YouTube videos of IL-2 help sell the game?

[l88bastard]

Youtube helped sell me!

I loved the hell out of Red Baron and Aces of the Pacific back in the early
90's, when I was a kid, and had always missed those sims.

I would constantly ask myself why they never made really good updated versions of those games.

I was completely oblivious to IL-2, I would see it on store shelves and just skip by it because the name sounded like some stupid russian junkbox of a game. I never even bothered to look up reviews on it and word of mouth was not that big with the game either.

I switched over my gaming to the xbox platform when that came out in 01' and have largely been away from computer gaming since. I have 6 xbox 360's hooked up on a lan and have friends over for COD4 killing.

Crysis got me back into pc gaming (actually thats not true BF1942 had sucked me in years before, but I lost interest when it died out because everybody started playing BF2, which I think sucks) so I built this super rig to play Crysis;

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post12396216

I got bored of Crysis rather quick and have not really had an excuse to play CPU games.....until I recently saw the trailer for Birds of Prey for the xbox 360 and I said what the hell is this!!!!

Once I watched all of the trailers I had a major major itch, but the problem is BOP does not come out until sometime in 2009! I did some research, found out about the computer version...watched some youtube videos and then ran over to circuit city and picked up IL-2 1946 for $19.99!!! What a bargain!! I love this sim!!

[fireflyerz]

I dont know about the selling of this game , but as a tool for making semi realistic movies of this eara ,there is none better , I am really looking forward to storm of war ,if it includes the same or more dynamic movie making materials , I will be very happy...

[GF_Mastiff]

The IL2 Sturmovik Plane is what got me looking up the plane and came across IL2 1946 Forgoten Battles, been hooked ever since. Every month I would buy a piece of hardware to enhance my virtual experience i.e
saitek St290 pro stick
X52 throttle controller
Saitek rudder pedals
and Trk Ir pro.

now the mods have really given me my monies worth.

[Nitro]

Originally Posted by GF_Mastiff

...Every month I would buy a piece of hardware to enhance my virtual experience i.e
saitek St290 pro stick
X52 throttle controller
Saitek rudder pedals
and Trk Ir pro.

It's called IL2 syndrome

ps. is it possible to buy x52 throttle only??

[GF_Mastiff]

Originally Posted by Nitro

It's called IL2 syndrome

ps. is it possible to buy x52 throttle only??

yes at Fry's electronics or from some one on Ebay selling one I sold my joystick X52 I didnt like it to tall for the desk.

[Nitro]

^Thanks!

[Ctrl E]

i discovered Il2 through youtube. i used to play a game called stealth fighter about ten years ago. then recenty on a lazy nght at work i thought i'd just check youtube to see how far combat sims had progressed. was like x-mas when i saw my first clips of il2.

[Thunderbolt56]

Originally Posted by l88bastard

Youtube helped sell me!

I loved the hell out of Red Baron and Aces of the Pacific back in the early
90's, when I was a kid, and had always missed those sims.

I would constantly ask myself why they never made really good updated versions of those games.

I was completely oblivious to IL-2, I would see it on store shelves and just skip by it because the name sounded like some stupid russian junkbox of a game. I never even bothered to look up reviews on it and word of mouth was not that big with the game either.

I switched over my gaming to the xbox platform when that came out in 01' and have largely been away from computer gaming since. I have 6 xbox 360's hooked up on a lan and have friends over for COD4 killing.

Crysis got me back into pc gaming (actually thats not true BF1942 had sucked me in years before, but I lost interest when it died out because everybody started playing BF2, which I think sucks) so I built this super rig to play Crysis;

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post12396216

I got bored of Crysis rather quick and have not really had an excuse to play CPU games.....until I recently saw the trailer for Birds of Prey for the xbox 360 and I said what the hell is this!!!!

Once I watched all of the trailers I had a major major itch, but the problem is BOP does not come out until sometime in 2009! I did some research, found out about the computer version...watched some youtube videos and then ran over to circuit city and picked up IL-2 1946 for $19.99!!! What a bargain!! I love this sim!!

This story is almost a rubber stamp of what happens/happened to so many other folks over the last year. Obviously this sim has seen its hey day, but with nothing better out there right now and the continued support from server-operators (not to mention the excellent replayability and well-adapted online community) it still the pinnacle of WWII flight sims.

Welcome aboard, tell your friends and get some really good CH Products controllers...and a trackIR. You'll thank me later.