Rise of Flight to be released June 8th in North America

[GSpector]

An Internet connection is required, even for Single player? That stinks. I usually prefer to have my MODEM disconnected while I fly so that I don't get booted off due to some Internet issue like E-Mail or Yahoo decided to refresh on me.

If it's just for the registration, that's fine but I prefer to limit my resource hogs to improve frame rate. Disabling Explorer.exe really helps.

It does look great but I think I'll wait for the forum comments to start coming out after its release to see how this online issue affects things.

[Castout]

Originally Posted by GSpector

An Internet connection is required, even for Single player? That stinks. I usually prefer to have my MODEM disconnected while I fly so that I don't get booted off due to some Internet issue like E-Mail or Yahoo decided to refresh on me.

If it's just for the registration, that's fine but I prefer to limit my resource hogs to improve frame rate. Disabling Explorer.exe really helps.

It does look great but I think I'll wait for the forum comments to start coming out after its release to see how this online issue affects things.

Err I think Stealth Hunter meant that for SP internet is required at the very start to authenticate your copy. Probably similar with Empire Total War. I can live with that. I think I'm gonna grab it. It looks fantastic. I hope it would feel fantastic too!

The Russians are amazing when it comes to building realistic games.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Castout

Err I think Stealth Hunter meant that for SP internet is required at the very start to authenticate your copy. Probably similar with Empire Total War. I can live with that. I think I'm gonna grab it. It looks fantastic. I hope it would feel fantastic too!

The Russians are amazing when it comes to building realistic games.

Err, no, I'm pretty sure they said you have to stay connected all the time

[Castout]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Err, no, I'm pretty sure they said you have to stay connected all the time

What err then definitely I'm not going to buy it then

[BilboSmeggins]

Anybody succumbed yet?

[Cameljockey]

No.

[Task Force]

It hasent been released yet.

[Kptlt Thomsen]

Originally Posted by BilboSmeggins

Anybody succumbed yet?

Yeah I did yesterday..LOL. Rise of Flight is beautifully done! The flight models are especially challenging and the details are rendered very nicely. If the game has any drawbacks..it is with the lack of explanation of the in game options and how they work. Over all...very impressive indeed.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Castout

Err I think Stealth Hunter meant that for SP internet is required at the very start to authenticate your copy. Probably similar with Empire Total War. I can live with that. I think I'm gonna grab it. It looks fantastic. I hope it would feel fantastic too!

The Russians are amazing when it comes to building realistic games.

Not quite:

...Finally, the game requires online authentication the entire time it's being played, even if you're just playing a solo career or a one-off single player mission. Given that the game comes with a CD-key, it seems odd that you'd have to be logged on in order to play, but that's the case. We might not mind this so much if the registration servers were more reliable and if connection issues didn't cause us to fail missions in single player...



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-S

[Biggles]

'Tis a good game. Haven't had much problem with the internet thingy yet. Loading times are long though. Physics is fantastic. You haven't lived until you've seen a mid-air collision in this game. Light effects are beautiful, and the graphics are pretty much fantastic in most aspects.

[SUBMAN1]

I'll wait till there is a crack to remove the inet portion. THen I'll buy the game. I don't always like having my PC connected to do whatever.

-S

[Biggles]

I usually don't either, and I was furious that Empire:Total War was a steam-only game. Games which main focus lies in multiplayer (TF2, L4D) I don't mind having in such a system, but when I intend to play mostly or only singleplayer, I rather be without the need of a functioning internet connection. But I am flexible, and I guessed that it would be worth the effort. This far, I'd say that it is indeed worth the effort.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Biggles

I usually don't either, and I was furious that Empire:Total War was a steam-only game. Games which main focus lies in multiplayer (TF2, L4D) I don't mind having in such a system, but when I intend to play mostly or only singleplayer, I rather be without the need of a functioning internet connection. But I am flexible, and I guessed that it would be worth the effort. This far, I'd say that it is indeed worth the effort.

Have to agree 100%