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Microsoft announces Flight Simulator X

mmx1

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Lonestar155 said:
Well to this date the most realistic game is Falcon 4.0. It has everything! You can even do a full ramp start up. All sorts of missions such as CAS, sead strikes/escorts/recon. You name it. Check it out.
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That was really the be-all and end-all of flight sims. There are maybe a few hundred people for whom you could noticeably improve Falcon 4, other than in the graphics. It's a shame; there's few other good sims; no recent ones for the Hornet or any attack helicopters (having trouble finding Janes' Longbow).
 
Zilch

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Lawman said:
Combat Sims pretty much killed themselves. It was the whole demand for more and more realism. They added Inflight Refueling, realistic flight dynamics (including spin and departures), and a whole bunch of switches and what not that a lot of people didnt want to have to memorize just to play a video game and blow something up. I remember when I first started playing Janes F-15E, I probably spent a good week just flying over practice bombing ranges learning how to implement all the weapons on the plane and not crash into the ground doing it. I dont have that kind of patients or free time anymore. Now I stick with the space combat sims, where all I need to know is wheres the throttle, how do I select bad guys, and how do I dump energy from shields to weapons and vice versa.
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Hey, now, don't be knockin' the great series that is X-wing. :icon_smil
 
Zilch

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If you don't want to read a 150 page manual, you could always go the easy way and play stuff from the Ace Combat series on PS2. The aircraft models and cockpits are great looking. Realism is...uh, less of a concern. 86 missiles? Gotta love that. No G effects, fuel is unlimited (great for afterburning,) naviagtion is easy, and so on. But, hey, it looks like an actual sim. It does have a good, intense feel to it, also, and there's no shortage of stuff to blow up.

You know, I've always wondered about this. I've played sims since I was 12 merely because actually flying wasn't an option. Do you find that once you become an aviator, you still play them?
 
Gatordev

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Longbow 2 was a great game and a decent weapon simulation, but the flight model was basically the exact opposite of the way a real helo works. That said, it didn't stop me from playing it for hours while stashed waiting for flight school.

Falcon 4.0 now has been rereleased as Falcon: Allied Force, and the company actually supports the software and used all the user created fixes to the original and reboxed it. They also did things like make it playable on modern machines. I bought F:AF when I transferred and was waiting to start my new job. I lasted about a week. Just like Brett and Lawman are saying, the admin stuff just doesn't make it "fun" anymore. Flying 30 minutes to the FLOT, doing your business, hoping you don't get shotdown (and SA sucks in a two-demensional, monitor-type environment) and then 30 minutes back to base.
 
Riper Snifle

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In terms of Modern Combat Flight Simulators, Lock On seems to lead the way.

IL2: Forgotten Battles is still a fav of mine, especially with the Pacific Fighters add on.



And for Helo's, I have yet to see anything top Operation Flashpoint.

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Gatordev

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Riper Snifle said:
And for Helo's, I have yet to see anything top Operation Flashpoint.
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Simulation-wise, for a helo, OFP is pretty basic. But I've said it before. That game is just awesome, and I still distract myself w/ it routinely.
 
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The graphics look pretty damn sweet, but I still prefer the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator series.
 
Lawman

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Jolly Roger said:
Fvckin' A! I have wasted hours playing that and the Call of Duty series.

Lawman: What space combat sim would you recommend?
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If you can run it (and it will take a good machine) X3: Reunion is pretty intense. Otherwise there is always the old standbye's like X-wing Alliance or Freespace.
 
gregsivers

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Pags said:
sweet, now when i get nostalgic for flying the jet ranger, i can do it on my computer.
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Those were my exact thoughts. Too bad the Navy flying club doesn't have one.

Yeah, I know its an unrealistic thought.
 
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