Well before I was a virtual pilot. I was an avid WWII RTS player; Soldiers HoWWII 1c, Blitzkrieg (Nival), Theatre of War 1c,
Now IL2 of course because you have a little of everything in it. It has a very large learning curve I have an infinity for learning, has taught me allot more about WWII and the involvement of other countries and there contribution to the cause Allies versus Axis, and the many inventions that came of it.
Bombing runs, Fighter escorts, Ground pounding front line support its a very robust game and has allot to offer as far as training and war tactics used for history practicalities.
And most of all It has brought the world together with thousands of virtual pilots together and old WWII pilots playing this on line and communicating over the net with each other on wide subject of WWII.
One thing I wish to see in the future is Theatre of War and IL2 melded together for some real on line Mass Multi-player mayhem.
Imagine your on comes with your buddy who is in a tank advancing on the enemy and he calls up to you caped over the objective and asked you to ground pound the enemy position in front of him.
thanks 1c for some very great WWII games...
Now that would be a virtual war....
HurricanIIc V JU88
ASE(ALL SEEING EYE) 102907 Monday ASE report is at 133 IL2 servers/ 6065 people playing it thats just Monday I didnt get a reading for the weekend.
HyperLobby As of 10-2907 Monday 419 servers/ 423 people playing IL2 over 1200 on Sunday when I checked.
Of course there are more xfire and such which I dont have.