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Frederf · 08-28-08, 01:02 AM

Falcon 4.0 and Falcon AF are realllllly close to the same game but they aren't. Falcon 4.0 is older and isn't the "Falcon 4.5" that AF is but 4.0 has the benefit of having the "Open Falcon" modification community which has basically gone to town on the old bird for some very impressive results. It's waaay updated. IL-2 is really cool except that the campaign is very... eastern european developer'd. Falcon is more like a war sim with a flight sim attached instead of the other way around. You could play a very interesting game without ever getting in the cockpit and thus the generated content is a little better feeling. I like how IL-2 flies and the Falcon 4.0 world.

Find/Buy Falcon 4.0 and get OpenFalcon. You'll like it muuuch better than AF.

Coop. Dear lord that's the most fun part of multiplay. Using AI as the other side lets you have things you can't have against humans, like they don't complain about bad odds, they are actually surprised by a surprise attack, they calmly walk patrols unalerted. You can actually make a plan and execute some tactics. PvP is generally so fast and deadly that it's a straight TDM and any sneaking, teamplay or tactics go out the window.

Coop seems to be very low on a dev's list but it's up near #1 on mine. The magazine reviews always say "The coop was cut at the last minute but there's deathmatch for up to 20 people!" And I think... might as well not release it. Try SWAT4 or H&D2 Sabre Squadron for some good squad coops. There's an OK coop mod for AvP2. Valve's Left 4 Dead is a very 4-person coop type of game which means it'll be enjoyable. I wish they had periods of "slow tension" between all the fast zombie bits. Sadly it's GOGOGO-quake-fast but besides that looks golden.

Doom and RPGs don't have to be realistic to be good, just sensible. I mean the three-days-till-retirement cop doesn't have to die every time ironically, the WWII private doesn't have to catch a sniper bullet mid-conversation, and a lot of other cliches. OMG, just as I got past this bit of corridor a big boss smashed thorugh the wall!! What are the odds of that perfect timing!? *save, reload* Oh...

08-28-08, 01:02 AM	#43
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	Falcon 4.0 and Falcon AF are realllllly close to the same game but they aren't. Falcon 4.0 is older and isn't the "Falcon 4.5" that AF is but 4.0 has the benefit of having the "Open Falcon" modification community which has basically gone to town on the old bird for some very impressive results. It's waaay updated. IL-2 is really cool except that the campaign is very... eastern european developer'd. Falcon is more like a war sim with a flight sim attached instead of the other way around. You could play a very interesting game without ever getting in the cockpit and thus the generated content is a little better feeling. I like how IL-2 flies and the Falcon 4.0 world. Find/Buy Falcon 4.0 and get OpenFalcon. You'll like it muuuch better than AF. Coop. Dear lord that's the most fun part of multiplay. Using AI as the other side lets you have things you can't have against humans, like they don't complain about bad odds, they are actually surprised by a surprise attack, they calmly walk patrols unalerted. You can actually make a plan and execute some tactics. PvP is generally so fast and deadly that it's a straight TDM and any sneaking, teamplay or tactics go out the window. Coop seems to be very low on a dev's list but it's up near #1 on mine. The magazine reviews always say "The coop was cut at the last minute but there's deathmatch for up to 20 people!" And I think... might as well not release it. Try SWAT4 or H&D2 Sabre Squadron for some good squad coops. There's an OK coop mod for AvP2. Valve's Left 4 Dead is a very 4-person coop type of game which means it'll be enjoyable. I wish they had periods of "slow tension" between all the fast zombie bits. Sadly it's GOGOGO-quake-fast but besides that looks golden. Doom and RPGs don't have to be realistic to be good, just sensible. I mean the three-days-till-retirement cop doesn't have to die every time ironically, the WWII private doesn't have to catch a sniper bullet mid-conversation, and a lot of other cliches. OMG, just as I got past this bit of corridor a big boss smashed thorugh the wall!! What are the odds of that perfect timing!? save, reload Oh...