I hope they don't even try it. This game has plenty problems, the las thing they need is pegi changing the ratings from pegi16+ to M. That would be a huge pain in the arse.
Think about it. New CD covers, informing all the sites and stores out there about the rating change, Pull all the old CDs with the old rating off the market and of course the huge potential for lawsiuts.
Nobody in his right mind wants to go trough all that mess and i hope they don't even think about touching that.

Well I suppose it could be an optional feature, which I would like.

But then the question raises, is it really worth doing it? For that one occasional time you can get alongside your enemy and observe him? In 99% of my cases I pull off my target as soon as I notice he cannot fly any longer, to get to safety.

For the time they put into gore they could also make some other 3D models like planes :)

War = horrible deads

this is a combat flight simulation right??? so what's the problem with blood
come on please let that false moral for any other discussion.

Agreed 100%, I would not want to see 1C spend any time and money on doing it.. over other things.. But at the same time if they did do it, I would be more than willing to turn on all the gore!

Put another way I could take it or leave it but I would not kick it out of bed for eating crackers ;)

if it happened in ww2 (bloddied cockpits or gun positions is mostly is what im looking for) if limbs were blown off i dont even know if the pilots would even notice it as they would fall to the bottom of the cockpit or something...

i want AL GORE to stay the hell out of my game.

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Priorities first. Also, as has been mentioned in this thread, contact with enemy bombers & fighters was usually brief and a fighter pilot didn't make a habit of hanging about and looking into cockpits. Yes, we've all read accounts to the contrary and they stick in the mind because of the sensationalistic aspect, but these were exceptional occurrences and not the rule. I never served combat when in the RCA (artillery) back in 1969, but like many here have been first on scene at a road accident which, for me at least, was gut-wrenching and sickening. (Hats off to all police/fire/paras who do a job I could not). Admittedly escapist, but I just prefer the challenge of machine vs machine in a PC flight sim - don't need the blood 'n guts, personally.

If others want that for immersion, it's of no concern to me. I'd prefer it as a clickable option, though. As cheesehawk indicates, there's more pressing issues to resolve.

Yes... Clickable option... And see what a hit the performance takes...
I would love a super-duper top of the line system to handle everything... But that's not an option for me! ...Until I win the lottery, that is! :-D

Another overlay is bad enough, but please don't go asking for spurting and sploshing etc. That's 'overkill' for sure!

I voted yes. Not from a sadist perspective, or from a genuine wish to see 'blood and guts', but rather because of the fact that I feel it is easy to get complacent with the game. By this I mean that it is easy to go after a plane and try and aim for the pilots, or to relish from the fact that a quick hit to the cockpit can result in almost immediate victory. Seeing blood (I can't imagine that you would see a limb sever when dogfighting) could be shocking, but may also hit home the truth that you are ultimiately aiming to kill the opposition.
I don't think it is necessary, but I would play with it on, because to me the game is a simulation, and whilst dogfighting is fun, I think players have to appreciate that there is nothing glorious about war. I always find that hollywood films with gore (as over the top or unrealistic as it may be) hit home the true effects of war a lot better than films where the actors die in a comic fashion.

Just my 2p. I fully respect Trooper's view, and lift my hat off to him for his service to our country.

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