Rise of Flight - To buy or not to buy?

[Feathered_IV]

You can. It's more customizable than the Il-2 track recorder. Plus you can skip forwards and backwards in a track. Something that Cliffs of Dover won't do.

[Neil Lowe]

Awesome news, thanks my feathered friend

Cheers, Neil

[Bobb4]

Buy, it is good. It has a few glaring FM and DM problems. But it is a stunning game.
Bought is about two months ago and it is light years ahead of when it was intially released.
Plus when ROF2 is released using the COD engine it will be the best ever.

[Ctrl E]

The other wonderful part is the engine management. I really enjoy having to juggle the engine mixture and radiator while tangling with enemy aircraft.

[Feathered_IV]

The Spad is great for that. The throttle, mixture and radiator management make it really absorbing just to fly around in.

One further bit of trivia about RoF; Core members of the development staff are those who used to go by the name of the Gennadich Team. The ones who developed Il-2's online war system. Small world eh?

[KaHzModAn]

Originally Posted by Ctrl E

The other wonderful part is the engine management. I really enjoy having to juggle the engine mixture and radiator while tangling with enemy aircraft.

Yes that is something I miss in IL2, cause in IL2 you just have to close radiator and when you see an overheat, you just open, throttle down, and here you go again...

In RoF, for example, if you dive in an Se5a, you can dive pretty hard and the structure will hold tight, but watch your engine as it may overrev, ending that beautiful and deadly dive in a long and vulnerable glide down to the ground...

Or fully opening your radiator if you are idling in a descent, your engine will cool down to a point you will have problems getting some power back, or it can even fully stop and you may have problems restarting it !

Another thing is wounds! they are handled in the best way i've ever seen in a Sim ! The first version was awefull... but now when you get hit, besides from the usual "slower" controls, you are stunned for a few seconds, with your ears whistling, vision very blurry, blood drops on the screen...

So RoF has a great feeling, but as it was said before, it lacks the game part...
It might be better in squad but in multi, you go on "air-quake" servers which have little interest to me, or you go to the syndicate server to have semi historical missions but then you fall against aces against who you can't do anything... so you try solo career and it really is bad at the moment...
But there is a very much awaited new career mode that is gonna be released soon (in 1.17 if everything goes well), so I really am counting on this mode !

Anyway, it's worth buying and I don't regret any penny I spent on it (even though I own each and every plane + Gotha)

[Ctrl E]

yes. you really have to think through your attacks. will the wings hold out if i dive from this height on the target? will the engine overrev?

then your guns jam at the crucial moment!

and it is beautiful. i enjoy just taking the sopwith pup out for a flip and skimming low over the water. am hoping the tigermoth in Cliffs of Dover is as enjoyable.

[Coen020]

GOT IT!

Thanks for all the replies guys, you made me buy it, so maybe Aerosoft has to thank you guys aswell

still have to try it though, having a major busy month at school at the moment.
the box is just watching me and laughing at me and it's annoying as hell (if you look real well it has a smile on it),

but as always homework goes first.

[JG52Uther]

Good for you!
If you have any questions,or problems,post at the RoF forums,as they are very helpful.

[bf-110]

Tried the demo.It´s an interesting game that have a future,althought having to register to play the game is really not a nice attitude towards the players.
Althought not identical to IL2 in its "noob" flight mode,its very enjoyable,and I strongly believe the game is quite a taste of Storm of War.

But I believe I will wait till the game get cheaper and have more features.