[LOPAN]

I am big fan of the original IL-2 series and have recently acquired CoD. When it comes to WWII FM these guys are the best, in CoD I was expecting the highest standards possible after so many years in the making and all of the experience acquired in previous years.

BUT I see a game which excel in FM realism and is laden with all kinds of glitches and flaws in other areas.

1 - I was playing the British campaign and had to down a bomber, did it, it fell at the middle of the ocean, but it didn't sink, instead it got floating around, and because of that the game engine didn't recognize it as shot down, and the only thing I could do is restart the mission and hope for it not to "land" on the ocean again.

2 - The campaign is completely dull and static, I inadvertently clicked NEW instead of CONTINUE, the game didn't warn me about losing any data (what kind of UI is that?) and lost all my progress. Then I went to the directories to see how the game stored data, I noticed it stored all the campaign progress with a single integer number. I was hoping to see a dramatic campaign with cutscenes and all whistles and bells, whereas any action you take would have effect in the next mission. But all there is, are texts with a lot of typos (the narrative is good BTW).

3 - In the campaign each pilot has its callsign, the game doesn't inform you anywhere what is your callsign, I had to just guess I was supposed to be "Luton 3".

4 - The mirror doesn't work, all static. The game has been out for some time now and still you have to manually disable it every time? Also, there is a huge frame rate drop when this mirror is on (like 10-12fps).

SUGGESTION: You could make an autoexec which would run at the start of every mission, then the player could set the keys to be "pressed automatically", like disabling mirror, magnetos position, fuel cock etc.

5 - When you select the comms, the screen at the top right gets all cluttered with the status messages and comms mixed, I can't read anything.

6 - The graphics, comparing to "Wings of Prey", I can run it at 60fps constantly and the graphics look noticeable more beautiful and detailed, while in CoD I get around 30-45fps.

Guys, please take my critics as positive as possible, I think it is a great game, I just want to help you address some issues and make it the best thing ever. And sorry for my english.

(I love campaigns, don't play in MP BTW)