Announcement of the game "IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad"

[Chivas]

Awesome trailer, but the first thing that came to mind was the CFS3 trailer. I always support the genre early and often, but this time I'm waiting to see a video more representative of the product.

[kristorf]

Before parting with money I will wait for feedback, once bitten twice shy

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Chivas

Awesome trailer, but the first thing that came to mind was the CFS3 trailer. I always support the genre early and often, but this time I'm waiting to see a video more representative of the product.

Please.. don't get me started on CFS3.. That was the first big disappointment for me as far as a flightsim goes.. That trailer looked so good!! And the sim was such a DOG! I had seen IL2 on the shelves but I learned about system specs the hard way on CFS 1 and I knew I couldn't run it so I basically ignored it. I upgraded my PC for CFS3 and while waiting one day ran into a guy in Best Buy who was telling me about IL2.. so I figured what the hey give it a shot.. I was totally blown away.. I went back to the squad in CFS and said "Guys there s this sim IL2.. it's friggin GREAT and..." I got cut off at the knees by the XO who didn't want to fly that "Russian" sim.. besides .. it had no American panes in it.. I think I may have flown in the MSN Zone one or two more times after that .. I tried to get CFS 3 to work but IL was just so good ... and the rest is history..

Originally Posted by AbortedMan

I don't understand what the problem is...why are some people acting like CloD and BoS are two different girls that you want a relationship with but one will dump you if you choose the other?

They're video games, very similar video games...if you enjoy one, you'll undoubtedly enjoy the other...and no, they won't get mad and uninstall themselves if you play the other. You're only shorting yourself if you have stick to some made-up "loyalty" to one because you think it's helping for whatever delusional made-up reason. I don't know about you, but I never play a game 100% of the time, even if it's in its hay-day. Take War Thunder for example; horrible simulator, horrible game...but it does do some things right. When BoS comes out, sure, I'll play BoS a whole helluva lot, but I'll still play WT a bit...it's part of the reason why I have a HDD that's larger than 5GB.

If you don't like it for whatever reason, cool, don't buy/play it. Why get mad about it and talk about it as if you made it yourself with your own blood, sweat, and tears, especially when you haven't even played the other? Silly.

With some of the logic I see in this thread, most of the people with their panties in a differ should, by their way of thinking, still be playing Atari's Pong since it's the true predecessor to CloD/IL2 and they need to stick to the true roots of the game.

This post is just TOO D@MNED FUNNY!!! ROFL!

[Sokol1]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

" I got cut off at the knees by the XO who didn't want to fly that "Russian" sim..

LOL! "Merican" bias.

besides .. it had no American panes in it..

Ops.
Since the leaked Il-2 DEMO ~09/2001 we are able to fly in a "yankee" plane: P-39 Airacobra.

In fact the DEMO mission where take of with P-39 to intercept some He-111 under rain.
The first take off take some trials to get up.

At time my sims where WarBirds Online, EAW, FS:SDOE... so dont care about CFS "arcade" stuff - and no CFS3 "trauma". Good times.

Sokol1

[Sokol1]

Ground objects/vehicles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW_VyxGsMwA&

Arah! "Loose shoulder straps"? No more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QWlhoix6YU

"Hit the silk".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXBX_1tk0kw

Sokol1

[He111]

looks great, when is this released?

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[major_setback]

Originally Posted by He111

looks great, when is this released?

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I think they are saying in the autumn...for those willing to buy it in advance, and buying the added content. Otherwise around the end of the year (provisionally).

See here for prices and release date:

http://il2sturmovik.com/



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[MB_Avro_UK]

I'll certainly buy it.

Perhaps Russian developers are more at home in Russia...

Best Regards,
MB_Avro

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by major_setback

for those willing to buy it in advance, and buying the added content.

count me in! And at $89 bucks it is well worth it! I spend more in one night of drinking at the pub