How good is the in-game tutorial compared to F-14

[ykonoclast]

I am on the fence between these two beasts, I see the differences in gameplay but an important point to me is the quality of the interactive in-game tutorial.

 

I have a limited collection of modules and while the ED ones have a comprehensive and spot-on tutorial (might not be the case for all their modules, but it is for those I tried), the third party modules sometimes are quite sub par in this regard (buggy, incomplete or with wrong information never updated after early-access phase).

 

My final decision will not be strictly based on this, I am quite aware of the ways they differ besides this issue, but this is an element of choice. So, can someone having both F-14 and F/A-18 tell me how they compare, strictly on this matter?

[Mad_Max2]

Based on the training missions they are very similar in terms of quality. Both feature someone talking you through what you need to do as well as show you with boxes on screen. With the Hornet being early access the training missions will lag behind the new features, so new additions will require some self-teaching if you want to dive in right when it's released.(They have added training missions as features have been added, it's just not instantaneous)

 

 

 

There's a little bonus with the Hornet however. In the Mission section there are tons of missions set up to practice certain things you would have learned in training, but with less hand-holding. The tomcat has a decent Mission selection as well, but they're "real missions" for the most part, for an already trained pilot.

[Rudel_chw]

I liked both training sets, but to me the F-18 were a bit more comprehensive. These are the ones of the F-14:

 

 

and here the ones for the Hornet:

 

 

On the other hand, the Tomcat has a more complete Campaign than the Hornet's, the latter being more like a mini-campaign at the moment.

[ykonoclast]

Thank you guys, that was exactly the kind of information I was looking for.