Another silly WWIIOL thread..

[Am0n]

After reading all the threads about how version 1.5 fixed so much and made it a great game i decided to check it out. I originaly purchased when it was released and found it unplayable, entirely. constant crashing to say the least.

I re-installed it last night loaded up the 100 meg patch file and found my self pleased with what i seen. i played for 2-3 hours and didnt crash a single time.

Now i was only playing offline, so as for its online proformance i can not judge that. But i spent the greater part of my time flying air craft, which i have mixed fealings on.

Many positive features in the flying enterface, very unexpected.

• the aircraft enterface is very nice, the graphics from the cockpit are great, the enterior is top notch.
• i love the manual trim, with no auto trim and ability to mix fuel.
• The black out method they use, which also shuts off sound and doesnt seem to have a "set time of being blacked out", was more seemingly a random amount of time was awesome. the stalling was modeled great as well.

BUT... the cons... :rolleyes:

• The flight models are horrible, every ac seems to have the same flight model. I took up one of the UK level-bombers and was barrel-rolling it like a champ with a full bomb load.
• Its very hard to see the speed indicator, even when zoomed to the dash. All of the intruments are difficult to read, graphicly.
• The graphics when you are a ground pounder are laughable, i couldnt believe what i was seeing. When you shoot your weapon it has 0 re-coil and the muzzle flash is something that you would see from a fire-cracker.
• A VERY LIMITED plane set.. and no optional weapon load-outs
• No free trail to check it out before spending your hard earned cash on somehting that is known for not being the most stable/supported game is a very bad thing.

All in all its not a bad start. But IMO the flight models alone are enough to keep me from paying to play. Although the pro's of the game are very great, i just couldnt bring my self to sign up.

Maybe if some day they add some more AC and fix the laughable flight models they will have one more customer.

[Ripsnort]

Didn't the the owners of WW2 online file at Chap.12 or 13 over the holidays? Thought I read that somewhere...

[AKSWulfe]

Playnet filed Chapter 11, not CRS.

Either way, I think they're done for.
-SW

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by SWulfe:
Playnet filed Chapter 11, not CRS.

Either way, I think they're done for.
-SW

Wow, their not even going for a re-org?  Sad..

[Kieran]

It was Chapter 11, and yes, they are reorganizing.

Am0n-
With all due respect, there is a world of difference between online and offline. You are in no way experiencing the good or bad by only doing it offline. I could hold 70+fps offline anywhere, but could not stay above 10fps when flying over a city online. That alone makes online and offline different to say the least.

The only way you will ever know for sure is to subscribe. I've been there, done that, but I am more than happy to hear the opinions of others on it. If 1.5 is truly that much better, who knows? Maybe I would try again. I want to hear it from a number of sources first, and not just the usual proponents, either. It would make far more impact on me if someone totally against the game was swayed to the dark side...

[ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: Kieran ]

[K West]

Oh yeah!!   Well go crawl up a tree (the CRS way, lol) !!

 

[ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: O'Westy ]

[Ripsnort]

Whoops...got my chapters all mixed up  ...glad I've never had to file one!

[Curval]

Chapter 11 IS a reorganisation...a voluntary one.

There is an involutary bankruptcy - I think it is Chapter 7 -  that is the bad one....the courts take over and either find someone to run/buy the company or sell all the assets, the proceeds are then distributed on a pro-rata basis to the creditors.

[Tac]

"the stalling was modeled great as well."

err.. no. stalls in that game are ludicrous as well.

besides that, i agree with you.

[CyranoAH]

Ok, stop it right there, this thread is getting very silly!
 

[ 01-04-2002: Message edited by: CyranoAH ]

[Hobodog]

Thats form the Monty Python thing-a-mijig aint it?

[Am0n]

Originally posted by Kieran:
It would make far more impact on me if someone totally against the game was swayed to the dark side...

I bought the game when it was first released, i was totaly disgusted at what i saw. So you could say that i was totaly against the game. There is nothing worse than spending 50$ on a game that looks and sounds great and getting it home only to find out that you have been swindled buy the purty box.. From what i saw in 1.5 much of that BS has been corrected.

You are correct in what you said about the offline/online aspects of the game, that is why i made sure to point out that i was flying offline only. Online play i wouldnt know about, even when i had an account with WWIIOL. Simply becuase the game never ran for more than 2-3 minutes with out crashing my system totaly.. I may never know the truth if its any better online because its going to take a lot to get me to give them 10$ just to take a look, they have enough of my wasted money.
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Tac-

Whats the problem you have with the stall modeling? I based my veiws apon WWIIOL vrs AH stall modeling..

Just wondering what you are using to judge there stall modeling against. I thought it was nice to atcualy loose control and not simply just have to hold the nose down and apply a little rudder. stalling in WWIIOL leads to black out(s) and total loss of control, which would make the pilot think twice about pushing the envelope, even it is a great exagerated flight envelope.

[capt. apathy]

from a very apropriat 'monte python thingy'-

"now for something completely different"

[Dawvgrid]

ITīS    DADA DA DADIDA DEJ DADOMDADOM,,,

[Hortlund]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!


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