Sim with best career mode?

[Seeker]

I think Red Baron is probably the best of the flight sim career modes; although EAW had some great ideas in it.

I agree that IL-2 has always been a bit cold as an off line game. Some of the hand built missions/campaigns are wonderful, and can do a surprisingly good job of historical "tuition"; but the replayablility of anything scripted is limited.

The inbuilt campaign generator wasn't bad when the game was new, but these days it's an insult for a new purchaser to find out he's paid for a game wherein so much of the content is unavailable to a new user (Spit or Temp or He 162 campaigns for example).

BOB2 had fantastic promise, but was so flawed at launch it never really recovered. I think it was the only sim ever made where joystick button assignments were hard coded, despite the in box literature showing a programmable MS sidewinder!

Much of what keeps IL-2 running comes from the EAW world, such as Hyperlobby and DCG.

It'll be interesting to see if SOW will be sophisticated enough to stand alone or if it'll still need support from the EAW legacy.

[Splitter]

I think I liked Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe. You could play as a low ranked pilot or control the air campaign. I liked distributing flights and pilots to different objectives.

But that's just me.

Splitter

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Seeker

I think Red Baron is probably the best of the flight sim career modes; although EAW had some great ideas in it.

I agree that IL-2 has always been a bit cold as an off line game. Some of the hand built missions/campaigns are wonderful, and can do a surprisingly good job of historical "tuition"; but the replayablility of anything scripted is limited.

The inbuilt campaign generator wasn't bad when the game was new, but these days it's an insult for a new purchaser to find out he's paid for a game wherein so much of the content is unavailable to a new user (Spit or Temp or He 162 campaigns for example).

BOB2 had fantastic promise, but was so flawed at launch it never really recovered. I think it was the only sim ever made where joystick button assignments were hard coded, despite the in box literature showing a programmable MS sidewinder!

Much of what keeps IL-2 running comes from the EAW world, such as Hyperlobby and DCG.

It'll be interesting to see if SOW will be sophisticated enough to stand alone or if it'll still need support from the EAW legacy.

BoB2 has come a VERY long way from launch, I'll tell you that Pretty much all the flaws from first release have been ironed out.

[KOM.Nausicaa]

One the very best career modes is in Over Flanders Fields, but it's WW2.

[Bricks]

IMHO:

The Mighty Eighth B17 II

(And M1A1 Tank Platoon for the older friends on the forum )

[flyingbullseye]

Originally Posted by Bricks

IMHO:

The Mighty Eighth B17 II

Beat me to it.

I know some may say otherwise but I always enjoyed CFS2 campaign as well. Graphics were much to be desired by now but still liked the immersion.

Flyingbullseye

[TeeJay82]

Originally Posted by Bricks

IMHO:

The Mighty Eighth B17 II

(And M1A1 Tank Platoon for the older friends on the forum )

+1

[moilami]

Originally Posted by TeeJay82

+1

How about Steel Panthers - World at War I know it is not an *action* simulator, but that doesn't make it bad

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by kom.nausicaa

one the very best career modes is in over flanders fields, but it's ww2.

ww1.....

[rga]

Red Baron. It's almost like you're in the real war: you read about war news in newspaper, you can see some propaganda "newsreel" (actually a slideshow) about the battle situation in your sector, you got the list of best aces in the whole front as well as in your own unit. If you want to change unit, you must make request, and not all requests are accepted. Before flight you got the best briefing ever: flight plan with detailed waypoints and time, type of action, enemy activity (not quite sure about this), map, and believe me, aerial recon photos. You know exactly what you're supposed to do, not like IL-2 where you must figure it out on the way. You can choose ammo types before mission, and IIRC, for each gun. After each mission, you get the mission report. If you're wounded, you'll be absent from combat for some time, or maybe for the rest of the war. If you're shot down over enemy territory, you'd be either captured or escape. If you shoot down friendly aircrafts, you risk yourself facing court martial or even firing squad. And if you die, the game doesn't end right away. You still have the last salute, or maybe even a medal.