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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger
I think that even if SoW is all that we hope and expect it to be, IL2 will be on our hard drives for many years to come. It's still looking good!
As more expansion packs and 3rd Party additions are released for SoW, we will just play Il2 a little bit less until gradually the SOW series fills all our requirements and areas of interest.
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Personally I have to disagree. I'm already having problems dealing with some of the more dated aspects of il2 now (mainly visuals - maps and terrain objects, effects and explosions, damage modelling, some older cockpits (eg 109s), some ai issues, etc).
My feelings on il2 are that I've more than had good value and enjoyment from it. In its time it was a major leap forward for a WW2 flight-sim. It is still the best on the market all these years later, certainly from the simulation side (engine management, etc) but visually I find it lacking now, more due to expanding expectations as the technology has advanced so much in 10 years.
So, for me, I expect that after my first flight in a SOW Tiger Moth or Spit, I'll find it very difficult to ever 'settle' for the il2 experience again.
I know I'll miss out for a time on a lot of WW2 theatres and aircraft, but I expect that SOW will have such a depth of gameplay and visual 'you are there' quality that I wont be able to take that step back anymore.
03-02-2010, 01:21 PM
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