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Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt
For me, the best sim would be a hybrid between IL2 and European Air War. If you can combine the FM/DM/graphics from IL2 and the immersion factor from EAW, you'll have a real blockbuster on your hands. EAW is an old game by today's standards but it has a lot of things i'd like to see in a future project from Oleg.
Another thing is the menu graphics in most of the old sims. For example, there was a briefing room/tent with the map, then you clicked somewhere on the edge of the screen to go to the hangar where you could see some planes being prepared, then exit the hangar to fly. These don't even have to be real 3D images, just some static screens showing representative areas in an airfield. The top aces chalkboard in Red Baron, the Dora running engine checks in the background in EAW, your squadron roster showing your AI wingmen's kills and who is missing/killed/captured, all of these things add a lot to making you feel you are actually there and not in front of a computer monitor in your room.
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having just started to play IL2 and having loved playing EAW, I was thinking the same thing, would be great to have a hybrid of the two. While some things are better for sure in IL2, EAW has some things that would make IL2 better and make you feel you are actually there
briefing room and the chatter, the hanger, even seeing the medals/bars you have been awarded and a tune playing are some of the things I liked about EAW etc
it is just a line saying you have received a medal in IL2, bit boring and hardly exciting.
would like to see you receive promotions too something even EAW didn't have, rather than just saying you have been promoted.
anything to make you feel like you actually there is a BIG plus
SoW could go even further and show litle video clips of you receiving medals/promotions, that would be fantastic, when it comes to giving a game marks out of 10, that is what could make the difference between a 9 or 10, it would for me, its the extras that count
though I didn't play Jane's WW2 Fighters much ( had problems ), that also had extras that were great, showing the stats and clips of planes etc
in regard to the actual thread ideas, I also think it's a good idea to have a variety of missions, of course combat would make up most of the missions, but some different missions would add to the game for sure