Too many Il2 games - Merging everything

[Sita]

three different game ... three different team ... and alot of differents wishes and goals

[Ice_Eagle]

Nah... I like my IL-2 1946 just fine..

[nic727]

Ok right

I was just thinking about this the other day. About too many game, its just that I love them all, but don't like to switch between games lol.

- IL2 1946 : Love the contents, Daidalos Team, dynamic campaign.
- IL2 COD : Love the channel map and the map design in the menu. Look like a paper map. Team Fusion is doing a great job to make the game more realistic.
- IL2 BOS : Most up-to-date game engine, physic engine and aircraft models (more polygons). The map textures and details are very realistic.

Everything is just a dream for now, but a mix of everything could be great.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by nic727

Hi,

Il2 Battle of Stalingrad and Battle of Moscow are the latest il2 games with a great game engine, but there is still some development on Il2 1946 by Daidalos Team and Il2 Cliffs of Dover by ATAG team.
777 studios is currently improving and making add-on for Il2 BOS.

I think the best idea is to merge everything into one game. What I mean is that there is multiple things we could do to make the game better.

I think Daidalos Team and ATAG team should help the development of the current game.

1. Daidalos Team could help to create dynamic campaign and pacific battle into the game.
2. ATAG team could help to make Battle of Britain.
3. 777 studios could continue development of add-on and game features improvements.

Now the current community is divided into different game, but I think having just one big Il2 Sturmovik game with recent engine could change a lot of things. More players, more free and paid contents.

What do you think?

That would be really cool.

Originally Posted by Sita

three different game ... three different team ... and alot of differents wishes and goals

And who owns the DRM for them

Thats what might strangle development.

[taly001]

Now the current community is divided into different game, but I think having just one big Il2 Sturmovik game with recent engine could change a lot of things. More players, more free and paid contents.

There seems to be a flightsim resurgence going on judging by sales and introduction of new flight joysticks and rudder pedals perhaps driven by online multiplayer. But to repack and restore all il-2 games to BOS/BOM game engine would be huge job and not consistent quality when done!

IMHO...... il2 needs a whole new game with targeted theatre. BOS/BOM is right idea but east front WW2 is not big seller in US/English nations. Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 is a great example of a well researched flight sim. It covers pacific 1942-> 1943 really well. A reboot of il2=MScfs2 would have less map work than the single 3D Moscow city that BOM added!

[majorfailure]

Originally Posted by taly001

IMHO...... il2 needs a whole new game with targeted theatre. BOS/BOM is right idea but east front WW2 is not big seller in US/English nations. Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2 is a great example of a well researched flight sim. It covers pacific 1942-> 1943 really well. A reboot of il2=MScfs2 would have less map work than the single 3D Moscow city that BOM added!

I think that is why they are going to do a three game Pacific series after BoS/BoM/BoKuban - announced was Battle of Midway and Battle of Okinawa plus unknow third scenario. And I think the target audience besides us is sim gamers in the Western, especially US market. And it is clear to me that if they do not totally botch it up, it will be far superior in carrier battles than IL2 ever has been. And while there is not much work for cities on Midway/Okinawa, ships will require some work, and I hope we don't get a generic Japanese and a generic Allied carrier, but real ones, and some different CA/CL/DD/DE, along with a few supply and cargo vessels, and and and....

[taly001]

announced was Battle of Midway and Battle of Okinawa plus unknow third scenario.

I hope the unannounced third scenario is Solomons Islands Guadacanal<->Rabaul. It is the most fanatastic area for a pacific flight sim. It has air battles from 4/42 to 2/44 and extensive sea battles and transport activity also.