I think I read on another forum somewhere that Luthier said there will be a German campaign.
I think I read on another forum somewhere that Luthier said there will be a German campaign.
I hope that it at least has a mission builder. From the early "Storm of War" screenshots and comments it looks like this one will have very detailed vehicles and ground objects.
Also - I see over at the Yuplay forms there is going to be an update to the original Wings of Prey along with a sequel. I hope that the update to the original is the mission builder they had talked about a while ago.....
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Also - I see over at the Yuplay forms there is going to be an update to the original Wings of Prey along with a sequel. I hope that the update to the original is the mission builder they had talked about a while ago.....
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W. Bleddyn
Charter Member
I just hope that it actually comes out this time.
For those of you that have not followed development this is not the first release announcement that has been given for this title. Oddly and incredibly Ubisoft still has the old announcement hosted on their web servers.
http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=3950
So is this another Nov 2006, or have they managed to finish it in the 4+ years since?
For those of you that have not followed development this is not the first release announcement that has been given for this title. Oddly and incredibly Ubisoft still has the old announcement hosted on their web servers.
http://www.ubi.com/US/News/Info.aspx?nId=3950
So is this another Nov 2006, or have they managed to finish it in the 4+ years since?
ryanbatc
Charter Member
HAHAH LAF! That's an epic gif animation!
GrinningJester
Viking
No it doesn't.
Oleg posts screenshots from a low-end machine, with everything set to low.
The terrain looks fantastic maxed out.
@Piper, where the heck do you see a FW190, and the Blenhiem Mk. IV was active during the Battle of France already.....
NickB
Charter Member
Hey Rick, I don't have my spectacles on, but I didn't see an FW-190. I did see an Italian aircraft, dunno what it was though. According to the RAF Museum, the Blenheim IV was built from 1938.
I thought it was damned un-sporting to shot down that Tiger Moth.
Not if you're a native of these shores, it doesn't. I don't know who advises Oleg on these things, but he needs new advisors.
Quixoticish
Charter Member
Not if you're a native of these shores, it doesn't. I don't know who advises Oleg on these things, but he needs new advisors.
Cliffs of Dover sounds like a delightfully cheesy folk song or similar. It's a bit of a daft title for a game.
The name change really threw me, but it's a marketing decision by UbiSoft. Whether or not their decision is good remains to be seen. I wonder how many will see the name "Il-2 Sturmovik" and assume it's just another version of the same old game? UbiSoft is the same publisher that decided to put American aircraft manufacturers' names on the box cover of Il-2 Sturmovik: Pacific Fighters without obtaining permission to use those names, thus bringing to an end the inclusion of additional American designed aircraft in the Il-2 series. Their choices of copyright protection schemes has a spotty track record as well. We'll see how this pans out and I'd like to see some reviews of the flight and damage modeling before I decide to buy.
the terrain is based on a fantasy world. Englands grass is green no yellow at all. Dont bother saying that modern fields are yellow, thats oil seed rape, twasnt invented in the 40s
this ones even worse, purple ... blue ..orange .. brown .. even a bit of pink... i'd be ashemed trying to pass this off as England ...
Bjoern
worst developer ever
I think I should join in on the fuss...what they tried to pass of as Berlin in the original IL-2 is unacceptable! The colors and city layout...all wrong!
Come on, people. Well all know you will buy the sim in the end regardless of coloring of the landscape.
Besides, the ground is just textures which can be edited anyways.
Come on, people. Well all know you will buy the sim in the end regardless of coloring of the landscape.
Besides, the ground is just textures which can be edited anyways.
Well I am a part of the CFS- IL2 wars... developed for both but always had hope for the next CFS.
Will be buying this though. If nothing is to note what new things have been done with this sim... and to see if will be more open for us to design for.
Will be buying this though. If nothing is to note what new things have been done with this sim... and to see if will be more open for us to design for.
I am not defending the terrain in Il-2 Cliffs of Dover but the idea that England was only green in WWII is one I have seen many times on the net. This isn't true as the pictures attached show, all of these images are of planes flying over WWII England. Note that many of the fields are definately yellow or brown, not just green.
jetstreamsky
Charter Member
If you've ever flown over England, especially coming in from North America, one of the most noticeable things you see is the incredible depth of green. It's an island and the recipient of much rain brought in by the Atlantic storms. Certainly today it is highly contrasted with the brilliant yellow of rape seed fields, but back then the muted yellow of wheat fields would have been interspersed by that same rich green. Early spring months would have earthy brown, black or red soil (depending on where you are), but this is soon replaced by the food crops or dairy fields so necessary at time of war. Early colour photos of course diminish and wash out, the only time you may see brown fields would be in deep drought.
I never said it was all green, but even the "green" in il2:COD has an over yellow hue and overdone brightness to it