New HD video from the latest Alpha test of World of Planes

[mazex]

Wow - that was a really well done video! Professional quality for sure.

I don't know how I will like the game itself though but I have to admit that I really enjoy playing both World of Tanks and Combat Mission Battle for Normandy so if I can go both ways with tanks then why not with planes? I do own Wings of Pray but have not played it more than a few hours... Somehow missions where you shoot down 14 He-111:s is not my cup of tea. But if they get the multi player to work like in WoT then why not?

Will have to try that alpha...

[Kupsised]

Just to clarify, since I saw a few people mention world of tanks in this thread, but also since this is something I've been a bit confused about my self, but world of planes is not done by the people who did World of Tanks.

Here's the thing, there are two games in development at the moment, both focusing on MMO World War II (and slightly pre-WWII and also slightly beyond) aircraft, one in development by the guys who did World of Tanks (which is called World of Warplanes) and the other in development by those that did Wings of Prey (that being just called World of Planes, and that being the one that this alpha video is from).

To be honest it seems a bit of an odd decision on either one of their parts to name the games almost essentially the same, depending on who came up with the name first. I suppose since World of Tanks has been around a while they could claim to have more 'right' to the name, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see a name change before release from one of them.

I could be totally wrong, so please correct me if I am, but that's how I understand it right now. I'm fairly interested in both games depending on how arcady they turn out to be, and that's how I found out (after signing up for the World of Planes Beta thinking it was World of Warplanes and then finding out that it wasn't, but not being all too bothered.)

[Pluto]

... not impressed at all ! Sorry.

As I wrote already before somewhere (and dont get tired of doing so!)

Gaijin doesent make any sims, they just make "games".

They may call it a sim to attract some idiots like me to buy it, but it is far from beeing a simulation! It is even far from beeing a good game!

Here a good example for what they make:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVKejaCDIaM

If that is a sim, then "MarioKart" is a serious and realistic racing simulator, haha...

- - forget it ! ! ! - - -

[Mysticpuma]

Originally Posted by machoo

It looks alright but you can make anything look cool with editing.

Actually this is what you would see if you ran the Alpha benchmark, the only editing I did was to remove the loading screen and the logo from the bottom. I also ran the benchmark a couple of times as you see the scenes on some occasions from a different angle. I then added music instead of the in-game sounds and music as the editing process interfered with the audio accuracy.

However what you see is what you get and this is in-game graphics at an early Alpha stage of development.

At-least the Developer's want the end-user to help them get it right...now there's customer relations!

Cheers, MP

[Ze-Jamz]

Looks Arcade to me fellas...But i agree you cant really make accurate assumptions yet

[Mysticpuma]

Draw distance looks promising at this 'Alpha' stage and there is also the option of an animated Pilot

[ChrisDNT]

Why all these video and screenshot makers are always using too wide focals, what makes aircraft look like ridiculous bananas ?

[LoBiSoMeM]

The funny thing:

- I bought Wings Of Prey. Good graphics engine, but lousy FM, DM, gameplay, no dedicated servers, poor ground units, air start...

And Gaijin almost drop development of this "alpha" of World Of Planes...

People blame Maddox Games for lot of things... We are all voluntary guinea pigs! And we PAY for that! LOL!

[philip.ed]

To the poster above; it's all relevent on how the game is marketed. WoP never promised anything more than that. CloD did.

It's like moaning why CoD isn't similar to Arma.