RoF has two pretty big problems - the legacy of Il-2 (as an example of a very extensive planepool) and the legacy of Red Baron (as an example of a near-perfect offline campaign). At the moment (and for quite some time, or even never at all) it will be able to compete with either of these things. I must agree with naysayers - at the moment the content of RoF is more Beta than full product (heck, the original Il-2 demo had two flyable aircraft!) and the unfinished state of several key features (Mission builder, online, campaign) seriously limits what you can get out of it. If flying and dogfighting is all you're interested in then it's probably quite good (have heard only good things about FM and DM), but if you seek a Red Baron - like campaign or massive online battles á la Il-2 you're going to be disappointed. To me it feels as if neoqb ran out of cash and had to release something to get new funds to continue work, because I severely doubt they'd have released the current product if they'd had the choice.
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07-12-2009, 08:26 AM
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