CoD vs some other sims that model Kent?

[Kano_Magnus]

I'm sure CLOD does look realistic but realistic somewhere that isn't Kent

Please note that "David Hayward" doesn't actually own a copy of this game

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by Kano_Magnus

Please note that "David Hayward" doesn't actually own a copy of this game

Does ownership of the game change how the screenshots look?

[Kano_Magnus]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

Does ownership of the game change how the screenshots look?

I think it's worth letting people know that when you come swanning on to these threads asserting this that or the other about CLOD that you neither own nor have actually played the game; I also think it's fair to assume you aren't au fait with SE England either if you think CLOD is a near perfect simulation of it. I mean to be fair other games have done stuff as dumb as modelling the Dartford Bridge and M25 (EAW) or mistaking the Blackwall Tunnel for a pair of road bridges (FSX) but this game is far from the realism claimed for it. As for

Originally Posted by David Hayward

No, I'm also saying that there are people who fly over Kent regularly who say the colors look fine.

I presume it's the Labrador that flies the plane then? Your men seem to be in somewhat of a minority, to put it mildly. I mean we have real actual photos on this thread of English countryside, what more do you want? I don't care how much experience you claim to have with aviation photography, you clearly have none with the landscape of England. In summary:

YOU ARE WRONG

Hope that is nice and clear and haze-free for you!

[David Hayward]

Originally Posted by Kano_Magnus

YOU ARE WRONG

Hope that is nice and clear and haze-free for you!

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

Hope that clear enough for you.

[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.

[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.

[Kano_Magnus]

Originally Posted by David Hayward

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

Hope that clear enough for you.

I thought there was a patch on the the way to improve the landscape? I wouldn't be so quick to (attempt to) gloat if I were you. You might end up looking more of a prat than you already do, son. Alternatively, if the devs were (God forbid) to take your attitude, fine, but don't attempt to sell CLOD on the basis of 'unparalleled realism' or some shit. By the way:

YOU ARE STILL WRONG

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.

a) You must have had a pretty poor imagination; b) if my imagination is to be a significant component of the game can I have a rebate please; c) if you really believed this crap you'd be playing Spitfire '40 on a Spectrum emulator, I mean it's practically a blank canvas eh