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Title: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Mister Fork on May 31, 2011, 11:42:36 AM
 :eek:COMBATSIM.COM (http://COMBATSIM.COM) is doing a podcast review of Aces High and we're looking for pica and videos (youtube). Please msg me if you wish to submit any content.

Forks
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: gyrene81 on May 31, 2011, 10:48:21 PM
 :headscratch:  i'll have to dig around and see if i saved any screen shots. i don't do video...you know what they say about the camera...  :lol
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: phatzo on May 31, 2011, 11:09:48 PM
what? makes you look fat?
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: mensa180 on May 31, 2011, 11:32:10 PM
QUICK!  SOMEBODY GET CACTUS.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Beefcake on June 01, 2011, 04:28:10 AM
I have a lot of screenshots that I would love to send in, however, most of them were also sent into the HTC screenshot thing they started. My question would be can I send the same screenshots I sent to HTC to you as well?
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: oboe on June 01, 2011, 06:15:17 AM
You might want to include any AH video by Niros - the unofficial promo he produced is fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOnvNkC83fQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOnvNkC83fQ)
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Hajo on June 01, 2011, 07:04:29 AM
Oboe the film you posted was very good.  Unfortunately it was P51 vs P51 and P47 way to much.

Would have been better if it was allied vs. axis only.  Using shows what is available surely

but a P51 vs 109, 110 etc. only would have made a bigger impression.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: gyrene81 on June 01, 2011, 10:09:45 AM
what? makes you look fat?
:lol  that and it makes noobs look like real noobs...
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Westy on June 01, 2011, 11:03:00 AM
"P51 vs 109, 110 etc. only would have made a bigger impression."

But very misleading.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: gldnbb on June 01, 2011, 05:07:24 PM
"P51 vs 109, 110 etc. only would have made a bigger impression."

But very misleading.

Agreed.


Majority of the player base flies all the main arenas and spend the most time there,  while the historical AvA arena and other special events make up the minority of time spent by players.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: EskimoJoe on June 01, 2011, 05:26:30 PM
Spitfire vs 109, from 2006! Still good IMHO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNf_5z6VJBI
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: LCADolby on June 02, 2011, 04:37:18 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6o-uY4WhHM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgaBk1S0rgA

Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: 321BAR on June 02, 2011, 07:36:17 AM
somebody wanna get lepape's two jug videos into this? :aok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3HPaXGUDrM


His original video is what made me start flying like i do <S>
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: JOACH1M on June 02, 2011, 08:21:42 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwaqXTbKM_w&feature=youtube_gdata_player




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2yFy8-gfL0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

  :airplane:
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: oboe on June 02, 2011, 09:34:46 AM
LePape's videos are also just superb.  I love to watch them.

I wonder about some of those P-47 moves though, tailslides or whatever you call them - they look more like the Viper moves from BSG than what I would expect from an 8-ton WWII fighter.   Obviously they are possible for a real master to pull off in-game, but seeing this might make people wonder about the fidelity of the AH flight model (whether or not the move was possible in a real-life Jug).   

On the other hand, maybe people would say, "Wow, I didn't know they could do that!" and want to give the game a try.   Who knows!
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Krusty on June 02, 2011, 09:39:26 AM
Quite so... While they are visually interesting to watch, it is because they are so strange and odd and beyond normal that we enjoy watching them.

To use that as a primer to the uninitiated would be VERY misleading. Better to show some straight-up action instead of a heavily choreographed video.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Lepape2 on June 02, 2011, 11:06:09 AM
Yeah, a mix of MA furball, CV VS CV action, torpedo attacks, Boat VS Planes, Flack VS planes, Special events bomber formations under attack, Jabo attacks, NOE raids, Convoys or trains getting shot up, cities / towns getting bombarded, GV VS GV massive action (tank town / jungle) and, of course, the well known 1 VS 1 duels. All while describing AH game features like Niros's unofficial promo video.

THAT would be the ultimate AH promo video.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Raptor on June 02, 2011, 12:29:21 PM
Does anyone have a link to the Der Gross Schlagg promo video? That was one of the best I have seen of Aces High.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Krusty on June 02, 2011, 12:39:29 PM
Does anyone have a link to the Der Gross Schlagg promo video? That was one of the best I have seen of Aces High.

Is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCyHZCKQ1yQ

If so, it's not really that good for showcasing AH, IMO.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Vudak on June 02, 2011, 12:49:11 PM

If so, it's not really that good for showcasing AH, IMO.

Let's face it, fellas, anything other than a youtube video of newborns crying is going to be disingenuous.  Just pick whatever one is likely to bring the most fresh meat around for a few weeks.  The same proportion will stay or leave regardless of what video you choose.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Krusty on June 02, 2011, 12:51:30 PM
I mean that aside from a few seconds here or there (the fws diving in on teh B-17s from the gunner's POV) it's rather boring and shows a lot of stick stirring by Fw190s avoiding gang bangs. Outside of that the little glimpses of action are short and look almost fast-forward in speed.

I mean that it's not all that great if you want to show it to a newbie to get them interested, IMO. I understand what your'e saying, though.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: 68ZooM on June 02, 2011, 01:05:35 PM
Lepape2's 47 videos puts that one to shame and gets you excited about playing
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Raptor on June 02, 2011, 01:09:43 PM
Is this it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCyHZCKQ1yQ

If so, it's not really that good for showcasing AH, IMO.
No, it is not on youtube. I don't remember who posted it (Fencer?) but I have it downloaded on my computer at home.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Raptor on June 02, 2011, 01:31:57 PM
Found it, originally posted in this thread by kermit. The link is dead now though, perhaps kermit can put it on the you tubes
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,217028.0.html
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Babalonian on June 02, 2011, 04:44:36 PM
Brooke may be/been too busy to of seen this thread yet, but his neat orderly collection of AARs and screenshots from most of the recent AH Scenarios should be a treasure-trove for this project.
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: EskimoJoe on June 02, 2011, 05:06:59 PM
Anyone still have a copy of The High Blue, pt 1? Never finished  :(
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: TequilaChaser on June 02, 2011, 05:26:21 PM
:eek:COMBATSIM.COM (http://COMBATSIM.COM) is doing a podcast review of Aces High and we're looking for pica and videos (youtube). Please msg me if you wish to submit any content.

Forks

Heya Forks,
when is this podcast review of Aces High going to be taking place? 

Are they,  COMBATSIM.COM (http://COMBATSIM.COM) , going to also update Aces High's product page on their website, last time it had any input was back in 2002, I belive???

Combat sims product page for Aces High ----> http://www.combatsim.com/proddata/aces_high/aces_high.htm   , the info is like 8 1/2 + years old right now


did COMBATSIM contact you? or did you approach them about doing a review?  Bless You if you put this into action, Forks

 :cheers:  :salute

TC
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: TequilaChaser on June 02, 2011, 05:39:50 PM
damn lag
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: TequilaChaser on June 02, 2011, 05:46:39 PM
and again
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Krusty on June 03, 2011, 11:42:15 AM
I'll put together some random action clips from AH. Started piecing together some last night. Might make a semi-interesting 4-or-5 minute clip. Of course... you know that means C2 action....

 :noid

If you can stomach that then you might like it.   :D
Title: Re: COMBATSIM.COM review - media needed
Post by: Mister Fork on June 04, 2011, 10:00:43 PM
Heya Forks,
when is this podcast review of Aces High going to be taking place? 

Are they,  COMBATSIM.COM (http://COMBATSIM.COM) , going to also update Aces High's product page on their website, last time it had any input was back in 2002, I belive???

Combat sims product page for Aces High ----> http://www.combatsim.com/proddata/aces_high/aces_high.htm   , the info is like 8 1/2 + years old right now


did COMBATSIM contact you? or did you approach them about doing a review?  Bless You if you put this into action, Forks

 :cheers:  :salute

TC
I still write for them time to time.  I'm the former managing editor - I left that role a while ago but im still helping out when I can.

So yes, we can update the product info with the improvements over the last nine years. 

And thanks to everyone for the screens and bids - they're appreciated.