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Old 17th Oct 2010, 15:01   #1
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Flight sims/games... (Or lack thereof)
Since i haven't seen or even heard about a decent flight game.....military or otherwise...in quite a long while i was wondering what other people are playing nowadays.

I've been messing with flight games since the era of Aces over Europe and whilst i loved them i was wondering if there was anything more up to date *read that as shiny *

Post up folks and feel free to sing the praises of what your playing currently in this niche market, especially since i have a joystick thats currently only being used for mechwarrior......not that thats a bad thing at all to be honest.

Im off to play gunship 2000 with Dosbox until you all find me something better to do


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Old 17th Oct 2010, 15:10   #2
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DCS: Blackshark looks good

http://store.steampowered.com/app/61000/
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Old 17th Oct 2010, 18:04   #3
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DCS Blackshark is probably the best. There is also an addon coming out for it very soon which lets you fly the A10 Tank Killer.
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im still rocking MS flight sim X. the game looks great now that i have hardware to run it full-tilt.
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It depresses me how much HAWX sucks and the console only Ace Combat series rocks so much.

Ace Combat 6 is easily my favourite arcadey flight sim, so if you have a console get that!
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IL2 Sturmovic is the best WW2 Flight Sim ever!

You could also try Wings of Prey...
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The Strike Fighters 2 series of games provide a good balance between realism and fun, plus they simulate a more interesting era of air combat than most sims (1940s - 1980s).
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Old 18th Oct 2010, 11:51   #9
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Thanks for the input guys its most appreciated.

Ive been looking at flight sim X for a while but it never really caught my attention too much as i dont have the specs to make it look shiny enough (and im ore interested in military than the latest airbus to be honest.

Ive got most of the Ace combat sieres and they are huge amounts of fun and yes HAWX sucked a dead dogs nose....

Going to give blackshark and strike fighters 2 a look for now

If anyone has any other suggestions i would be appreciative since i dont want to lump a load of cash on something that im not going to enjoy after a week or so.

Thanks so far....

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Lock On Modern Air Combat

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I have also been looking recently and had been quite interested in Battle of Britain Wings of Victory.
Primarily because you can get a copy cheaply and there is an active community that are continuing to mod and patch the game.

http://www.a2asimulations.com/bob/

I haven't tried it myself yet so I can't tell what it is like. The videos I have seen look good.

Oops just read your shiny requirement, this is probably does not fit that catagory. :/
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Old 21st Oct 2010, 20:15   #12
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il2 1946 is best current? ww2 sim but check out 1c forum il2/ oleg updates for bob storm of war this is going to be the mother of all combat flight sim for next decade1
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