[K-9NeXuS]

Whats a flight sim like? Ive never tried one in my life.

[JBird]

^ wow. im the other way around actually. my first ever online gaming experience was way back with CFS 1 . it was state of the art for its time. when cfs2 came out in 99 i played that for almost 2 yrs flying exclusively with my squadron (like clans, but for combat flight sims)

when i think about it medal of honor was the first ever fps i ever played online. i had played doom II and hexen on a lan when i was in highschool, but i always found combat flight simming was my favorite.

when IL2 came out , i bought it outright, and i never played cfs2 again. when forgotten battles came out, i never played IL2 again biggrin: the next title that oleg maddox puts out is going to be even better. thats what i love about the maddox and the IL2 series. they actually care and listen too the community, its so nice to have a developer who has his own forum (olegs ready room) and actually participates with the community.

btw all you fb'ers out there, 1.1b is coming out in 3 days !!

[JBird]

heh, reading my post i actually didnt say why i liked flight sims oOo: well, the beauty for one thing....the graphics on FB are amazing. another thing is ...well, without being blunt, flying. its so cool to take off in a huge hulking pe-8 bomber with a 5000 lb bomb , flying over to the enemies base, and mushroom clouding its ass! happy:

dogfighting-its an experience unmatched in online gaming. its different every time. your battlefield is so much LARGER, as opposed to a fps, where you dont have many options except run around, or hide only to be sniped when found. when you fight in the air, the possibilites are almost endless.

finally , id say the comeraderie is what keeps me playing combat sims too. most of the ppl who fly in squads or fly in general are much older in age, and much more mature. this is due to the fact that most flight sims are quite difficult to play, more importantly, to BE GOOD. fps are way to easy to "own". you put that same 14 yr old punk who says "owned" after his kills in mohaa into the cockpit of a La-7 or a Fw-190, and the only thing he will own is the dirt. heh.

my 0.02

J