Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems the biggest beef with F3 is NOT that someone got anal plugged while "base camping" or vulching it is that it just seems weird and out of place for certain planes. Now this game seems to play "at reality" to a limited degree and F3 is just absolutely waaaay out of the realm of any reality at all! I think that most critics of it "if I'm reading tween the lines correctly" are saying, If a plane is being used waaaay out of it's intended and "historical" use, what makes that possible? The only explanation is F3. History proves certain planes were absolute "death-traps" mainly to the limited views the pilots and crews had! now AH has differences in all planes also, a K4 will use it's better engine to gain advantage over planes with lesser engines. There are also disadvantages that others will use against you, peeps will attack lancs from below cause it is vulnerable from beneath. Many will use the vert against JUGS and just beat them down like a nail, some will count on the fact that planes like the c202 are almost harmless at snapshots and will take chances against this to gain advantage later in the fight. My point is all plane in this game have uppers and downers that whoever flies them needs to account for. Now inject a plane into a realm it was never intended for ie: IL2 fighting fighters then remove one of the main limiting factors for it to to this and you've created something that is just unhistorical enough to gain attention for its lack of accuracy. This lack of accuracy makes it stand out like amputated foot in a basket of popcorn! Thus you end up with peeps finding it gamey and cartoonish! To me F3 does seem like any of the other 40000 "shooter " type games out there!
With that said I am ok with F3, GHI got me again yesterday from 1K out
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JUGgler