Author Topic: WarBirds III, they seem to be catching up fast. (Read 1928 times)

Jase · « **Reply #30 on:** July 09, 2001, 02:41:00 AM »

I think AH's is a much better sim. The graphics don't seem as "cartoony" to me in AH. Now if we could just get more turning going on here. hehe, sorry couldn't help myself.

[ 07-09-2001: Message edited by: Jase ]

Eaglecz · « **Reply #31 on:** July 09, 2001, 08:15:00 AM »

I tested warbird this weekend .. Uhm i was a bit consterned that there is EASY fly mode button, and it depend on player if he will use it in MA(historical area) ..

WB sounds are like my mothers kitchens utils. Real strenght...
I think WB is for lames and childrens and some very cleave USa GODS.

but best Weather whitch i ever saw was in X-plane ... its real rock http://www.x-plane.com

AH is prety good but expensive so i will enyou h2h till htc get some good idea like there is 50 peoples whitch could pay us a bit lover then their 30 deadly usd .

[ 07-09-2001: Message edited by: EagleC ]

MrRiplEy · « **Reply #32 on:** July 09, 2001, 09:27:00 AM »

There are few things WB has that AH doesn't..

Historical action..

Early planes..

Lack of 1 ping-kill hispano dweebery

FM that bleeds E enough to enable landing without 2 rounds around orbit

and most of all: lack of 1 ping-kill hispano dweebery.

It's too bad neither of the games have the good aspects of the other.. it would rock.

WB has enough weaknesses to make me doubt it.. OTOH AH has D1.0 snapshot killing gunnery and rubber-neck 6 views.

It's a tradeoff both ways IMO.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #33 on:** July 09, 2001, 10:17:00 AM »

I'll take AH any day.
Like I stated earlier.. nothing has changed in WB except the candy.

Now that I'm playing the dx8 version of AH, there is not much reason for me to look any further.. the eye candy is here.

Besides, the game play is the issue. The feel of the FM, etc.
They (WB) do have more planes though.. drool.

Dowding · « **Reply #34 on:** July 09, 2001, 10:21:00 AM »

I tried WBIII this weekend. Didn't really play it enough to comment on the FM, but here are my impressions:

Likes:

1) Planeset - nice to see the stuka, hurricane etc.

2) Ground vehicles are well done in terms of model/skins

3) Haze layers are excellent.

4) Tracer was ok.

5) Towns/strat targets look varied and realistic, as did the landscape.

6) Tyre rumble was appreciated and the explosion sounds were good.

Dislikes:

1) Control surface response. Ugh! That delayed deflaction thing was very annoying - I tried to up the stick sensitivity but it had no real effect on the rate of response. Not nice.

2) Water effects look ridiculous. Like others have said, water doesn't look so dynamic from the air - especially the higher you get.

3) Tracers - AH tracers aren't the best I've seen (B17 II) but they are better than WBIII. I didn't like them - they looked more like rockets.

4) Some plane models just look wrong. The Yak-9 looks stubby compared to photographs and I think AH has got it much closer.

5) Although some of the skins are excellent, others are pretty poor compared to latest AH skins.

6) Without icons it was hard to distinguish between aircraft (running at 1280x1024 on 1 19in Trinitron screen).

As a beta it looks ok, but it has someway to go before it prises me away from AH.

Westy MOL · « **Reply #35 on:** July 09, 2001, 10:44:00 AM »

3) Haze layers are excellent.

Um, they call those "clouds" over there.

-Westy

HABICHT · « **Reply #36 on:** July 10, 2001, 05:32:00 AM »

HT can be proud to have so much cheerleaders.
but he will still loosemthe competition.

WB3 has most things better than AlliedsHigh.
and after reading THIS thread, and the IL2
thread...i know why i left this game.

going tank busting now with my Ju87G, cya
all cheerleaders

wastel aka habicht
9./JG54 w2ol
I/JG3 WB

Creamo · « **Reply #37 on:** July 10, 2001, 06:44:00 AM »

Lol @ HAsqueak.

I enjoy the toejam out of the 9/JG54 guys always poppin back into AH
for the "poor 'ol me, HT and
AlliedHigh is going lose everyone."

Go get em TankBuster!

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[ 07-10-2001: Message edited by: Creamo ]

Westy MOL · « **Reply #38 on:** July 10, 2001, 07:29:00 AM »

Looks like there's an 'MG' type for every nation. lol

-Westy

DRILL · « **Reply #39 on:** July 10, 2001, 04:17:00 PM »

i tried it this last weekend and was not to impressed i flew WB foir 2 1/2 yrs i find they still got a long ways to go befor they got anything to bring me back to it

Dowding · « **Reply #40 on:** July 10, 2001, 04:32:00 PM »

I thought my review was pretty honest and unbiased. I am not a cheerleader. I've never worn a skirt, of any length.

So to reinterate, harbicht: au revoir.