Campaign complete

[hasole]

So I've just finished this campaign and Reflected told me to come here and speak.

I'm fairly new to the Tomcat and was worried if I had to do AAR in this campaign.  Luckily, you can get away without doing any if you choose.  This would be handy on the e-shop to put for new players.  Next time I play it, hopefully I would've learnt by then

At first with the first mission, I thought this was going to be a really difficult campaign.  I had to get help from Reflected's youtube channel for mission 1 and I just happen to be up to mission 7, and after about 5 attempts in a week Greg released his playthrough which was handy.

From there it was just like playing a movie.  You learn the characters, you soak up the story.  You learn the Tomcat and the Supercarrier.  I have learnt lots about the Tomcat and its systems along with the Navy lingo with all the chatter and calls over the radio.  It is simply fantastic and lots of fun. 

One of the best things about Reflected's campaigns is pdf docs you find in the campaign folder.  This allowed me to be on the road away from the PC to read up on my next mission.  Very very handy.  The other thing that I thought was great, was at the bottom of the briefing (not in the pdf docs) the estimated game play time.  This helped me to figure if I could sneak on the pc for a quick mission or if I had to wait until I could dedicated a larger amount of time.

Great work by Greg and all the voice actors.  I cannot thank you enough for this campaign and the price of it simple does not do it justice for the amount of hours you must've spent putting it together.

To sum it up, if you don't own it.  BUY IT!

 

hasole out

[Reflected]

@hasole Thank you so much for the kind words and for taking the time to stop by and leave some feedback.

I'm especially happy to learn that someone is actually using the pdf-s, I had no idea if I was doing them in vain  same for the estimated game play time.

The best thing about campaigns is that you learn a lot about the module and procedures, and apparently it achieved this objective too.

If you feel more confident in the Tomcat now I recommend you try Zone 5. Very different campaign, no storyline, but as realistic a representation of a 1980s training det as possible in DCS, thanks to Dave 'Bio' Baranek. It will certainly take you to the edge of the envelope and beyond with its increasing challenges.

 

[hasole]

I've worked through Kaba's Cage the bear and Heatblur's Op Reforger, then Fear the Bones. 

Zone 5 is definitely next with a lot of study sim ahead of me and to be fair.  I think FTB has eased me into the Tomcat to prepare me for the seriousness of Zone 5.

Just reading into the second mission, I need to look up how to pull 4g to notice there was even a G meter in the cabin , learning where to fly back to, to restart the engagement, etc.  My notepad beside the sim is filling up fast with questions to look up away from the sim.

I'm sure your third Tomcat campaign will be just as great as these.

[mustard7550]

Just completed the campaign and man what a blast, stressful at times and also plain funny in others Greg you have done a fantastic job. This has gotta be my favourite one along with zone 5 keep up the great work mate

 

Edited January 1, 2022 by mustard7550
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[Reflected]

5 hours ago, mustard7550 said:

Just completed the campaign and man what a blast, stressful at times and also plain funny in others Greg you have done a fantastic job. This has gotta be my favourite one along with zone 5 keep up the great work mate

 

 

Thank yoi so much for the feedback, I’m so happy you enjoyed it