thinking of getting the online download

jedelen · 06-13-2007, 11:40 AM

Ok I looked at my old copy of il2 - the one that seemed dated and decided to look at online downloads of newest. Ubi sells it for 29 usdollars and it includes all prev versions. Is this going to be better than warbirds 3? How full are the online multiplayer skies? How good is the offline content? I read there are over 200 planes to fly? Does it fully support all aspects of trackir4 movement? Thanks need help deciding - screen shots look great, but hated the interface of older il2 ( had an old one I got in the commanders collection that might have been dated badly)

jedelen · 06-14-2007, 05:02 PM

Am I missing something? I got the boxed version of 1946 and read there are over 200 planes to fly. I looked on the missions and there are very few. What am I missing? Do I need to go through missions to unlock planes? I also found visibility from planes on missions poor - will have to play with views. I will say that there are a lot of controls such as prop pitch, fuel mix and all and the planes look very nice. No paper manual came with which is dissapointing as I like to refer to them as I fly. I did find a manual in pdf format off the install. Are there persistant multiplayer arenas at all or do you have to find a "buddy" or creat your own game?