great sim, i hope the AI is improved past standard CFS3's failed "im gonna be a flying target for the player when im not letting another AI kill me or playing dead" in the future
Its really too bad that both this and ROF are bad games. Neither one got it right. The fun factor isnt there, bad AI, long flights with nothing. RB3D is still more fun to fly by far, and its ancient.
OFF has really great looking terrain and attention to ground forces, as well as superb accuracy in squadron locations and skins. Despite opinions to the contrary, however, i believe it has one of the worst AIs ive seen in a sim, especially with the earlier, low powered planes. They make no attempt to conserve altitude, not even when you are above them... they will just plunge immediately to ground level no matter what and then begin doing "dead duck" imitations by climbing sharply until stall
And yes, the wingman AI is especially lame. you really have to babysit it and specify every target. if you are loaded with multiple bomb salvos the AI will only drop ONE, forcing you to circle your target tapping "a" over and over waiting for your wingmen to unload, barely giving you any time to line up your own bombs without distractions. Furthermore, this forces you to open the cheesy "radar" tactical hud to select targets, spoiling immersion. AI formations are also very sloppy.
Between this and ROF I think ROF is much more disappointing but neither one is the quality of IL2 in a WWI air combat sim, and that's still where we're at.
Wow talk about difficult. !! The terrain looks great. Definitely looks more difficult than ROF. ROF is a bloated cow too, it's slow and it stutters. Has the crappy wingman AI from CFS3 been fixed ?
For me, not really. It's great when you're flying, but the interface is ghastly. And I can hardly set up my controls. If I were you, I'd settle for Rise of Flight
@rotagen5 did you try ROF multiplayer? no bad AI there...
GhostRider659 2 weeks ago
great sim, i hope the AI is improved past standard CFS3's failed "im gonna be a flying target for the player when im not letting another AI kill me or playing dead" in the future
mavis130 9 months ago
@mavis130 one of the reasons that CFS3 is considered a dismal failure. No surprise that there isn't a CFS4! Even the game load time was terrible.
stockingcpl 8 months ago
Its really too bad that both this and ROF are bad games. Neither one got it right. The fun factor isnt there, bad AI, long flights with nothing. RB3D is still more fun to fly by far, and its ancient.
rotagen5 1 year ago
@rotagen5 thats the whole point- they're simulators more than games
vikingskippen 2 months ago
Is there any way I can get hold of OFF without having to order it from the US? It seems to be an awful lot of waiting involved...
KickingTwenty 1 year ago
OFF has really great looking terrain and attention to ground forces, as well as superb accuracy in squadron locations and skins. Despite opinions to the contrary, however, i believe it has one of the worst AIs ive seen in a sim, especially with the earlier, low powered planes. They make no attempt to conserve altitude, not even when you are above them... they will just plunge immediately to ground level no matter what and then begin doing "dead duck" imitations by climbing sharply until stall
colorconnection 1 year ago
And yes, the wingman AI is especially lame. you really have to babysit it and specify every target. if you are loaded with multiple bomb salvos the AI will only drop ONE, forcing you to circle your target tapping "a" over and over waiting for your wingmen to unload, barely giving you any time to line up your own bombs without distractions. Furthermore, this forces you to open the cheesy "radar" tactical hud to select targets, spoiling immersion. AI formations are also very sloppy.
colorconnection 1 year ago
Between this and ROF I think ROF is much more disappointing but neither one is the quality of IL2 in a WWI air combat sim, and that's still where we're at.
BigSilverHotdog 1 year ago
Wow talk about difficult. !! The terrain looks great. Definitely looks more difficult than ROF. ROF is a bloated cow too, it's slow and it stutters. Has the crappy wingman AI from CFS3 been fixed ?
rotagen5 1 year ago
You are pretty generous with your ammo; taking lots of long range shots... I like to be able to make out the enemy pilot's scarf colour.
chas63 2 years ago
haha. i like the ending. inspired by a certain aces high i wonder!!
theozzman 3 years ago
hi smithcorp
very nice video
is it that addon worth to buy ?
are my machine ( e6600 7950gt ) ok for that game ?
greetings from germany
x347alien 3 years ago
@x347alien
For me, not really. It's great when you're flying, but the interface is ghastly. And I can hardly set up my controls. If I were you, I'd settle for Rise of Flight
Shrimpo1919191919 1 year ago
Nice film Mike - bugger about the mid-air there at the end!
smithcorp 3 years ago