Simviation Forum - il-2 sturmovik

Mar 12^th, 2007 at 7:51pm

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is this game any good cas im thinkin about getting it

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Reply #1 - Mar 13^th, 2007 at 5:29am

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Best WWII Sim there is.
But don't buy the cheap combo pack found in most stores, get the IL2 Sturmovik 1946 edition that contains all the patched and upgrades they released.

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Reply #2 - Mar 21^st, 2007 at 12:25pm

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That's a matter of taste. Some people rave over it, others don't. I bought it and it didn't ring my bell. Then I bought Pacific Fighters and ended up uninstalling it after a few months. CFS2 has long legs to me, it's an older product than Pacific Fighters, but it's still on my HD and IL2 and PF aren't.

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Reply #3 - Mar 21^st, 2007 at 12:44pm

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Yup, would be best to try both.

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Reply #4 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 5:51am

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dcunning30 wrote on Mar 21^st, 2007 at 12:25pm:

That's a matter of taste. Some people rave over it, others don't. I bought it and it didn't ring my bell. Then I bought Pacific Fighters and ended up uninstalling it after a few months. CFS2 has long legs to me, it's an older product than Pacific Fighters, but it's still on my HD and IL2 and PF aren't.

This is where most people get disappointed with it, you need to have a merged install to reap the benefits of it. IL2 or PF by itself is no good. That is why I recommend if your going to try it get the 1946 release, it contains the whole series (patches and all).
If you just get IL2 then you have a huge pile of patches and updates you must install, on top of IL2/Forgotten Battles/PF all merged and that is just to fly online, so save the hassle and spend a extra $10 and buy the new release don't buy the original IL2!!

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Reply #5 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 4:31pm

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Nothing comes close to IL-2. Nothing.

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Reply #6 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 5:47pm

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Politically Incorrect wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 5:51am:

dcunning30 wrote on Mar 21^st, 2007 at 12:25pm:

That's a matter of taste. Some people rave over it, others don't. I bought it and it didn't ring my bell. Then I bought Pacific Fighters and ended up uninstalling it after a few months. CFS2 has long legs to me, it's an older product than Pacific Fighters, but it's still on my HD and IL2 and PF aren't.

This is where most people get disappointed with it, you need to have a merged install to reap the benefits of it. IL2 or PF by itself is no good. That is why I recommend if your going to try it get the 1946 release, it contains the whole series (patches and all).
If you just get IL2 then you have a huge pile of patches and updates you must install, on top of IL2/Forgotten Battles/PF all merged and that is just to fly online, so save the hassle and spend a extra $10 and buy the new release don't buy the original IL2!!

One thing I didn't like was essential key bindings for just getting the plane in the air weren't set nor were they documented. You had to stumble upon that on your own.

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Reply #7 - Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 6:39pm

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I remember that as always quite good documentated. It was also explicitly mentioned in the tutorials.

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Reply #8 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 9:16am

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pepper_airborne wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2007 at 6:39pm:

I remember that as always quite good documentated. It was also explicitly mentioned in the tutorials.

Tutorials? You mean there were tutorials? Shocked

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Reply #9 - Mar 23^rd, 2007 at 7:06pm

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Nothing comes close to IL-2. Nothing.

I quite agree - I've somehow ended up getting each of them from the original IL2 up to the 1946 version available now.

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Reply #10 - Mar 31^st, 2007 at 3:23am

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I recently bought the 1946 version. It looks good, plenty of action. One question though; where is the manual? I can't find anything of it. I explored both dvd's but nothing. Only a few large list of aircraft specs and settings. Any idea where to find it?

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