Video Games Any Aviation Enthusiasts Here?

[cawimmer430]

I'm a big World War II aircraft fan, so I was in heaven when IL-2 Sturmovik came out.

This game has been voted as one of the most detailed and realistic flight sims. Various suriviving World War II pilots from all sides have praised the game for its feel.

Any flyers here? I highly recommend it if you're a World War II aircraft enthusiast.

Here are some screenshots I took. It's a combination of IL-2 Sturmovik Forgotten Battles & Ace Expansion Pack as well as Pacific Fighters: all from the same company.































A cool feature of the game is being able to use your face for a pilots. Look closely here, that's me.

 

[LaArtist]

is this a new game..cause i checked the system requirements they are very low..800Mhz.. only.. and so on

 

[cawimmer430]

is this a new game..cause i checked the system requirements they are very low..800Mhz.. only.. and so on

Relatively new, yes. And loads of fun to play.

Here are the spec's for IL-2 FB
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
Pentium III 800 or equivalent
1.4 GB Harddrive Space
256 MB Memory
32 MB DirectX 8.1 / 3D compatible graphics card
4x CD Rom speed or faster
DirectX 8.1 Audio

 

[Michael]

Christian you should know that I am into aviation! look at my signature!

Man this looks insanely sick! Is this game by microsoft or something?

The screen shots look awesome. I want to play this asap!

 

[LaArtist]

okay cool..im gonna get this

 

[dOmInIX]

Nice game! I guess you can learn a lot about these planes, huh Cristian? I like WW II planes but kinda don't have time and good sources. Gotta land some book on these things!

 

[cawimmer430]

Christian you should know that I am into aviation! look at my signature!

Man this looks insanely sick! Is this game by microsoft or something?

The screen shots look awesome. I want to play this asap!

Cool!

I will check out that website later (my Internet is a bit slow right now). The game is not made by Microsoft but by Ubisoft: the same guys who are making Silent Hunter III.

Here's the Wikipedia article on this game.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_2_sturmovik_(game)

 

[cawimmer430]

okay cool..im gonna get this

You'll only enjoy it though if you like aircraft, especially World War II aircraft. Don't expect heat-seeking missiles of speeds above mach 1.

 

[cawimmer430]

Nice game! I guess you can learn a lot about these planes, huh Cristian? I like WW II planes but kinda don't have time and good sources. Gotta land some book on these things!

Great game indeed. It even has a little history lesson on each plane.

If you like WW2 aircraft, this is definitely the game to get. I've not heard such good things about Microsoft's "Combat Simulator".

 

[Michael]

Geesh! The last thing I need is to buy this game and get hooked. There goes my life again!

Hmmm...I have decided I cannot do this. I will not give in!

 

[cawimmer430]

Geesh! The last thing I need is to buy this game and get hooked. There goes my life again!

Hmmm...I have decided I cannot do this. I will not give in!

The good news is that you can get all three episodes:

-IL2 Forgotten Battles
-IL2 Ace Expansion Pack
-IL2 Pacific Fighters

On one C&D now.

BTW, the AEP adds this plane among others:

Horten Ho-229

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho-229

C'mon Michael, give in, give in.

 

[cawimmer430]

Some videos made with this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUXQYu_EQqQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXfe0ocOdyA (Nice music)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lxIfz3qpw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vLAW_secFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQGuLrgWsMk