Taken a few too many tips from Tom Clancy games

[Lemming77]

Originally Posted by Lexandro

I have to disagree with almost your entire post. The graphics for BoP are VASTLY superior to the original PC game. If you cant see that then you must need glasses. And FYI I game on PC and have done for years so I know what Im talking about when it comes to graphics. There is no better looking combat flight game on the market at this time, FACT.

There's nothing wrong with my eyesight. I have no difficulty reading very small writing, but have trouble spotting targets in a few places. My eyesight is not the problem.

Originally Posted by Lexandro

BoP wasnt "dumbed down", it was an entirely new project utilising the same franchise to launch it towards console gamers. This game was NEVER EVER designed for PC play, so there was no dumbing down. The fact that a console has much less options in controls (ie no keyboard) means that parts of what a "sim" would be considered standard had to be dropped. There is simply no point putting in hundreds of control features if you cant use them.

You've pretty much confirmed my point right here.

I know a lot of the dropped features are justified by the hideously limited controls options. What a flight simulator's even doing on said controls is a good question, but irrelevant.

I suppose it'd bother me less if I didn't find myself shooting down loads and loads of enemies each mission. In 1946, all the planes could take as much damage as yours. Basically, if you shoot down 2 planes, you've beaten the odds. This degree of equality really separates the men from the boys (leaving me on the latter side of the scale XP), but in BOP I find myself shooting down 10-20 planes on some of the missions. And I'm a hideously inexperienced pilot.

Originally Posted by Lexandro

The fact that you have TrackIR or a 150 buck joystick is not even relevant.

True, just frustrated because I bought the two hoping I'd get some use out of BOP with them, amongst other games. Just venting I suppose.

Originally Posted by Lexandro

Sound wise, you can actually turn off the radio if its bothering you. I quiet like it as it gives you an audio cue for when your close to an action point (ie landing/attacking). Otherwise the audio in this game is fantastic and I absolutely adore the roar of a Merlin engine at full chat in the game, is almost tone perfectly exact.

Hm, didn't know you could do that, thanks for the advice.

Originally Posted by Lexandro

And frankly your post sounds simply like a PC gamers whinge at a console exclusive title.

I know it sounds like the usual PC gamer's complaints over a console game, but the only reason I mentioned the lack of a PC release is IL-2 already had a lot of fans it had gained from releases on PC. So why leave them out this time round? Just doesn't make sense.