I read about the free weekend. I was in WW2OL when it hit the shelves. In fact , I spent at that time almost 2300.00 on a system to play that game after I read from the beta testers that is was going to require a higher machine than thought.....So with this said this is my impression of it again....
Loading a HUGE D/L was a bit of apain in the butt. Did it
The new screens were nice but not all that great.
New interface to get in the game was kind of a pain in the butt.
SO after I finally get to the game I have to search all over for the plane I want to fly. I never found a place to just FLY. You had to join a mission to get a plane. SO...I finally get in a Hurri not being able to get a Spit. I fly ALL over that map anf find 2 enme's. Kill em.(told me that after I Landed) All total flying time about an hour. There was not ONE message from another player on my screen. And yes I had comms set right. system messages out the ass. Had to search all over to try to find towns that needed help. When I did find a town it got CHOPPY..My FPS went to crap and game stuttered beyond belief. Chalked this to maybe my settings screwy. Left game. Spent a bit of time "Tweaking" my machine to a game to play on the lowest levels so that it would still be CHOPPY.
To be honest with you Bud...It's not THAT much better. I played for about 4 hours on Saturday. As long as I was away from towns the Air Battles I found were great. I never lost a plane. Had one damaged but made it back to just about 200 yeards from base. Rescued.....LOL The team play of the allies was not there at all. Kind of like flying for the Knights and hearing certain people bi**h all the time and yet find them giving orders to take out the ack while they cruise alt at 20k+ in a Tempest or Pony cause they dont want to get killed. Just not my thing to listen to those that wont get in the dirt and fight with ya. Allies want to win..But want others to do it for em. AND YES I tried to help. HAd 3 panzers killed as well.
My old squad was in Aces High and left to try WW2OL. It was a novelty at first and we all said "Hey its new and will get better". It really hasnt all that much. At least not enough to subscribe to for me anyway. I like to fly. Driving 15 or 20 minutes to a battle to be killed by a 1 shot wonder panzer is absolutley NOT my thing. Running around trying to find a ride to a town...Or running around a town being a troop doesn't do it for me either. I just want to fly. The game is a great Idea. It has all the potential to be really good. But right now after 2 years? I think it's a bust. I'll check in on it again in a year or so. Our squad as since kind of disbursed except for 3 of us. (The original 3) We fly in a old friends squad here and have a hell of a time.
Best of luck in your quest to rule the virtual world. Hope it gets better like I said. But til I get a mianframe at home...Think Ill just stay with the GREATEST FLIGHT SIM OF ALL.
P3 1Ghz.
512 meg SDRAM
32 Meg G-Force 2 Nvidia
Road Runner Cable
