IL2 Korea pre-release

[CAV]

Went into Dongducheon.... Just outside of Camp Casey almost every weekend for a year.

Not sure how I survived.

[AKIron]

. wrong thread

[Eagler]

Not into jets but this sure is pretty in VR...



Eagler

[AKIron]

Not just jets.

[AKIron]

Well, I don't pre-order anything anymore.

This didn't age well.

[CptTrips]

This didn't age well.

No fool like an old fool. 

[Mayhem]

Anybody planning to buy?

No

I have the Full Flaming Cliffs 2024 for DCS World which has an F86F and a Mig15. I also have the full fidelity F86F. I'm not a Korea fan. I prefer WWII and Late Cold War/Modern. I also want full fidelity which IL2 Lacks. I already have IL2 Great Battles and most of the mods for it and I rarely play it.

I think IL2 Korea will mostly appease Korean Conflict fans that want an Actual Korean Map (DCS does not have a Korea Map) and Large Plane sets (DCS only has a handful of Korean Era Aircraft) and don't need or want full fidelity.

I rarely If ever Pre-Order games and I Despise FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) tactics some developers use.

That being wrote I would say your safe with 1C Company and Eagle Dynamics and they are probably the only 2 game developers I would pre-order from.

[AKIron]

There are many reviews on youtube.

[CptTrips]

I rarely If ever Pre-Order games and I Despise FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) tactics some developers use.

Yes.  Pre-Ordering is generally dumb.

In this case I had already seen enough to think it would be fun to try out.  I've been wanting to dabble in the IL2 world, but GB is pretty long in the tooth.  I'll give their new model a try instead.
I had pretty much decided to get it no matter what because I just wanted to test it and test the FM of matching jets against DCS.
Since I was going to get it regardless, it made sense to save a few bucks.

The main difference from my past lapses, I have no expectations either way.  I'm not an IL2 fanboi holding my breath for this release, but what I've seen looks interesting.  This is purely scientific curiosity.  I have no high hopes to dash. 

The sting is always the disappointment more than the money.  But the money too.

[icepac]

Tomorrow is the Grand Theft Auto 6 preorder for a november release date.

[xanax]

I was watching a Youtube Live video today from one of the bigger flightsim content creators, Wolfpack345. He along with many other flightsim vloggers were flying against each other on an IL-2 Korea server and it looked amazing. Then Wolfpack345 says " Krupinski (Krups) just came onto the server, he's gonna kill us all."

I thought that was pretty cool that an old AH ace elicits such a response from those guys.

[Tumor]

I was watching a Youtube Live video today from one of the bigger flightsim content creators, Wolfpack345. He along with many other flightsim vloggers were flying against each other on an IL-2 Korea server and it looked amazing. Then Wolfpack345 says " Krupinski (Krups) just came onto the server, he's gonna kill us all."

I thought that was pretty cool that an old AH ace elicits such a response from those guys.

He's been doing his magic act in IL-2 for ages.

[CptTrips]

I think it will be fun eventually when it is fleshed out.  I agree with Enigma when he said it had "good bones".

The graphics and sound of course are fantastic. I was even running "balanced" mode on a spare machine (not a hardcore game machine) and it still looked great.

Mapping controls was a little odd but that might be an IL2 thing (hint: axes scaling and assignment are under “Key” bindings). Once I figured it out it is very well done.

Overall the UI is very nice and clean and well thought out.

The FM felt really good. Spins felt a little forgiving but they were there and realistic feeling.  I did get into a couple of unrecoverable spins, but only when I tried force it.  It felt better than I remember IL2 GB feeling but I don’t still have that installed to compare.

Was having some TrackIR glitching. I think that is a known issue.

Had a couple of program crashes. It really seems to be sensitive to tabbing out to do something. Getting back in can cause mouse problems and at least one crash.

Overall feels good so far. You might want to wait until full release. There is nothing I don't think will get polished up. I just hope they do a good job on the career mode. That is not there yet. 

I didn't really test the AI much but I assume like all games it needs improvement.  With AI available to assist coding, these companies are running out of excuses for producing betting AI behavior.


This guys pretty much mirrors and sums up my views on the FM:


[Edit]
I forgot to note, I don't have any problem at all with a non-clicky cockpit (but I fly pancake not VR).
The thing that IS important to me is that the cockpit is historically accurate, and when I do activate something with a key or button binding that it is shown in the cockpit state.  I do want to see the levers thrown and in the proper position because I at least want to know how the cockpit was laid out and how it looked.    I think this is a good compromise.

[Animl-AW]

Looks and sounds are all good.

The real test is how many players join it. Otherwise no fights you just have DCS, pretty planes with nothing to do.

It would be a first for any Korea war to take hold.
The history part is skimpy, the plane set is skimpy, the enthusiasm has never been there. A lot if prop pets, the core of sims, usually don’t care for jets or jets vs props.

We’ll see when the honeymoon is over.

[CptTrips]

This guys does a great and very fair comparison:




In fairness, IL2K is only a couple of days out of early access.
DCS revamped their gear\suspension physics about a year ago.