At the time of the original IL-2's release I had a mid range PC that was more than capable of playing games like CFS, Janes WWII Fighters, Janes USNF series and Long Bow.
I tried to run the demo and my poor PC ground to a halt.
I went back to my other sims and except for an occasional magazine article forgot about IL2. Then Pacific fighters came out, I’d upgraded my PC not long before and picked it up on the day of release. Within a month I’d bought all the previous expansions for the merged install and was kicking myself that I’d let the series slide to a couple of years.
So I’d say IL2 was well ahead of its time. It completely outclassed the opposition BUT required the latest hardware at its release.
I see a similar trend occurring with COD except this time I have a playable game on a mid range PC.
Cheers.
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