Hi,
What is the best fighter sim NG?
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>> Hi,
>> What is the best fighter sim NG?
Some of us still keep an eye on it though, just in case something arrives
which *is* worth discussing.
Andrew McP
Pat Dotson
> Yea. Pretty much everything since Falcon 3 has sucked :)
;-)
Ian
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Ian Riches
Bedford, UK
> > Yea. ?Pretty much everything since Falcon 3 has sucked :)
> I think DI's Tornado was released after Falcon 3. ?And you do not want
> to suggest to Andrew MacPherson that Tornado sucks...
Actually, I did get deep into EF2000, which was post-F3. That's the
last combat flight sim I really pursued. I'd love to fly it even
now. I wonder how well it would run on a current computer with
unaccelerated graphics?
I've tried to get into the various versions of Falcon 4 over the
years, but it just takes too much time - not only to learn the
systems, but to fly missions. Not much instant gratification compared
to online racing :)
Pat Dotson
I have less tolerance for those who didn't feel the earth move when GPL
was released. :-)
Andrew McP
> I have less tolerance for those who didn't feel the earth move when GPL
> was released. :-)
You can have a lot of free entertainment via Underdogs though...
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Some games will require dosbox and sacrificing chickens to get running,
but that's half the fun.
Andrew McP
http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=511
Sadly, as with so many sims (did I hear someone say GPL2?), there was
never a sequel to build on excellent foundations. It does work in WinXP,
but without sound (for me) or joystick control.
Andrew McP
cheers, uwe
Unfortunately, it's also a spyware haven. Be careful what you click on!
All those smiley's, cursors, screensavers, etc... are harbors for
spyware/adware.
-Larry
>> I've tried to get into the various versions of Falcon 4 over the
>> years, but it just takes too much time - not only to learn the
>> systems, but to fly missions. Not much instant gratification compared
>> to online racing :)
> FalconAF isn't half bad with all the addons, skins and so on out
> there. I'd suggest checking out www.frugalsworld.com to get you
> started on what's available. I agree about the endless ingress /
> egress times during campaign missions in F4:AF though, I guess it
> simulates the "hours of boredom followed by moments of terror" aspect
> of modern warfare quite well.
> cheers, uwe
> Oh, I forgot to mention one of my all time favourites, Hind. It has an
> arcade mode which is a lot of fun, and is still probably the best attempt
> at putting soldiers into a flight sim. You even get to transport them
> around.
Yes, too bad there never was any follow-up. Though I am making a new 3D
***pit for the Hind in EECH, and hopefully I'll be able to resurrect
some of the gameplay from Hind also :)
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am