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Originally Posted by zapatista
because each of those is a stand alone product which is fully functional on its own
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No, they are not. For example, you can't play "Pe2" without owning previous versions, the same goes for "Shturmoviks over Manchuria" and "1946" (not talking about unified DVD). Further, people interested only in PTO and owning Pacific Fighters can't install "Shturmoviks over Manchuria" to get important addition of Japanese fighters without getting FB+AEP+PF+Pe2. The only stand alone products are FB and PF, the others are not (IL2 1946 DVD is standalone, but it is only composition of previous versions).
Multiplayer part is not so simple. So what there is some PF or FB servers there and here. Mostly they are created by new players, which have bought the game just because its price seems attractive to them and they know little about whole series. In such servers people fly with relaxed settings and even without joysticks. That does not look as good multiplayer experience to me. So for me, the version I play is dictated by my favorite servers. If they upgrade, I have to upgrade my game too, or drop playing it at all.
03-17-2009, 07:51 AM
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