Why the need for German planes?

[bobswar]

i just want to dogfight in a bf-109 g on simulator in the biggest multiplayer match i can find

[imnotgeoff]

all the talk about gettin a german campaign made me think....on the DS version (but whos really gona play that,how awkward would it be) you can pick to do missions as luftwaffe so why cant we on the x360 or ps3??chek this....its a really bad video but i couldnt be bothered to find a proper one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozjkroG1U5o

[juz1]

that's it...playing as the luftwaffe has warped my fragile mind. I'm off in my VolksWagen Family Panzer to annexe Woolworths. I'll be the one stood up in the sunroof, facist saluting the locals....don't try and stop me
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[Yossarian]

Originally Posted by juz1

that's it...playing as the luftwaffe has warped my fragile mind. I'm off in my VolksWagen Family Panzer to annexe Woolworths. I'll be the one stood up in the sunroof, facist saluting the locals....don't try and stop me

[mausermark]

lol,

It took long enough for someone to find that you can play the Germans in the DS version, that's in fact who I'm playing right now in every campaign. When I finish with them I'll play the Allied side.

So to the Devs, what's the real reason if this is allowed in the DS version?

thanks,

and love the DS game (only version I have for now).

[PantherAttack2]

Ok, now can we lock this thread and move on?

[Flywest]

Lock the thread ? What for ?

[imnotgeoff]

NOO dont lock the thread its a good point

[OVurt]

I'll try to stay out of the political stuff. For Anton, devs, and to others who are concerned about playing the losing side. I can't recall the game from memory, getting old, but I played Axis missions where we succeed in our particular objective for our squadron. But overall, we lost the entire campaign. I think this was in Jane's WW2 Fighters.

As someone else mentioned, it was informative to play on the losing side and learn from that perspective.

Back when I played Jane's WW2 Fighters, we had a group of friends fly as the Axis planes only. Why? Many competitive squads were Allies. Someone had to be the "bad guy." It is only a game.

Again going off memory, several history books regarding the Luftwaffe presented a point of view not often mentioned. In the early years of WW2, before the US was involved, there was a pilot honor code different than what ground troops experienced. Recall the term, "wagging your wings"? An enemy pilot is damaged and wanted to surrender by wagging his wings, German pilots would let them safely return to their home base, knowing full well, this enemy will come back to kill them. By the time the US entered, many of these aces were dead or captured. The pilot honor code also disappeared. There were many atrocities committed in the air, like shooting at pilots who bailed out and were sitting ducks dangling from their parachute.

History is what it is. Limiting or restricting access to info doesn't help anyone. Just lay it out there for all to see and learn from. Does my interest in Luftwaffe history make me a sympathizer? Hardly. I like reading about both perspectives.

I'm also biased because I want to fly the FW-190D with a full cockpit. Even built a model of one and called it "Baby Boelcke."

[simfex]

Please, we should not discuss history in here. At first, i am German and I hate this part of German history. If I could, I would make this dammned Hitler and his f...... Nazi devils undone. My part of history is only to help that something like this can not happen again in future,worldwide and not only in Germany.
And when I fly a german plane in this game I don`t do this for the Nazis.
Theese aircraft are never the less a part of my country, and I am sure, not all pilots have been those Nazis sombody thinks. Most of them where soldiers, soldiers and humans, humans with families too.Yes sure also stupid and blind at the beginning of this damned war. But I can not believe that all theese men where damned ******* Nazis. I am sure, most of them only fought for their life. Thanks God for never have seen war in life. There have been so much cruel and horrible things in this war, It is not possible for us to comprehend what has happend in every human at this time, why they all did, what they did, equal on which side they fought. I for myself like all people in this world, equal which country, what kind of colour or religion, when they let me live in peace. When not,........we have to talk.
So, please let be IL2 only a game, not a half game but a really really good game
Good bless you all