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nodlew · 12-29-09, 10:43 PM

I had that game (Falcon 4.0). But for some reason, I just couldn't get into it. I think it was the graphics. By the time I got my hands on it, they were so outdated that I just said, "Nah.".

Il-2, on the other hand, can still make me say "Whoah!" Still a beautiful-looking game with an awesome damage model, terrific gameplay.

I think, partly, I like the WWII era better as well. Firing Sidewinders from 4 miles away and watching your enemy go "poof" in the distance is not nearly as visceral as watching him disintegrate before your eyes under a stream of .50 cal bullets. Or watching a 10,000 ton behemoth on the horizon jump out of the water and fill the sky with fire and debris.

Strange, I never tried Sub Sims, or Naval warfare sims in general before. I think I had the old game "Battleship" stuck in my head. And I guess I didn't think riding around for days in a submarine with nothing to do would be very engrossing. Wrong about that. I take log entries. Bitch about the weather. Manage my crew. Plot new courses to, hopefully, better hunting grounds. Sometimes I stop all engines and just wait for days (weeks) for the weather to clear up. Then, all of a sudden, you're being shot at by a plane, diving, taking on water, figuring out where to stow the dead crewmen, or staring at a massive convoy heading right for you, picking out the fattest targets, setting torpedoes up...all very absorbing to me.

Kimmers--if the Sims was set in WWII and my Sims were fighting the Germans, I would play it. But watching a bunch of Sims wandering around a Sim House, occasionally using the Sim Lavatory and feeding the Simdog, ain't my thang. My nieces love the game. That there is the surest clue that I myself would hate it.

12-29-09, 10:43 PM	#4
nodlew Engineer Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 202 Downloads: 572 Uploads: 0	Now that I think about it.... I had that game (Falcon 4.0). But for some reason, I just couldn't get into it. I think it was the graphics. By the time I got my hands on it, they were so outdated that I just said, "Nah.". Il-2, on the other hand, can still make me say "Whoah!" Still a beautiful-looking game with an awesome damage model, terrific gameplay. I think, partly, I like the WWII era better as well. Firing Sidewinders from 4 miles away and watching your enemy go "poof" in the distance is not nearly as visceral as watching him disintegrate before your eyes under a stream of .50 cal bullets. Or watching a 10,000 ton behemoth on the horizon jump out of the water and fill the sky with fire and debris. Strange, I never tried Sub Sims, or Naval warfare sims in general before. I think I had the old game "Battleship" stuck in my head. And I guess I didn't think riding around for days in a submarine with nothing to do would be very engrossing. Wrong about that. I take log entries. Bitch about the weather. Manage my crew. Plot new courses to, hopefully, better hunting grounds. Sometimes I stop all engines and just wait for days (weeks) for the weather to clear up. Then, all of a sudden, you're being shot at by a plane, diving, taking on water, figuring out where to stow the dead crewmen, or staring at a massive convoy heading right for you, picking out the fattest targets, setting torpedoes up...all very absorbing to me. Kimmers--if the Sims was set in WWII and my Sims were fighting the Germans, I would play it. But watching a bunch of Sims wandering around a Sim House, occasionally using the Sim Lavatory and feeding the Simdog, ain't my thang. My nieces love the game. That there is the surest clue that I myself would hate it.