[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by SKUD

I just finished a mission on the ATAG server. It starts off just before dawn when the stars are out and the faint glow on the horizon. As I looked at the stars I thought, that looks real. Then I noticed Cassiopeia and Orion and Ursa Major. As I lifted off and patrolled as the sun rose the red hue reflected off the morning clouds. From the rows of shadows from the plowed fields to the calm reflections off the water. It reminded me of the days I took the dawn ferry across the sound in the summer to fish on the island. It looked just like that.
When these things are so accurately reproduced you start believing it. That's what immersion is.
I thought this is so real, the work these guys have put into making this environment so convincing.
I bought DCS A10 a few months ago. I had read on forums that it had superior graphics-NOT. It is a flat, lifeless environment. The art, the sound, the entire visual and auditory experience of COD is so much superior in my opinion.
Game play and performance issues aside, COD has an environment that is second to none. Of course these devs have always had a knack for creating great environments, that was one of '46's main attraction.
My hat is off to the art folks at 1C. They have created a masterpiece.
The game in its current form is not perfect by a long shot, but I for one enjoy it thoroughly, especially those morning flights. COD has what it needs to become great, we just need to be patient and hope the devs don't give up. This talent is hard to find. Some day you'll be glad they didn't build the graphics engine to meet a GTX 260 spec.

Yea I've been really enjoying the nite time sky too...doing a lot of flight's to practice navigation