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Originally Posted by Soviet Ace
It seems nowadays, and I'm sure some game companies will say and actually have said. That the gaming world on PC is dying. I being one of them, am a bit disappointed that PC games are going out, but what game companies should really be trying to do, is make the console games what they were on PC. I know, that BoP was not made to the limits of what the 360 or PS3 are capable of, and if it was. It probably would have been a lot better than Il-2: 1946, but it's all just economics now. No one is making games anymore, just for fun. Money rules in the Capitalist world, and even in the Gaming world.
I still like BoP, and will continue to play. But I don't think it was made to its full potential of a console game.
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I have 1946 on PC, its by far the best WW2 flight sim on PC... I also have flight sim x, and the MS combat flight sim 3... I was very happy when I heard they were releasing Il-2 for the consoles...
AS for expectations... This is the first ever true Flight sim on consoles that I know about... i am sure they had others back in the day with poopy graphis no cockpits etc. For being the first entry of a series this game ROCKS!!!! I am sad that MS will not allow my Saitek x-45 to work on the 360, but oh well, I found a ace edge bundle on ebay and after 4 tries at different bundles I got one for 113 shipped ( which is fine by me, since it comes with a game, and its exactly like the x-45 as far as I know.
It is unfortunate that Oleg and the other programmers of this game had to bend to the publisher's wishes... If you know anything about publishers all they care about is money and profit margins. They are not going to allow the dev to "waste time" making every single plane 100% realistic in a first ever release... NO ONE will invest that much into an unproven franchise on a new platform..... with that said, give it some time. Hopefully they will allow custonizing the controls, and or ala forza 2 with the MS wireless wheel allow tweaking of the Deadzone in game..
I love this game right now... I am waiting on doing realistic and sim modes tillI get my ace edge... i think the biggest gripe I have right now is the air starts on all the missions.... I loved 1946's missions where you had to take off, and fly to target. But hey 49.99 with a free T-shirt rocks!!! I basically paid 5$ for the game if you take into account the T-shirt and me trading in 3 games I never played anymore.
only other gripe I have so far is the AI planes. My wingman took a full 6 minutes to down a bomber from 300 ft dead lvl directly behind it... he was firing his guns for the full 6 mins. REALLY? even on arcade I get pwned if I do that on a a bomber. Oh wait one more thing... I hate the auto bailout feature.... and the timer if you chose to continue the mission... seriously... I ended up crash landing a perfectly good plane on arcade mode because they gave me 8 minutes to RTB after I chose to continue... basically had to do wep non stop and got to the base with 1 minute to spare and I still had to line up my approach... nothing like doing a hammerhead stall just to try to land because the timer was running down!