Let's talk sequel!

[Sven]

Originally Posted by Kupsised

I didn't think I was fussed about it, but like the OP I think the more I hear about it the more excited I get. I've never been too fussed about the eastern front, but the idea of flying my lovely I-16 again online (I used to take down 190's in that online. They'd never see it coming!), plus the possability of Hurri II's, maybe Spit V's (not sure if they'd be included though) and later 109's (G's I suppose?) open up the posability of having a 1941 Channel scenario if they are backwards compatible has got me quite excited.

Even if they aren't backwards compatible, which I think they should be given the history of Maddox games, then I'm still kind of looking forward to it even though the theatre has never really bothered me. I'll buy it regardless, and certainly enjoy it.

I thought I read somewhere that those Spitfires used by the VVS were too often mistaken for the enemy and shot down by either ground fire or friendly fighters! Crappy radios didn't help either avoiding that! And as a result those spits were taken out of service.

[Kupsised]

Originally Posted by Sven

I thought I read somewhere that those Spitfires used by the VVS were too often mistaken for the enemy and shot down by either ground fire or friendly fighters! Crappy radios didn't help either avoiding that! And as a result those spits were taken out of service.

That's what I'd heard too, although how you could ever confuse a Spit with a 109 when, if anything, Yaks look more like 109's, has always been beyond me. I was just hoping they might be included since they were in the original Il2, although I can't remember if they were in the original (if they were, then they were patched in) or came later (e.g. Forgotten Battles maybe). Still, how about Hurri's at this stage at least? I suppose they'd be IIb's as well, so an extra 4 guns in the Hurri would be nice to take out again over Blighty (again, if it is backwards compatible), though I'd really want a IIc so I could finally hop the channel and do some serious strafing, although the IIb with bombs would still be a welcome addition in both theatres.

Anyway, new planes are always nice no matter what they are, but like I said, I'm really looking forward to getting my I-16 back, and the I-153 was always a favourite too. Does anyone happen to know when the rockets that were in Il2 were brought on to these? Any chance we'd have them in BoM?

[robtek]

If the air2ground rockets perform as in reality they will stay in storage for the most sim-fighters.

[csThor]

Actually the I-153 and I-15bis were the mainstay of the soviet ground-attack regiments in 1941. The Il-2 started to become ubiquitous only from 1942 on.

Anyone remember the I-16 campaign Luthier wrote for the original Il-2 years ago? The one that the player couldn't win and that ended in the player's death? That was, IMO, one of the best and most creative campaigns ever made for the series. Those were the times ...

[ElAurens]

I miss the old days of the sim a lot.

Lots of winter maps, and missions on them, the anticipation when the I 16 was first made flyable in a patch, flying Migs on the Kuban.

Good days.