Just wondering, do you think that IL2 Sturmovik (original)was way ahead of it's time?

[lorddweeb]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Really? Remember WWII online?

WWII online is still around. Its flight model hasn't advanced much since the early days (beyond all the massive bug fixing they had to do back then), so flight-model-wise it can't compare to the newer sims. Even though IL-2 was obviously better from a flight model perspective back then, there were still things I liked better about WWIIOL, such as the head bob/movement from maneuvering. It was a total mess on release up until about 6 months later but it still had a ton of firsts in it. Its still the best tank sim around IMO.

2001 was actually a great year for SIM innovation, even if lots of the products ranged from buggy to horrifically buggy. IL2, wwiiol, operation flashpoint, bf1942. (yes I realize that last one isnt really a sim)

But anyway, it does seem like IL2:CODs issues might stem from similar problems. Wasn't there even some rumors way back when that the reason for all the crazily-detailed ground units and so on was that Oleg basically wanted this game to eventually mature into a massively mutliplayer "total sim" type thing?