Return of Wild Bill and MicroProse

[CptTrips]

I REALLY wish someone would do something similar to Red Baron or Aces Over Europe's career mode with a modern game.  Starting out low rank and working your way up with more responsibility/flexibility as you go... 

Absolutely!

When I was first starting WW1WF, I was planning on making it a downloadable set of offline missions that you would play in a sequence and I would kinda simulate this and give you promotions and medals at each mission briefing as you went.  Some missions in the sequence would be you getting challenged to a duel by one of the aces!  Just because I had so much fun playing the original RB!   

[CptTrips]

Just checked my Civ V time: 963 hours.

OK.  That is just an illness.   
 

[CptTrips]

The Red Baron career mode kicked ass 

I was always disappointed when later flight sims got back to 'campaign modes' being just a series of scripted missions.

Yeah, if the runnable mission had just been text instead of compiled, I'd have written a dynamic campaign program for WW1WF.

 

[Wiley]

Absolutely!

When I was first starting WW1WF, I was planning on making it a downloadable set of offline missions that you would play in a sequence and I would kinda simulate this and give you promotions and medals at each mission briefing as you went.  Some missions in the sequence would be you getting challenged to a duel by one of the aces!  Just because I had so much fun playing the original RB!   

The part I really liked was the joining a squad and moving with them as the war progressed with the roster changing as people came in/left/were killed.  New aircraft coming in on both sides as you went, eventually being able to choose your plane/skin.  So much replayability...

Sadly I doubt it'd be profitable.  I don't think there are that many people who'd go for it these days.

Wiley.

[pembquist]

Just checked my Civ V time: 963 hours.

Yeah, I could see how that could happen. I remember the first time I played it or maybe it was one of the other iterations.  The first 1/2 hour I was like "well this is cute but who would waste their lives playing this"......the next morning.........I had my answer.

[CptTrips]

Yeah, I could see how that could happen. I remember the first time I played it or maybe it was one of the other iterations.  The first 1/2 hour I was like "well this is cute but who would waste their lives playing this"......the next morning.........I had my answer.

I wasn't that bad, but I had some friends who were.

[Devil 505]

Yeah, I could see how that could happen. I remember the first time I played it or maybe it was one of the other iterations.  The first 1/2 hour I was like "well this is cute but who would waste their lives playing this"......the next morning.........I had my answer.

Just one more turn....

[CptTrips]

Just one more turn....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsion_loop   

[flippz]

In either case, it depicts a 109E from 1940 against B-17G's and P-51D's from 1944 so I'm not impressed.

Is that like the tank main gunning the plane on the steam page for aces high?  I wasn’t impressed with that. 

[Devil 505]

Is that like the tank main gunning the plane on the steam page for aces high?  I wasn’t impressed with that.

Yeah, that was dumb. That whole video was terrible, really.

[Arlo]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsion_loop   

I've got 21 active characters in Star Trek Online. I'm a 'casual player.'

[Meatwad]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsion_loop   

Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes...an EA nightmare of a game

[CptTrips]

Hmmm.  The airfield is not overly impressive.

Terrain looks like AH I.  Not many trees.  And they are laying the first ground object down mid-May and they are planning to release a finished product in October? 

Really?  Seriously?  OK.  Looking forward to downloading it to try.....in 4 months.

http://bhlanding.ient.com/warbirdsforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=533

[Archie]

CptTrips, Will Bill wrote that those are early efforts, so the final ones should look even better  .

Clearly airfield is not finished either, even the hangars have no textures.

[CptTrips]

CptTrips, Will Bill wrote that those are early efforts, so the final ones should look even better  .

Clearly airfield is not finished either, even the hangars have no textures.

He stated in that post:

On time for October release.

First Ground Objects being placed.

That was 37 days ago.  Not two years ago.  That is a screenshot of the first placed ground object they placed on 12 May 2019 or there about.  I'm just quoting the man.

so the final ones should look even better  .

One would certainly hope so. 

They have about 4-5 months to release the final product.