I hadn't played a video game in like, 20 years, before I got into IL2. I thought I had matured beyond such things
. And I only got into it by accident. I was just buying a new laptop from a local store when I saw a boxed copy of the original IL-2 on a nearby shelf.
I'd always had a passing interest in WW2 aircraft, and the price was less than I was expecting, so I thought "what the hell....."
If I'd known I'd be still playing it 6 years later, spending lots of time thinking about it and talking to other people about it on the internet, I would probably have stayed well away......
It was only supposed to be 5 minutes of brainless fun.....