No cockpit view for german planes???

[H Lecter]

Originally Posted by Danny M NL

I've read through the article, although my french isn't that good ( only had it for two years in school, then I switched to german, which I can read better than french), but as far as I can tell there is no mention of missing cockpits in multiplayer.

Originally Posted by Micromania

Toutefois, en solo, seuls les alliés seront jouables. Les appareils allemands se limitant au multijoueur. Et, grosse déception, ces appareils "germains" n'auront pas de cockpit.

I'm afraid it's true. The german planes are only playable in multiplayer and won't have a cockpit

[trk29]

Originally Posted by H Lecter

I'm afraid it's true. The german planes are only playable in multiplayer and won't have a cockpit

Anton said all planes would be flyable in free flight (training).

[cydno]

Originally Posted by trk29

Anton said all planes would be flyable in free flight (training).

Sorry what do you mean "free flight"?

[Danny M NL]

Originally Posted by cydno

Sorry what do you mean "free flight"?

probably just cruising around shooting AI planes without any mission, sortoff like quick mission in the original IL2.

[trk29]

Originally Posted by cydno

Sorry what do you mean "free flight"?

Anton said the planes would be available to fly in free flight, or training missions where you can just fly around or set your loadout of whatever you want it to be.

[Skii]

Can't see it being true as it would turn a large proportion of the IL2 fanbase away (including me) ..... mind you I don't recall seeing any cockpit shots of any german aircraft up till now..

[sasquatch]

Originally Posted by Skii

Can't see it being true as it would turn a large proportion of the IL2 fanbase away (including me) .....(

Unfortunately, I think more emphasis was put on the arcade aspects of the game and winning over that audience than was put on sim mode and winning over the traditional flight-sim fans.

I'm still buying and playing the game...and probably playing it for a very long time. It will be my first "sim" that I've played so I'm sure I will enjoy it. Though, I can't help but wonder "what might have been" if compromises hadn't been made for the arcade mode and more emphasis would have been placed on the sim aspect. Even if it is my first "sim", the lack of cockpits for all of the planes is very disappointing and like everyone else here, I pin my hopes on DLC or a sequel.