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IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Famous title comes to consoles.

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Old 10-06-2009, 06:02 PM
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I don't have IL-2 for the PC, so maybe I don't know what I'm missing. But, I do know that BOP is a great game, and better than any other console flight game before. Sure there are things that everybody would like improved (A single-player mission editor would be awesome), so maybe in the sequel...
basically what i was saying, but he said it better. not alot of options in terms of flight games for us. so we dont know what we are missing.... all i want REALLY BAD is customizable controls for my saitek
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:07 PM
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Not ripped off enough to read all that . Don't get a career at a newspaper.
I worked at a small underground newspaper for a while, here in LA. This was nothing compared to the amount some of us wrote.
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:10 PM
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I worked at a small underground newspaper for a while, here in LA.
The Militant?
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:12 PM
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The Militant?
No But this was a couple years back. The papers no longer around.
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:35 PM
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Not ripped off enough to read all that . Don't get a career at a newspaper.
Well if you're not gonna be bothered to read the post, why bother to submit a reply??? If not for the vain attempt at a witty one-liner for the popularity vanity, lol!

For your oneliner to be replied to though; i will indeed take onboard your advice. I build Westland Helicopters & if that goes wrong I will steer away from the reporting industry!
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:36 PM
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I worked at a small underground newspaper for a while, here in LA. This was nothing compared to the amount some of us wrote.
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No But this was a couple years back. The papers no longer around.
Anyone else seeing a relation between the two?
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:38 PM
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Well said Raw, saved me quite a few keystrokes

BTW, we still down for strike tonight? [/threadjack]
I'd like to, I should be on. If there are no rooms going I'll crank one up. Having a lot of fun with this P-47.
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Old 10-06-2009, 06:52 PM
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Sounds good Raw.

Ok, I usually keep my mouth shut (as you can tell from my post count), but now I feel compelled to say something.

To the OP and Ace Rimmer, you guys had your intelligence insulted by this title; we get it, but please don’t characterize everyone on this board as “the console crowd”. I spend quite a lot of time flying Falcon 4.0AF on the PC, would you consider that a proper sim? It is quite possible to enjoy both. There are a lot of flight sim fans and enthusiasts of aviation in general around here. I’ve learned a lot of history from several knowledgeable posters on this board and enjoyed reading several lively discussions of the intricacies of military aviation past and present.

I’m not exactly sure what you two expected from BoP. I got exactly what I expected, a console game that takes flying a helluvalot more seriously than anything else that’s been available for me to play on my couch in front of my LCD TV after a long day (sometimes I just don’t feel like dragging out my HOTAS and sitting stiff in front of my PC for hours). The environments are beautiful, the planes look fantastic, and not since Over G has there been a console game with better, more diverse flight models. Additionally, there are only so many controls you can map to a controller/flight stick, so a great job by the Devs modeling all that they did IMHO.

Furthermore I’m not entirely sure what the OP’s reason was in posting this novel here, other than to come off as sort of elitist, too smart for a dumbed down PC port. Using the words “ripped off” in the post title wasn’t the best way to start. Perhaps “disappointed” would have been a better word. Just as it’s not nice for console players to be broad stroked as too attention deprived to grasp a proper flight sim, it’s not nice for PC simulation players to be colored as too intelligent and haughty to be bothered by something that is very enjoyable but just not quite as labor intensive as something on the PC. You managed to do both in one post, and honestly sir, it makes no difference where you work. Your employment doesn't determine who you are, and bears no relevance to the conversation, when you come in the kitchen rattling the pots and pans you're going to get a reaction. Then again that was your goal I assume.

Do I feel disappointed? Absolutely not! Love the game

Rant over, carry on.
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Old 10-06-2009, 07:02 PM
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I agree with the OP but I knew the score before I bought my 360 so it's all good. I don't feel let down with BOP though, in fact it's a lot better than I was expecting it to be. Sure it's nowhere near as good as IL2 on the PC but it's still very good none the less. I still prefer gaming on the PC over the console though despite being confined to a 19" monitor I only bought my 360 so I could play online with my real world friends who aren't into PC gaming. The kids love it too

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Old 10-06-2009, 07:05 PM
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...OK I am from a community that makes skins for IL-2 online for ppl to share & vice versa. IL-2 1946 that came out only a few years ago was the complete series in one & cost in the region of £25 with the addons that were boxed with a dvd & instruction booklet were around a tenner online & not to mention the replayablity still today in new aircraft being made, all free ofcourse etc (just check out youtube).
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Devs. Want my money? Simple! I have paid for a great, very powerful, all singing, all dancing console machine here & pay far more for a console game to a PC equivelent. Just give me what the PC boys have got or somewhere close. All I want is the full game. I WANT IL-2 STURMOVIK!!!
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Personally i don't feel ripped of at all as a console gamer, i still remember when IL2 Sturmovik was released back in 2001 with only 30 flyable planes.
Since then a lot of flightsim entusiasts bought (myself included) :
- IL2 Sturmovik (Full Game)
- IL2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles (Full Game)
- IL2 Sturmovik Aces Expansion Pack (Expansion)
- IL2 Sturmovik Pacific Fighter (Full Game)

These where the foundations that allowed you to buy IL2 1946 a couple of years later for only £25. It's a bit unfair to compare both games at this stage.
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