IL-2 1946?

[Bearcat]

Wings of prey is the newer version of IL-2, it is made by the same devs, and it is even called IL-2 on the console version of it.

 

I know this thread is almost 2 years old but.. WoP is NOT the newer version of IL2. Two totally separate products. The original WoP code was based on the IL2 code.. but they changed it by the time of release.

[Emmer]

Where do you usually get your add-ons from Blaze?

 

 

Check this site please:

 

http://allaircraftsimulations.com/forum/

[mmaruda]

SAS Forum is the place where all the latest stuff happens now:

http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php

[Bricks]

I kept hoping that CLoD would deliver eventually...it never did.

 

Even with the latest beta patch is still a huge mess. To top it off, they devs finally said yeah, it is horrible, but we cant make money off it, so if you want fixes, you have to buy our sequel.

 

No thanks. Id rather wait for DCS to make something, that actually works, or play modded IL2, than fork more money over to 1C that has not yet completed the game that was released over a year ago.

 

Same here.

 

Bought 2 CloD-copies and all they do is collecting virtual dust on my HDD. No official patch for 18 months and spare me with those beta-patches...

 

At least they will release a new patch in the next weeks (or months). Then we only have to wait another year or two for the pay-for-patch - oh, I meant "sequel".

 

Which reminds me to a quote "Next will be a new theater of war never done before." - Yeah, sure. Russian front. Again. Yay!

 

 

I'll rather keep my money ready for a Bf109 or a FW190 in DCS than wasting even more money on them.

[PFunk1606688187]

I remember the ridiculous stink that the Oleg fan boys stirred up when they finally started modding IL-2. "OMG, it'll ruin the game. Only Oleg can make this properly. The cheaters will come and fair dogfighting will never be the same". Eventually it was proven to be BS and CloD never lived up to the expectations.

 

Basically Oleg starting from scratch couldn't even make a game as engrossing as the serious life extension that the mod community gave to IL-2.

 

Seriously, the only reason to not play IL-2 is if you're a graphics snob, and even then it looks pretty good when modded. Sometimes the terrain in DCS looks like unmodded IL-2 and yet we still think this sim is killer.

[alphasephirot]

The only problem of the Il2-1946 for me is not the graphics (not bad at all) is the absolute lack of procedures in the aircrafts. I mean, to start the engine you only have to press I... Too bad.

[mmaruda]

For a WWII sim that has the full setting - maps, planes, campaign etc., the lack of start-up procedure is something you can live with (the sim is old mind you). The main problem is that it feels very sterile during campaign. Dynamic campaigns are terrible and missions are repetitive, there is no sense of immersion and that is the fault of the AI. All you do is take off, time skip to objective, shoot some planes/bomb some stuff get back to base ASAP disregarding the wingmen and forcing yourself ahead of the landing queue to make sure noone crashes into you on approach. End mission as soon as you land. Pick up your medals and praises. Rinse and repeat.

 

You do not have to play that way, but the fact that you can (and in an 80+ mission campaign on the Eastern Front you will sooner or later) is a total immersion killer. Online is different I hear, but it depends on the people I guess.

[6S.Duke]

The problem of the Dynamic Campaigns can be circumvented if you fly online in the SEOW ;)

 

http://seow.sourceforge.net/