Is COD still a flight simulator ?

[jimbop]

My boss once told me that to be successful you had to be good at something that other people weren't. IL-2 is good at flight sims, simple as that, and that is their point of distinction.

I am all in favour of the expansion to tanks and especially AA but IL-2 must always remain true to it's flight sim roots. If the flight angle becomes too arcade it will instantly fail against BF3 (for example).

So yes, it's still a flight sim but with some bonuses in the future to pull in new users.

[Bewolf]

Originally Posted by jimbop

My boss once told me that to be successful you had to be good at something that other people weren't. IL-2 is good at flight sims, simple as that, and that is their point of distinction.

I am all in favour of the expansion to tanks and especially AA but IL-2 must always remain true to it's flight sim roots. If the flight angle becomes too arcade it will instantly fail against BF3 (for example).

So yes, it's still a flight sim but with some bonuses in the future to pull in new users.

Very true, but I think the Maddox Games guys are aware of that. Besides the BF3 comparison is a bit too harsh, a more fitting one would be the ARMA series, I love that one. They have the focus on infantry combat, IL2 here will stick true to the aircraft component, just like Aces High once did, if I remember right.

Useable ground vehicles opens a huge new world of gameplay possebilities. What we make out of that or if we use those possebilities at all to begin with is an entirely different question.

For speculations in regards to what this means for the future of the IL2 series it is way too early, imho.