1C and Ubisoft Announce IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover

[caprera]

Sure we'll be.

If you're not happy look at it this way: at least now graphics are contemporary quality.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by zauii

I've not followed the discussion about the picture above, but it looks like concept art to me..

But the fact that we look at a super detailed painting and have to think for some second before realizing that it's not an ingame screenshot from CoD tells me that we are beginning to get spoiled I remember playing Fighter Pilot on my Spectrum in 1983 thinking it was SO cool...

Exiting ingame video of a landing in Fighter Pilot on the Spectrum... I don't remember anyone complaining about the graphics actually

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09cvB6ywiFA

I dreamt of that one day the games could possibly look as good as the splash screens displayed while loading the game from tape. I really did...

Originally Posted by mazex

But the fact that we look at a super detailed painting and have to think for some second before realizing that it's not an ingame screenshot from CoD tells me that we are beginning to get spoiled I remember playing Fighter Pilot on my Spectrum in 1983 thinking it was SO cool...

Exiting ingame video of a landing in Fighter Pilot on the Spectrum... I don't remember anyone complaining about the graphics actually

I dreamt of that one day the games could possibly look as good as the splash screens displayed while loading the game from tape. I really did...

Hand on heart I really did think that pic was from a game, so yeah good point Mazex.

[Xilon_x]

THE OFFICIAL NAME is:
CLIFFS OF DOVER(il-2 sturmovik) abreviation COD

no STORM OF WAR SOW
no BATTLE OF BRITTAIN BOB



in ITALIAN translation "CLIFFS OF DOVER" ------- "SCOGLIERE DI DOVER"

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by mazex

But the fact that we look at a super detailed painting and have to think for some second before realizing that it's not an ingame screenshot from CoD tells me that we are beginning to get spoiled

So true. I'd like the graphics to be as good as possible, but honestly once flying, the graphics are good enough that I spend of my time worried how I'm going to get out of the mess that I've got into, rather than what it looks like.

[jcenzano]

Originally Posted by mazex

But the fact that we look at a super detailed painting and have to think for some second before realizing that it's not an ingame screenshot from CoD tells me that we are beginning to get spoiled I remember playing Fighter Pilot on my Spectrum in 1983 thinking it was SO cool...

Exiting ingame video of a landing in Fighter Pilot on the Spectrum... I don't remember anyone complaining about the graphics actually

I dreamt of that one day the games could possibly look as good as the splash screens displayed while loading the game from tape. I really did...

OMG, how old I am... I remember trying to land the Eagle on my C-64 and I was always to fast to stop on the availeable runway. But anyway that on the video was a hell of a shallow final approach

And after that came...
Dambusters(I loved it), ACE, ACE2, SoloFlight,F-15 Strike Eagle, Acrojet, Spitfire40, Battle of britain, Ace of aces, Jet... and that was only on the C-64

Amiga brought two of my favourites F-16 Fighter Pilot and Kights of the Sky, but I cant not remember a good WWII sim for the Amiga.

[Mad G]

Originally Posted by major_setback

I like these of his:

WOW!!! This guy art is amazing!

[Xilon_x]

this is the pakage or kit of CLIFFS of DOVER


The secret for survive in the battle of brittain is drink ITALIAN WINE hahahah





or beer

[mazex]

Originally Posted by jcenzano

OMG, how old I am... I remember trying to land the Eagle on my C-64 and I was always to fast to stop on the availeable runway. But anyway that on the video was a hell of a shallow final approach

And after that came...
Dambusters(I loved it), ACE, ACE2, SoloFlight,F-15 Strike Eagle, Acrojet, Spitfire40, Battle of britain, Ace of aces, Jet... and that was only on the C-64

Amiga brought two of my favourites F-16 Fighter Pilot and Kights of the Sky, but I cant not remember a good WWII sim for the Amiga.

He he played most of them too - and sat for days in Dambusters too And SoloFlight of all games we played for days too - the only mission to fly from field A to field B and deliver mail in a small prop plane...

Looking at this list of Jet sims:

http://www.listal.com/list/evolution...ght-simulators

I realize I have flown ALL of them accept number 8 and 28. Remember the wait for Falcon 3 and then tearing up the package and installing it and sitting there in awe of the graphics and the flight modeling... All those missions in F-19 Stealth fighter over Iran and Libya... Mmm.

And looking at the list of WWII combat sims from the good old days:

http://www.listal.com/list/wwii-air-...ght-simulators

I have flown all of them accept number 26 and 41. I loved the Dynamix games and remember when Aces over Europe came with it's semi SVGA graphics that looked SO good! The reviewers where in tears...

EDIT - this is so fun. Found this page http://www.sheeparcade.com/free-games/simulation-games/ where a lot of these old abandonware games are available for download. Download the DOSBox "dos emulator" and then run them from that... Playing SoloFlight right now. Amazing that I have put so many hours into it!

[klem]

Originally Posted by mazex

But the fact that we look at a super detailed painting and have to think for some second before realizing that it's not an ingame screenshot from CoD tells me that we are beginning to get spoiled I remember playing Fighter Pilot on my Spectrum in 1983 thinking it was SO cool...

Exiting ingame video of a landing in Fighter Pilot on the Spectrum... I don't remember anyone complaining about the graphics actually

I dreamt of that one day the games could possibly look as good as the splash screens displayed while loading the game from tape. I really did...

Spectrum??!! Luxury!

Eeeee, yer don't yer born. I 'ad to make do wi' ZX81 wi' two rows o' white dots on t' black background fer runway. Mind you, I had full 1Kb memory to run it on an' sep'rit plastic keyboard. Always was in t'front o' develerpment.

Eeeee......