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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: brendo on November 03, 2002, 10:03:39 PM
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Hi all,
I value your opinion.
What's good about Combat Flight Sim 3. I have read a few critical comments, but what do YOU think?
Should I buy it? I have a Duron 1200mhz with GF4 4400 and 256 meg RAM + thrustmaster gear.
If I shoot stuff.... will bits fly off and does it look good? Is fire modelled?
Can I get an AI winman?
Are there mass air battles of more than 10 planes?
I LIKE good graphics and realistic representations....hows the gameplay?
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I'll mail you a copy for $20 :)
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nothing, but EB's return policy.
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I live in Sydney. How can I organise to pay you? Is Western Money order OK?
Are there manuals? or is just posting the CD + licence code OK?
Im serious.
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The views suck and flys nothing like AH aircraft. Im not a pilot so I dont know if thats good or bad. Ive only had it a week but it sure doesnt have me yearning to fly it everyday.
ill sell you mine for $19 U.S.:D
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the FM is not as good as in AH... or maybe I'm just too used to the AH FM... :rolleyes:
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How does the dynamic campaign work?...I'll buy it if it is good.
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I havent flown it much yet.
My first impressions are:
Views are crap, dont think they are adjustable either.
Cockpit graphics remind me of CF2, can't easily read guages in cockpit
Graphics are satisfactory, nothing special IMHO, however the graphical damage representation is Good.
Damage can effect the FM if set to realistic, but i'm not quite sure if thats a good thing, rudder was all but toast, elevators present but could barely maintain level flight as if the elevators were gone.
CFS3 could not maintain my interest enough to try a campaign, maybe I will if the AH servers ever go down.
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if you're looking for an IL2 like sim, don't get it... it's not even close to IL2.
if you're looking for something new, AH 1.11 is out soon... ;) ;)
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Agreed, I pissed my money away on this one. Flew it about 20 mins and that was more than enough.
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It will be on the top shelf at game stores for the next 4 years.
dont buy it.
Wait for IL2 forgotten Battles.
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Save your money and buy something different if you must.
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From a friend:
"Wait and buy IL-2 Forgotten Battles in December"
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I woudln't buy it but I'd say it's worthing copying.... ;)
...-Gixer
The Horse Soldiers
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;)
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There aren't too many games worth of buying but Il2 sure is worth of the money.
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I've flown it since Beta 3.
Graphics: Not bad but you need a horse of a machine for full effect. Otherwise plan on turning stuff down. It should run better than it looks IMHO but graphically it isn't terrible. It isn't as detailed aircraft wise as IL2 but they look close enough to the real thing and unless you have this desire to fly a 109 with the exact correct looking radiator then it should fit the bill.
Cockpit graphics are fair, some look good, others look ugly. Terrain graphics are the same way, some items, like ground vehicles look quite good but some of the terrain objects, like some buildings, look no better than they did in CFS1. Clouds look marvelous, water looks awful.
Flight models need some updating. Planes don't all fly the same, but the flight models are way too easy and you will get some bad habits going in this game. I am waiting for the flight model fixes from the 1% team before I play this game any more. It screws me up in AH, and IL2. The basics are there, they just need to be fixed.
Online is not bad, can do both coop and dogfight missions but you are limited by your connect. Unless you have an AH type server don't plan on having more than 8 people playing at one time. For the most part I haven't heard too many complaints.
Offline the game shines. The campaign is among the best made for a flight sim, probably only behind Battle of Britain in its complexity and flexibility. It is fully dynamic and you effect the outcome of the war, both in your flying ability and your wargaming selection of where and when to attack.
Overall, I would say get it but wait for the patch first. It tends to grow on people, particularly when they get into the campaign but it needs patched, badly.
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i do like il2 but i switched to AH because they had a bigger selection, and i NEVER, EVER get lag in AH and i get like 3 or 4 second lags in il2 and i do like to take off carriers and land on em, and use tanks and bombers and stuff like that.... But when IL2 FB comes out im sure i will end up buying it and having fun with it, but other than that i like AH better becuase of the selection, dont get me wrong i love IL2 also but ya know....:rolleyes:
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Don't bother,you will be disappointed,i agree with the people who say wait for IL2 FB,i have gf4 amd 1.3ghz,and have to turn detail to half to get any framerate,it's just not good enough,i can run IL2 at full rez and it's smooth as silk,FM is not bad,but as has been said,played for 20 min,wasn't impressed :(