Originally posted by Mathman:
This has been explained before. HT or Pyro (maybe both at some point in time) said that the reason that they do not have super duper graphics like you see in WW2F and Il-2 is very simple. They want the sim to be accessible to as many people as possible. Two things contribute to the reason the graphics are not as nice as in those 2 sims.
First, not everyone is has a broadband connection like cable or DSL. Therefore, HTC needs to keep the download to a minimum. The small size makes it so that the more detailed graphics you find in Il-2 are not able to be put in. Think about it, how big was the demo file for Il-2? 102MB? How big is AH's current version? 18MB. See a little bit of a difference?
Second, not everyone who plays AH has the latest and greatest gaming rig available to them. If you look at the "worst" system vs. the "best" system used in AH, you will find a wide disparity. In order to keep the most people able to play AH, you need to keep the system requirements down. Compare the two games sys req's and you will see what I mean.
The graphics in AH have nothing to do with the abilities of HTC programmers. It has everything to do with their choices concerning the market they are trying to reach.
I hope Il-2 is a good game. It definitely has promise. Until it is out, released, bug free, etc. nobody here can accurately say it is the "wave of the future." How many games have said that and not lived up to it?
Il-2 looks to be the next generation of boxed sims. I will probably get it. Do I think it will replace AH/WB/whatever MMOL sim? No. Why? Very simple. These are two completely different types of games. One is built to be played out of a box, with the potential to be a large multi game. The other is designed purely as a MMOL game.
Until Il-2 is released, all the flag waving and bashing is pointless. Even if some people have the beta, it is still just the beta and not the final boxed product. Who knows what is going to happen between now and the release.
I agree with you Mathman!But dont forgot what Luthier say there Player with a very good connection can also playing over 100 Players.I like to hear that too
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These are two completely different types of games. One is built to be played out of a box, with the potential to be a large multi game. The other is designed purely as a MMOL game.
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The different is not the MMOL so big,the realism and the Quality is the big different.
So there not so completely different types of games.Both a Flysim!
