Eagle,
I'd love to see a PTO sim that covers the period before American involvement, as early as the first Japanese bomber raids in the mid/late-30s.
Actually, I'd love to see a PTO SIM. Practically everything that gets released is set in Europe, and the closest we've had was Pacific Fighters which was half-assed and incomplete unless you bought all the other Il-2 sims and expansions. Linking the games the way they did was a nice idea, but the execution was HORRIBLE because the later releases could barely stand alone (ever tried to play one of the default campaigns in PF? HORRIBLE mission design, including enemy planes scripted to air-spawn ON YOUR SIX). I won't even go into the genericness of the flight modelling and how every plane flew the same, the awful gunnery, ridiculous engine overheats, distracting and confusing audio radio communications, etc. etc. etc....
Oh i completely agree with everything!
I liked the graphics though, the carriers looked ridiculous! Plus when you damaged the carrier, it actually showed where it was damaged, unlike AH where there arent bomb holes and such! I personally liked the dogfighting but just because they have planes in there that arent in AH.
But i would like to see a pre-Pearl Harbor game, when they were fighting in China, maybe even against Russia!! Europe is cool, but they need to start it during the Invasion of Poland!! Id like to see some FPS games do that as well! Id like to see flyable Devastators and such as well....
The one thing i really disliked about Pacific Fighters was the CAS missions. It would be cool to see tanks fighting, guys in foxholes firing at each other. Have someone on the ground directing you with mortar smoke to the targets, things of this nature! But maybe im asken for too much!!
Tell ya what, if i ever win the lottery, im gonna invest in making a game like this!! lol
