's all I can say...The moment I laid eyes on the Box art, I already had feelings of dread.
I was on another forum and shared my disgust over the "changes" they made in the game.I'm pretty sure many of you on this forum, being die hard flight fans, share my sentiment.
A big issue discussed in that forum was the switch from strangereal. I really didn't mind that but that was not my main concern. I do however, would have liked it if they had kept it in fantasy world.
I just want to mention that I purchased the game on the launch date and returned it the same day...that's how disgusted and disappointed I was!!!
Having not played the demo...I did not know what to expect in game-play. I rushed home, excited to see what was to unfold. My initial impression was not good...not impressed with the opening menu...not too impressed with graphics either...something off with the colors...
I then initiated with settings...to my dismay...no support for flight stick...my gut was already wrenched at this point. The game's default setting was on "optimum"...mind you, this is the term they use. Left it on this setting and started the game. Using the sixaxis, I was horrified to realize that the plane only banked left and right...this is "optimum" setting???? I paused and went back to settings and it had an option to switch to original setting.
I want to digress and point out that using the word "optimum", as a default setting, and the plane only banks left and right to me, was slap in the face. It was an indicator of more bad things to come.
Now on original setting...OK...now it rolls...yeyyy(sarcastically). I then take the controls and throw the plane around a few times when I again am faced with another gut wrenching observation...a complete absence of flight physics...now I'm on panic mode...I thought that maybe it was speed related and try a few other maneuvers...then horror sets in...my observations are confirmed.
To add insult to injury they came up with this gimmick DFM (Dog Fight Mode)...You speed up to get close enough behind your target hit a button and you're locked on to your target...at this point you're not in control of the flight path...your objective at this point is to keep the target in the circle and hurl your rockets and or cannons at it...and in the process, if another enemy locks on to you, you have to disengage using triangle button ...having another option which is DFM...a defense maneuver that I won't even discuss at this point...also to find out in other posts that being in "optimum" setting would be a better mode of play using this maneuver...What a big frikken Joke huh!!!!!
I only played the first mission to play the next one when I decided I had enough...I know there was more to this game...but for now...I had decided to return the game...I would have to think about going back to this game after the price drop...or even boycott this game in protest.
I have befriended some of you Aces on this board, who are well regarded and with whom I have a lot of respect for. I would hope that some of you would would rise up make some noise. I have not had the privilege of jousting with you up there in the friendly skies, but maybe one day.
I don't know if AC would ever redeem themselves...I'm afraid that the new generation of gamers are happy with the gimmicks and might lead the developers to think that they are on the right track. On that note, perhaps Gaijin could pick up the slack and develop a Modern Jet flight sim for consoles that would be generally accepted to us "old school flight enthusiasts"