Will DCS A10 have an arcade mode?

[TheMoose]

Like BS has? Not that I use it :unsure: however was still cool... I would prefer the real stuff. I can imagine that making both styles requires lots of resources... But doing both I would agree it has touched a wider audience. I'm curious on how many users actualy play the arcade style of BS? I tried it for an hour and jumped inside the real greedy stuff :D instead...

 

Cheers

[HitchHikingFlatlander]

Yes, I'm pretty sure ED wouldn't drop the scalability factor from their sims. Its a great way to get people to try something they might not otherwise be able to wrap their heads around when they first fire up the sim.

[Sticky]

Arcade mode is an abomination IMO, but a necessary evil.

[TheMoose]

Yes, I'm pretty sure ED wouldn't drop the scalability factor from their sims. Its a great way to get people to try something they might not otherwise be able to wrap their heads around when they first fire up the sim.

 

Yep like leering Hawk players :smilewink:

[Steel Jaw]

Arcade mode is an abomination IMO, but a necessary evil.

 

Agree 1000 percent...on the abomination.

[Deadman]

Arcade mode we don't need no stinkin Arcade!!!! If they can't run with the big Hawgs let them have miss pack man:music_whistling:

[Steel Jaw]

And BTW: I thought FC2 was already the DCS arcade mode.

 

//runs away.

[element1108]

And BTW: I thought FC2 was already the DCS arcade mode.

 

//runs away.

 

:megalol:

[joey45]

Simulation arcade......

 

 

 

Arcade for grown ups...

[Stretch]

So by arcade mode you mean a next-gen helmet mounted display, 360-degree electro-optical aircraft and missile detection and tracking, over-the-shoulder heater launches, and next-gen integrated battlefield display, right?

 

Cuz I'd love to see that stuff ...... in DCS: Lightning II. In 2017. :D

[LawnDart]

Arcade mode we don't need no stinkin Arcade!!!! If they can't run with the big Hawgs let them have miss pack man:music_whistling:

 

:lol:

 

I'd have to agree, however, if it means providing an opening for new people to get into the genre and eventually crank the realsim up, it might actually be worth it!

[capsilus]

Like BS has? Not that I use it :unsure: however was still cool... I would prefer the real stuff. I can imagine that making both styles requires lots of resources... But doing both I would agree it has touched a wider audience. I'm curious on how many users actualy play the arcade style of BS? I tried it for an hour and jumped inside the real greedy stuff :D instead...

 

Cheers

 

You should be ashamed of your self!

 

 

 

lol. :D

[galagamo]

There's an arcade mode?

[Nate--IRL--]

It is a vital part of the game IMHO. Remember that there are many many more Gamers than Simmers in the world. It's a bit like Gym membership, all the people who join for a year in January and then leave after a month are effectively subsidising the gym for the regular users.

 

These are the people who make Sims like Warthog possible and you should be grateful to their contribution to your hobby instead of looking down on them.

 

Nate

Edited August 25, 2010 by Nate--IRL--
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[leafer]

Agree 1000 percent...on the abomination.

 

It's called gamulation, thank you very much. :D

[Udat]

It is a vital part of the game IMHO. Remember that there are many many more Gamers than Simmers in the world. It's a bit like Gym membership, all the people who join for a year in January and then leave after a month are effectively subsidising the gym for the regular users.

 

These are the people who make Sims like Warthog possible and you should be grateful to their contribution to your hobby instead of looking down on them.

 

Nate

Agreed 100%

 

I love this community but sometimes it can be snobbery incarnate.

[Steel Jaw]

Agreed 100%

 

I love this community but sometimes it can be snobbery incarnate.

 

Yep. But there are console games and trash like HAWK for a reason. Why drag DCS down there too?

[Nate--IRL--]

Yep. But there are console games and trash like HAWK for a reason. Why drag DCS down there too?

 

Money to develop more titles. The arcade mode in DCS is not exclusive, but an addition to the simulation modes. It makes sense to cast your net as wide as possible to catch more fish. Without a wide audience we wont have DCS:- Fighter. There is nothing to lose by having an arcade mode, and much to gain.

 

Nate

[Sticky]

These are the people who make Sims like Warthog possible

 

Yes, true!

 

 

and you should be grateful to their contribution

 

NO! Never! :lol:

[Steel Jaw]

Money to develop more titles. The arcade mode in DCS is not exclusive, but an addition to the simulation modes. It makes sense to cast your net as wide as possible to catch more fish. Without a wide audience we wont have DCS:- Fighter. There is nothing to lose by having an arcade mode, and much to gain.

 

Nate

 

Oh I agree: for DCS to maximize revenue it must pander to the masses.

 

I just think it's a shame what's happened to combat flight simming.

[GGTharos]

Don't necessarily consider it a shame. It allows DCS to be enjoyed by many more, and there might be a good number of curious converts who will eventually turn hard-code :)

It is a good way to hook people who otherwise would not have looked at the title IMHO, revenue boost aside.

 

Oh I agree: for DCS to maximize revenue it must pander to the masses.

 

I just think it's a shame what's happened to combat flight simming.

[Sticky]

How many copies have DCS:BS sold? Anyone know? Im just interested in a ballpark number..

[GGTharos]

Nope, that information is never shared. Trade secret.

[Sticky]

I wish it wasnt. It would be interesting to know.

[Zembla]

Don't really get why it's an abomination and would be a shame? From a gaming point of view the programming of such an arcade mode would take only a minimal fraction of the time, while making the game much more accessible.

 

It's not like you notice there's a Game mode beyond that one time you tick the option box in your settings to Simulation. There's really no interference, no ruining of any fun, and certainly no lowering of any realism by adding a Game mode as an option.

 

-Z