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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Serenity on March 03, 2009, 11:45:09 PM
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Alright, I'm looking to try my hand at jet games, and was wondering what those who play these think. How does Lock On stack up against Falcon 4.0 in the following:
Realism of flight model (Is it gamey or realistic?)
Aircraft Choice (Including MODs)
General Gameplay
Multiplayer Gameplay (Is it full of little kids who have no concept of a fight and just push all the buttons, or are there often good fights?)
edit: And what is the real difference between Lock On and Lock On Gold?
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Go with Falcon 4.0 and the use the Open Falcon 4.5 or 4.7 Patch
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LOMAC has scripted missions, plus u need a faster PC.
You cannot beat the dynamic campaign of Falcon 4.0 upgrades. Open Falcon is probably more stable and offers more in-depth systems than Free Falcon 5, FF5 is much prettier and still offers good system modeling ... but bugs a lot.
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Lock On Gold is Lock On with a few patches and add-ons
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In terms of avionics and flight realism with the capability of full blown dynamic warfare, Falcon 4.0 with FF5 installed simply is the creme de la crop as it were.
No game even comes *close* to it. However, all of that realism comes at a cost of a learning curve that more or less resembles the cliffs in acapulco.
Even the most die hard sim freak has an issue or 2 with it, and EVERYONE takes a long while to learn it from the ground up.
It pays off in dividends once you know how, in gameplay. The thrill of a fully dynamic war happening around you is just unrivaled.
In FF4 (red viper), I was in an F-15 strike eagle sent out to destroy a bridge before the enemy got there. Being the oppurtunist that i am, I loaded down with 6 (or eight? can't remember) CEM cluster bombs- just in case :)
While I was in flight, the enemy got there, and there was a vicious arty barrage givin' our boys hell. The battle for the bridge was in full pitch.
First thing first- take out the bridge- 2 GBU-24's and it's history. Switch to the CEM's, toggle CCIP, 1 pair a pickle, split S, and light the cans. Screaming power dive to hit those damned guns.
Dropped all of my CEM's in one smooth CCIP pass, and DECIMATED the enemy arty and troops. Kill list was as long as my arm. Someone then called for a bit of help with some a/c attacking our boys, so I ignored my mission directives to RTB immediately, and went gunnin for a pair of Frogfoots.
2 AIM 120's and about a metric ton of fuel later ( :cool:), I had 2 frogfoot pelts to my credit.
RTB to good ratings, but a very curious commanding officer...as to what I was doing CAS work in an F-15E.
Gawd, now I wanna play s'more. Damn you!!!
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Lomac is by FAR the more playable of the 2. Learning curve is not nearly as steep (still vertical for first time jet simmers, more like a bunny hill for us types)- a few minutes in your a/c of choice's tutorials and you can do all right in it.
Where LOMAC's strength lies is in it's mission builder. They're canned missions, but they can be a LOT of fun.
LOVE flying my Eagle in there :)
Basically, if I have about a 1/2 hour to goof around, I fly LOMAC. If I have an entire afternoon off (wife-ack relocated :lol ), it's Falcon.
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So... I can fly the F-15 in Falcon 4.0 with the proper MOD? That's all that really matters as far as aircraft, because i really don't like the F-16.
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Check out Free Falcon 5. It's an add-on for Falcon 4.0 that was released a couple days, and it's really fun.
http://freefalcon.com/ (http://freefalcon.com/)
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So... I can fly the F-15 in Falcon 4.0 with the proper MOD? That's all that really matters as far as aircraft, because i really don't like the F-16.
Dude, you name it, you can probably fly it in FreeFalcon 5.
But keep in mind, it *is* an F-16 sim- you'd be doing yourself a great disservice by not flying one of the most producted fighter aircraft in the world :)
That said, I highly reccomend the A-6E in the 1980's campaign, and the F-15E Strike Eagle. Oh! Try the F-111 out- it's a gas. As is the B-1. You can even drive a B-52 if you're into the whole "make-the-world-your-parking-lot" thing. The A-10 is fun too.
OH! The F-15C. Me gusta mucho. The Eurofighter is neat, and if you wanna go REALLY old school, throw down with a F-8 Crusader in the furball mode- that's a LOT of fun.
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You can also fly as red force on some Falcon 4 setups. About a month or so ago we demolished South Korea in a player vs player campaign. Mig-29SM vs F-15/16s was a blast. It was over so fast though, I don't think we ever got our chinese sukhois :(
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So... i really don't like the F-16.
BLASPHEMY!!! :furious