IL-2

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Possibly going to get IL-2 from direct 2 drive soon, but there are three choices and I'm not sure what to do. Saw in another thread here people saying only get 1946 though. Could someone explain why? It says in the description: This new opus also includes all of the previous Il-2 series content. Though in one of the titles it says it contained everything from the previous version sans some maps/campaign related stuff. Would it be a waste of money to buy the previous title just for the omitted stuff? Or was it good content? Good enough to spend extra money on just to see it?

Also, the title throws me off. 1946... :hmm: I see by the description this has some kind of a hypothetical war scenario where WWII keeps on going into the undecided, lol. Is this the only point in which you play the game. e.g. from 1946 onwards? Or with the 1946 version of IL-2, can I still play during the earlier and historically accurate point of WWII?

I think the hypothetical scenario is interesting and probably fun to play, but I am a sucker for playing historically too. So hopefully there's a choice, and I can play during the actual WWII timeframe?

Any help/insight/advice would be very much appreciated so I can make a decision on what to buy. Thanks!