Requests for the next game (assuming its the pacific)

[LynMs]

If there is a sequel to the Pacific mission, how cool is if they come up with a so-called multiplayer mode similar to capture the island, it will be a hybrid between the capture airport and strikes.A team will fly away to capture the enemy carriers on the island airport, B group will play a strike and score by getting hits and sank the carrier forces launched the war epic A team points the opportunity to defend the carrier battle group, but also tried to capture a Airport. May lead to some tense and interesting game

[bobbysocks]

that would actually be kinda cool. where you have to take out targets before you land....like all the AA emplacements. would put an interesting spin to it.

[The_Stapler]

Oh no... I just had a horrible thought.

If the B-17 is a nuisance to kill in the current il-2, a B-29 (if they include it) is just going to be hell. Especially since most of the U.S. planes only had brownings (if I remember right!).

I'm going to go pray for killable gunners now...

[haitch40]

Originally Posted by The_Stapler

Oh no... I just had a horrible thought.

If the B-17 is a nuisance to kill in the current il-2, a B-29 (if they include it) is just going to be hell. Especially since most of the U.S. planes only had brownings (if I remember right!).

I'm going to go pray for killable gunners now...

Yeh the b29 will be hell but if you can set it so we all start on a carrier then even on full wep with an empty bomb bay and almost empty fuel tank it could'nt take off.

[jm0miami]

Originally Posted by LynMs

If there is a sequel to the Pacific mission, how cool is if they come up with a so-called multiplayer mode similar to capture the island, it will be a hybrid between the capture airport and strikes.A team will fly away to capture the enemy carriers on the island airport, B group will play a strike and score by getting hits and sank the carrier forces launched the war epic A team points the opportunity to defend the carrier battle group, but also tried to capture a Airport. May lead to some tense and interesting game

LynMs, pretty much the same idea I wrote about earlier, I'm glad we're on the same page and you thought it would be awesome too!

"If the sequel does have pacific missions, how cool would it be if they came up with a multiplayer mode called something like island capture, which would be a hybrid between strike and capture the airfield.

The Team A would be fly off carriers to capture enemy airfields on the island, Team B would be playing strike and scoring points by getting hits and sinking the carrier force launching Team A. Gives the opportunity for epic battles defending the carrier group while also trying to capture an airfield. Could lead to some hectic and interesting gameplay."

And I agree with all, the a pacific centric game would detract from many other great air battles, so if they do a mixture of theaters, I think it would be great. And even if it is mostly based in the pacific, our british favorites like the Spitfire, Mosquito, Beaufighter, Typhoon (etc.) fought in all theaters of war from India, Australia and NZ. So they shouldn't be neglected (at least we should hope not).

[FOZ_1983]

The Pacific theatre has some good air battles that could be used, but like someone has already said... it could get boring quite quick, with a rather limited amount to to. Theirs only so much jungle you can fly over or ships you can attack. Dont get me wrong, id buy a pacific sequel, i love IL2, but id much much rather prefer it to stick to Europe/Africa.

Rather than the traditional set up though which looks good but is a bit far fetched sometimes, such as "fly here in a squad of 4 planes and take out half the Luftwaffe alone", they should in my personnal opinion make the sequel a sequence of different missions that are true to life, things that we remember, things we think about and go "wow" thats incredible.

For example - 1 mission that could take ages to complete, the Dambusters. A true to life and iconic mission that involves the mighty lanc be flown at a ridiculous height and like a medium bomber. Though please i beg if you do this... dont Go OTT and add 50 FW190's etc. Just leave it true to life, do the guys that took part justice, make them proud. The way it was, was hard enough.

Or arrange to have a flight of P51's and you have to rendevouz with some B17's somewhere and then escort them to and from a target, but take heavy flak into account etc.

Or have some pathfinder missions in the mosquito, flying at night in the dark, solo, ahead of the main force and mark the target for them, if not then how about some heavily armed mossies doing some shipping strikes?

Or flying a swordfish against the Bismark, or the italian fleet at taranto?

The possibilities are endless.

As it is, IL2 is incredible and looks superb, better than every other flying game on console. But behind all that after playing for so long.... i feel that the missions are jsut the same as on any other flying game.... far fethed sometimes, Just IL2 takes away the "unlocked advanced homing rockets" or any other stupid special weapon etc that other flying games offer.


As for MP....

The ability to free flight, including landing/take off and fuel management is a must for me. Free flying is superb.

Some form of mission editor would be pretty good, but co op would be what im aiming at.

[mavrickandgoose]

Can't believe no one has said this how about if a plane goes down the last person to get a hit on said plane gets the kill no more crashes unless your plane hits the ground without ever being damaged also no one is awarded the kill for collisions that is a crash you both die

[williamcg1979]

Originally Posted by Shadowcorp

That the game be more than just a pacific campaign, for i will not buy a game solely based in the pacific. European, Russian and north african campaigns would all be preferable to the pacific

Oh yeah....because bombing static targets on the ground, and fighting the same country every single time is ALWAYS preferable to say, recreating the battle of midway, coral sea, sinking the Yamato, the battle of leyte gulf, and many, MANY island ground-support missions that could be flown (such as the aforementioned iwo jima, or even guadalcanal), all while looking at something other than german or russian countryside.....

[mavrickandgoose]

Originally Posted by williamcg1979

Oh yeah....because bombing static targets on the ground, and fighting the same country every single time is ALWAYS preferable to say, recreating the battle of midway, coral sea, sinking the Yamato, the battle of leyte gulf, and many, MANY island ground-support missions that could be flown (such as the aforementioned iwo jima, or even guadalcanal), all while looking at something other than german or russian countryside.....

100% agreed

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by williamcg1979

Oh yeah....because bombing static targets on the ground, and fighting the same country every single time is ALWAYS preferable to say, recreating the battle of midway, coral sea, sinking the Yamato, the battle of leyte gulf, and many, MANY island ground-support missions that could be flown (such as the aforementioned iwo jima, or even guadalcanal), all while looking at something other than german or russian countryside.....

Owing to the fact that they happened late in the war then yes!
The facts are that there was a war going on long before the pacific campaign and more so interesting missions- dambusters/ tirpitz attacks/ sub pens to name just a few. So YES it is ALWAYS preferrable. I would though like to see inclusion of that theatre but knowing that the devs are russian I wouldn't get your tissues out quite yet.

I guess your just here to troll rather than add anything constructive anyway judging by the fact you haven't introduced yourself, probably have never played the game and come in all guns blazing with YOUR SHOUTY CAPS..... Reminds me of something but I can't quite put my finger on it.