Korean to Vietnam version of Aces High ?

[Voodoo38]

Is there a game currently available or does anyone know of a game like Aces High that has fighters in it from this era ?  Has Aces High ever thought of something from this era ?  Im tired of flying 262s and would like to see a game or something like a Sabre or F4 Phantom.  Just a thought.

[Slash27]

Wings Over Vietnam from Thirdwire. It's a fun diversion and pretty basic so you don't need a 500 page flight manual to get going.

[MachFly]

Is there a game currently available or does anyone know of a game like Aces High that has fighters in it from this era ?  Has Aces High ever thought of something from this era ?  Im tired of flying 262s and would like to see a game or something like a Sabre or F4 Phantom.  Just a thought.

I don't think it's possible, WWII planes are simple enough to just hop in and go, everything after korean war needs a 1000 manual to be realistic. Korean war would be fun though and I'm sure HTC will eventually make an arena for that, but I expect it to take a few years.

[Slash27]

WoV is just against AI by the way.

[BnZs]

The fundamental difference is electronics. AHII currently doesn't have any in-plane radar sets, radar ranging gunsights, provisions for missiles, etc. Adding those things would be huge compared to simply flight modeling a Sabre, for example.

[Plawranc]

I think WW1 - WW2 - Korea

should be AH2s dominion. And that it should be a fully pimped out Flight sim for us morons to blast eachother to pieces.

no missiles. But a Mig-15 and Sabre fight would be fun.

[SmokinLoon]

One of the things that make WWII so fun and alluring is the volume of different aircraft that are available to fly.  Almost every country, even Romania, built unique aircraft.

As the ages advance, the numbers and diversity of aircraft get less and less.  How many different fighters are in the air today as compared to WWII???  In Vietnam era?  Korea?

If HTC decides to venture the outside WWII as they did to WWI, I hope it dabbles in Korea but no further.  Just my 2 cents.   

[Nutzoid]

For the pure dog fighting aspect of our genre, yes, a Korean arena should be about as far as they should go. After all, there were very few air to air encounters in Vietnam. There were however a few Air to Air encounters (F4 vs Mig21's) but that's another aspect to the arena. "Moving mud" with a F105 Thunderchief rolling in to strike a target with a Phantom escort does have a certain appeal.  An occasional "bounce" by a Mig21 could make for some tense moments and "liven" things up, but more in line with what we've grown accustomed to, (mostly air to air) I'd have to say that yeah, a Korean Arena would just about complete the AH trilogy that only they can do so well.
A Vietnam arena, I'm not so sure but could be interesting and fun.  A Korean War arena, I'd be there! 



Nutz

[curry1]

For the pure dog fighting aspect of our genre, yes, a Korean arena should be about as far as they should go. After all, there were very few air to air encounters in Vietnam. There were however a few Air to Air encounters (F4 vs Mig21's) but that's another aspect to the arena. "Moving mud" with a F105 Thunderchief rolling in to strike a target with a Phantom escort does have a certain appeal.  An occasional "bounce" by a Mig21 could make for some tense moments and "liven" things up, but more in line with what we've grown accustomed to, (mostly air to air) I'd have to say that yeah, a Korean Arena would just about complete the AH trilogy that only they can do so well.
A Vietnam arena, I'm not so sure but could be interesting and fun.  A Korean War arena, I'd be there! 



Nutz

What about f4s, corsair IIs, f105s, f100s, all had kills air to air against MIG-17s, MIG-19s, and MIG-21s there was plenty of air combat in Vietnam.  It wasn't just the occasional f4 vs MIG-21.  In fact MIG-21s hardly ever would dogfight or get close to American fighters as they were to expensive to lose.  MIG-21s would fire their missiles fro ma distance and leave letting the older slower and more maneuverable MIG-17s and 19s to fight the American fighters up close.

[Puma44]

A Korean war arena with Sabres versus Migs would be great fun.  It would also preserve the simplicity of guns only aerial combat.  How about it High Tech?  . 

[JUGgler]

I think WW1 - WW2 - Korea

. But a Mig-15 and Sabre fight would be fun.

1944-1964 "guns only" jet arena          


JUGgler

[icepac]

If you have jets, then you must have the planes that shot them down.

[LLogann]

Yeah, it gets boring fast. 

WoV is just against AI by the way.

[icepac]

Jets might get boring by themselves....

[guncrasher]

we should have a ww1 arena first, it will be fun.

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