Friday update and discussions 2011-03-18

[Redwan]

Originally Posted by meplay

Has any of the real aces ever played il2, and commented on it?

Do you think that 80 years old guy's play computer games ?

[Skarphol]

Originally Posted by Redwan

Do you think that 80 years old guy's play computer games ?

Well, my dad becomes 76 this year, and is an eager IL-2 player. He gets tired quickly though. And I create missions for him that are quite simple, typically Spit versus Ju 52.

Problem, though, that an ace who was maybe 23 years old in 1945 is 89 by now. And that is quite old.

Skarphol

[Redwan]

Originally Posted by Skarphol

Well, my dad becomes 76 this year, and is an eager IL-2 player. He gets tired quickly though. And I create missions for him that are quite simple, typically Spit versus Ju 52.

Problem, though, that an ace who was maybe 23 years old in 1945 is 89 by now. And that is quite old.

Skarphol

Someone who would have joined the RAF at the age of 18 in 1940 would have been 79 years old when IL2 was released in november 2001. The probability is low to have such a guy playing IL2 but it's still possible to find aces of some more recent wars like Corea or Vietnam who could give us a good appréciation of IL2 as they also fought with canons at subsonic speeds.

I still remember the quote of a war pilot about the transition between propeller fighters and jets: "If you can fly at 1000 km/h and if your opponent is also able to do it, what is the difference ? Zero.

That makes me think that the serie SOW will also model the Corea war with Migs vs Sabres

[Sturm_Williger]

Originally Posted by BigC208

If they get the feeling of flight as close as RoF we're indeed in for a treat. For some it will be a rude awakening though. Flying full real in Il2 was hard at first. In CoD it could be pretty hard for a flight sim novice to just get a plane of the ground, let alone fight with it in full real. I'm just going to start with the Tiger Moth and see how that does in basic flight manouvres, then a Hurricane and Spitfire. I'll keep the 109 in the hanger untill I get a good feel for the inflight behaviour of the sim. Hate crashing on landing time and time again.

I think some of the critics that we have here among us have forgotten about the joys of a nice dawn patrol in a well simulated enviroment. Realize, it's 2011, being ticked off because you're not getting the award winning simulator of the year 2021 is silly. Someone here had pics of one of the 1991 sim that I really enjoyed then. Chuck Yeagers Air Combat. I stood in awe in a computer store watching that demo for 20 minutes on a 486@ 66mhz. I Would've never enjoyed that game had I known at that time what Il2 would look like in 2001. CoD has me giddy like that again, to the point that I'll buy whatever it takes to run it properly. Watch CoD get released, read the reviews and comments on the forum. Make up your own mind and pull the trigger, or don't, if you're not happy with what's offered.

Despite whatever might be "wrong", according to a few very vocal forum members, this is going to be the premier kick *ss WW2 flight simulator for some time to come.

Well said. I'm with you here, I simply don't care that it may not look photorealistic - for me, it looks sooooo damn good. Plus all the new FM and DM and AI goodness
I wish those people who say it doesn't look better than WoP could see what I see with my eyes.

[David Hayward]

Tree, have you heard that Biggs is going to have to kill his grandparents if he wants to play this game? I'm beginning to see your side on this.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

The sky is falling... or is it me.

Regardless, the deed is done. Whining and questionable chit chat isn't going to change a thing. Hooray! Hooray! the BOB COD is days away.

I remember looking at those shorelines with the movement of the surf several years back. We were all excited at the news, and that has been five or more years ago.

Give me and everyone else a break.

Rejoice, we are getting an updated WW2 air combat flight simulator. Oleg hasn't taken the easy route to the console and dumped on PC users.

Wings of Prey isn't bad, it just isn't an IL2 or COD quality product. What if Oleg had decided to build console appps only in the future. I say our genre of simulation game would be a thing of the past, unless you want to fly jets.

Oleg is very competent and has excellent techie staff members. The COD will be the benchmark sim upon release (as is) and it will progress beyond that.

Come on get happy, we are going to have a ton of enjoyment with the COD.

I can just visualize taking off from Biggin Hill with a team of rowdies to take on the Luftwaffe over dover.

Dowding would be proud of you