IL2 Sturmovik

**KarlXII** · 08-16-2008, 04:48

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars

Guess how much it was on Steam for the entire combo pack? $9.99. Awesome.

You going to get it?

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 08-16-2008, 05:20

Originally Posted by SwedishFish

You going to get it?

Already have, been flying over Russia.

**KarlXII** · 08-16-2008, 07:25

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars

Already have, been flying over Russia.

I'll be picking up my own soon

Can't wait to land on carriers.

**Whacker** · 08-16-2008, 08:28

Landing on carriers isn't bad at all. You just gotta remember NOT to stall over the carrier, keep your airspeed up in case you miss the wires. If you stall, you're going in the drink, period. Also, unless you're EXTREMELY rusty at landing, I'd just skip the carrier landing tutorial that starts on dry land and go right for the actual tutorial mission.

**KarlXII** · 08-17-2008, 07:08

So, how hard is the game? I have a Logitech Attack 3 joystick, fair price and good. Is this a game I can jump into and fly?

**Whacker** · 08-17-2008, 10:02

Yes and no. Yes, it's got settings so you can put it in "easy", which is essentially arcade-like controls and rules. If you haven't done a REAL flight sim before, I'd make a point to go through the tutorials and PAY ATTENTION to them. To be fair, I always turn on all but a few of the realism options. I keep the view limitations off, and I let the game manage the radiators/superchargers/mixtures/prop pitches. If you want an arcade game, this really isn't it. This game overall is old and it'll show it's age to you early on, BUT it's hands down the best WWII military flight sim out there right now.

Yes, if you've got real flight sim experience, then it should be relatively easy for you. Just start easy and work your way back up until you're comfortable again, turning up the realism as you go. Just like riding a bike. At 20000 ft. At 300 knots. With machine guns.

No, if you have no flight sim experience, then it won't be really that easy. If you're expecting something that you can go from 0 to ace in an hour or less, keep walking, this ain't the game for you. If you have no real experience with sims and understand that this will take some time and patience, then you should have a ball with it. Flying a mission and coming back with 4 aerial kills and the damn thing shot to pieces and barely holding together as you nail the landing can give you a real sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

**KarlXII** · 08-17-2008, 10:10

Trying out the demo, and really, really enjoy it. Messing around with the joystick options and finally got it comftorable. Managed to down 2 dive bombers before stalling and losing control

Definately will get.