CoD vs some other sims that model Kent?

[ICDP]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

Too bad for you that the game's devs agree with me.

Hope that clear enough for you.

All that does is make THEM wrong too.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by ICDP

All that does is make THEM wrong too.

No, it makes you wrong. It's their game. They decide what is right.

If you don't like that you are free to go play Wings of Puke.

[Lololopoulos]

after reading through this thread i can't help but expressing my opinion too.
Sure most of us want COD to be realistic, but there's also that side of us that want the game to look a little artistic for it to be more exciting. And for the realism fundamentalists, COD now doesn't look that realistic to begin with. It is still a long way from looking "similar" to real world.
I think overall, graphics wise, WOP definitely wins! I mean, look at those series of WOP screen shots posted earlier, especially the first one, (the one with the spitfire), it looked almost like an old picture, or a very well painted painting. I was amazed how the developers could created a landscape of such diversity and eye-pleasingness.

I am an advocate of realism too, but Im ok with the game's graphics being a little artistically designed to be more pleasing to the eye. Who wouldn't want a game that comes from real life, but better than real life?

Lastly, I moans the inadequacies of the game's look and performance. I just don't understand why it still isn't on par with other flight sims, like Rise of Flight and WOP. The only reason I wrote all these is because I care about this game too much. I have faith in it. I just hope the devs don't let us dedicated fans down.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by Lololopoulos

I think overall, graphics wise, WOP definitely wins! I mean, look at those series of WOP screen shots posted earlier, especially the first one, (the one with the spitfire), it looked almost like an old picture, or a very well painted painting. I was amazed how the developers could created a landscape of such diversity and eye-pleasingness.

If you want to fly in a world of green puke WoP is definitely better. If you hope CoD will transition to green puke I hope you end up disappointed.

[BlackbusheFlyer]

Sigh, this is a bit of a pointless discussion. Let's be honest this is a computer game designed to spend some time with our imaginations. If you are really bothered by what you perceive as being unrealistic, go to your local airfield, talk to local pilots and ask for a flight alternatively learn to fly and go do the real thing. You can never capture reality in a flight sim it is pie in the sky.

When I was a small boy I used to chase my brothers around with my arms outstretched screaming yadda yadda yadda, in my mind I was flying a spitfire. What has happened? Have we been spoiled enough that we can no longer use our imaginations?

What we have in CoD is far better a scene then I could have imagined as a child and gives enough to let our imaginations do the rest.

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by BlackbusheFlyer

What we have in CoD is far better a scene then I could have imagined as a child and gives enough to let our imaginations do the rest.

The original Red Baron was better than anything I ever expected to see as a child.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

The original Red Baron was better than anything I ever expected to see as a child.

He he - I remember ordering Red Baron from Strategy Plus in the UK (RIP - ordered many games from them over the phone, still remember my customer number 7885!) and receiving it by mail to Sweden two weeks later. Opening the Jiffy bag I trembled as I installed it on my 386dx-33 with that beefy 1MB SVGA card... It looked so good I had tears in my eyes A horizon that was faded - oh my god! If we had seen the graphics of CoD then and realized people would whine about them we would have cried

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by mazex

He he - I remember ordering Red Baron from Strategy Plus in the UK and receiving it by mail to Sweden two weeks later. Opening the Jiffy bag I trembled as I installed it on my 386dx-33 with that beefy 1MB SVGA card... It looked so good I had tears in my eyes A horizon that was faded - oh my god! If we had seen the graphics of CoD then and realized people would whine about them we would have cried

There were several earlier flight sims than RB, but I still consider that game to be the beginning.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

There were several earlier flight sims than RB, but I still consider that game to be the beginning.

Oh, I've played most of them too - be sure Been flight simming since 1982... But I do agree - RB and Aces over Europe etc where really what made me realize that stuff like CoD would be possible in the future

[Heliocon]

Hayward is a troll, or a moron or both. This is the only shit he does since joining the forum, nearly always completely subjective and the replies are normally limited to 2 sentences and at best 3. He doesnt know shit, which has been proven more than once when he trolled posts about dx versions and optimization. He is very selective in his replies too so expect him to dissapear once someone makes a cogent and thought out argument against him.

The irony, you were bitching a day or two ago about others "whines" and you do EXACTLY the same thing here.

Also an argument from authority unless backed up with specific details is wandering into logical fallacy territory, aka David haywards fantasy land.