IL2 1946 Boring

[STEED]

This is a great series but how much longer are they going to drag out WW2? Come on IL2 we want new action in Korea. I suspect some of you guys will rush out and buy it, well hope you enjoy it.

[NeonSamurai]

As long as there is money to be made of course. Personaly im starting to think ww2 is getting a bit over done (especialy with strat/fps games), and by a bit, i realy meen way.

[Saukko]

Heh, I bought it last week (my first flight sim in, um, four years. I have to learn to fly all over again). Yeah, WWII is overdone, but SH3 is the only WWII game I have been playing in recent years. So I like it, a lot.

[CCIP]

I think what's getting overdone about WWII is the same concepts within strategies and shooters. There is a LOT in WWII that hasn't been done, in all types of genres. Just that most companies aren't willing to take the risk.

As for IL-2 - well it is an add-on, you can't judge it as a new game. Obviously it's meant to be merged into the great WWII mastodont that is IL2FB of now over 250 flyable planes. And I will be bying it - mostly so I can have a full IL2FB package for multiplayer, which is great as always.

I've spent in excess of $200 on buying up the IL-2 series (all of which I have in both English and Russian editions) and I'm not sorry. It has its shortages, but it is the most expansive combat simulator to date with great multiplayer. The addons aren't gonna change the core of the game, but they're nice to have.

As for Korea, I hope you heard that a Korea sim is already in development on Maddox's next engine, Storm of War.

[Pants]

I've seen the vids for IL2 1946..did'nt like what i saw so i'm waiting for Storm of war

[HunterICX]

well, some say that the WW2 is over, well it isnt.
its just the difference in people's taste.

you have people that like genre's like , RTS, Simulators, Action, FPS, RPG&MMORPG

and you have people that like genre's like, WW2, Modern combat, Sci-Fi

I,m all about WW2, as long as it isnt made up crap but historical correct as it can gets I'll sure get it.
from 1995 I have been playing WW2 games on the computer
and it all started with Panzer General (Great game btw in those times)

my first flight sime was CFS , I was totally going nuts when I played that game spend many hours flying planes.

when I got my first pentium 4 I got IL2: Sturmovik and played it allot but because of the lack of power in my system It was choppy to play. and when I got a newer computer the one I,m one now..I discoverd it had no Joystick port (you know the big plug) and this christmass I,m going to get a brand new Logitech Force 3D Pro and I'll bet ya I,m back in the air again

[em2nought]

Sort of funny that a flight sim is called boring on a naval forum. Haze gray and underway is boring. lol

The only thing to dislike about IL2 1946 to me is the fact that they dropped fairly user friendly safedisc and put the latest version of SecuROM on the compilation. From reading the forums, it sounds like a few paying buyers are having problems too. Guess Silent Hunter IV is going to have SecuROM too. Oh boy, here we go again maybe. lol

[TteFAboB]

You can fly all planes in IL2, without cockpits for the unflyable, if you edit a textfile (don't remember which) to allow you to select them in Multiplayer sessions. You can convert a SP mission into MP and play it alone anyway.

In Falcon 4 you can also easily fly any plane by renaming a file and you get to keep the F-16 panel & functionality/avionics.

IL2 looks good and flys great but I prefer WWIIOL, which looks worse and flies worse. :rotfl: Best in IL2 are the hardcore multiplayer groups who organize "virtual campaigns" but even the free-for-all (teamed) death match sessions a-la "Counter-Strike" can be incredibly fun if you're in for some low-altitude madness, especially if they let you fly the bombers and other stuff.