23.07.2009, 13:52
Rant... wait for it .... ON
Alright, I understand that mayny of you bought this game in the package called 'Il-2 Sturmovik 1946' that has a nice Mig-9 on the cover, and pictures of the Lerche and other UFOs on the back. Perhaps you even bought it just because it said '1946' and you thought 'cool, super Uber German planes'. I'm not blaming you, my first experience of WW2 Flight Sims was LucasArt's Secret Weapons Of The Luftwaffe and I thought it was really cool back then. That said, The SOTW planeset was already included in Il-2 by the time PF came out... But I digress.
Many of us have been with this game since the original Il-2 back in 2001, and 1946 is an addon we just bought because it was part of the all-inclusive 1946 package and we would have hapilly never installed it had the option been given to us.
Il-2 Forgotten Battles is not a sim centered around alternative history what-if designs, nevermind what name it is sold under in most stores nowadays. Il-2 Forgotten Battles is a sim centered around historical airplanes and battles covering more operations and aircraft types than any other before - which might lead you to believe anything is possible and belongs in the sim - but still centered around historical events, and this is what really matters and what most people at AAA are interested in.
1946 is just one add-on out of many (AEP, PF, Pe-2, Sturmoviks Over Manchuria...) , a fraction of the huge planeset, with only a couple of scripted campaigns. It's really a novelty, a joke, s surprise fun bonus made from what Oleg's team members had sitting at the bottom of their HD from the last company beer night at the office and that they needed to get out before they moved on to SOW.
I can't help but to be ticked off when I see how many people seem to think this What If aspect is what matters when the historical aspect of Il-2 still lacks essential maps and planes to be complete. How many RAF carreers do you think you could accurately represent at the present time, using the correct maps and planesets for Blue and Red ? Think about it just for fun... NONE.
So could you please cut the What If cr4p and stop polluting these boards with nonsense projects. Even if you do complete the model and import it in game, good luck finding someone to make the FM for you. And if you do, what are you going to do with these planes ? Be the Uber H4xx0r king of your favourite DF server ? Please...
Rant... OFF
Cheers
Nico
Alright, I understand that mayny of you bought this game in the package called 'Il-2 Sturmovik 1946' that has a nice Mig-9 on the cover, and pictures of the Lerche and other UFOs on the back. Perhaps you even bought it just because it said '1946' and you thought 'cool, super Uber German planes'. I'm not blaming you, my first experience of WW2 Flight Sims was LucasArt's Secret Weapons Of The Luftwaffe and I thought it was really cool back then. That said, The SOTW planeset was already included in Il-2 by the time PF came out... But I digress.
Many of us have been with this game since the original Il-2 back in 2001, and 1946 is an addon we just bought because it was part of the all-inclusive 1946 package and we would have hapilly never installed it had the option been given to us.
Il-2 Forgotten Battles is not a sim centered around alternative history what-if designs, nevermind what name it is sold under in most stores nowadays. Il-2 Forgotten Battles is a sim centered around historical airplanes and battles covering more operations and aircraft types than any other before - which might lead you to believe anything is possible and belongs in the sim - but still centered around historical events, and this is what really matters and what most people at AAA are interested in.
1946 is just one add-on out of many (AEP, PF, Pe-2, Sturmoviks Over Manchuria...) , a fraction of the huge planeset, with only a couple of scripted campaigns. It's really a novelty, a joke, s surprise fun bonus made from what Oleg's team members had sitting at the bottom of their HD from the last company beer night at the office and that they needed to get out before they moved on to SOW.
I can't help but to be ticked off when I see how many people seem to think this What If aspect is what matters when the historical aspect of Il-2 still lacks essential maps and planes to be complete. How many RAF carreers do you think you could accurately represent at the present time, using the correct maps and planesets for Blue and Red ? Think about it just for fun... NONE.
So could you please cut the What If cr4p and stop polluting these boards with nonsense projects. Even if you do complete the model and import it in game, good luck finding someone to make the FM for you. And if you do, what are you going to do with these planes ? Be the Uber H4xx0r king of your favourite DF server ? Please...
Rant... OFF
Cheers
Nico