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  1. Quite well thanks. My oldest graduated university last Winter, and my youngest is still as full of beans as ever. Hope all is well with you too.

    ... and I hope this new game will allow me to once again ruthlessly pepper your hamstertruppen with deadly mortar. ... in a firendly way of course. :)

    Graduated? Oh my, how time passes... :D

    Glad to hear everything's fine!

    And yeah, some CM:N-PBEMing would be nice, looking forward to it. I miss those happy days of watching your tanks burn.

    :)

  2. I actually bought CC: TLD and so far have been enjoying it. I've played CC 1-3 back in the days and loved the series, but as many others once CMBO came out I hardly played them again, because Combat Mission was superior in just about all aspects.

    That being said, CC: TLD is fun, and I really like the campaign, the ability to play with british and canadian forces and the night fighting. There are lots of beautiful maps, full of details, and it's one of those games where you think "just one more battle", then realize it's 2.30 AM in the morning and you have to get up soon...

    I'd recommend the game for old CC fans who are happy with a slightly updated and improved version of CC: Normandy, who can enjoy the game's strengths and who can overlook the game's quirks.

  3. I certainly didn't want to insult you, Adam. I just get the feeling that your actual experience with Black Shark is kinda superficial. You don't seem to realize that the terrain engine has developed quite a bit since LOMAC and the Flaming Cliffs addon. Your comments are absolutely puzzling to someone who has actually spent a fair amount of time with the sim both offline and in multiplayer missions and I found them quite a bit unfair. Honestly, if you compare Black Shark to a "turkey shoot" and write stuff like "fun, but not realistic" because of the limitations of its grafical engine you should be prepared for the kind of comments I directed at you.

    My question still stands: did you actually play the campaign? On "realistic" settings? And you still feel it's a "turkey shoot"? If yes, then I certainly pull my hat.

  4. I'm sure the game is fun for people, but I wouldn't call it realistic.

    Have you actually played Black Shark? I ask because you make it sound like some arcade-game when in fact it is one of the best simulations I've played in some 20 years of gaming. Spotting too easy? Honestly, we must be playing completely different games. I have no idea what kind of grafical detail you expect from such a sim.

    Taking your expectations neither the Combat Mission series, nor Falcon 4, Steal Beasts ProPE or IL2 are "realistic".

  5. BTW if you've just installed Black Shark and feel a bit lost, I've created a little "newbie tutorial" together with a simple training mission which might help a bit.

    http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2626185/STICKY_Tutorial_How_to_take_of.html#Post2626185

    I like BS, I like it a lot. It offers IMO one of the best flight models ever done on a home computer, the actual feeling of flight is incredibly well done. The sim IS very complex, but you don't have to actually know every knob and switch in the cockpit, there's a "cheat"-key that auto-starts all systems and to enjoy the sim you really don't need to have a deeper understanding of stuff like the ABRIS system etc.

    If you're into modern flightsims, BUY Black Shark and support one of the few remaining devs for hardcore sims. It's money well spent.

  6. If it's like LOMAC and FC you fight on a billiards table, so it's a huge turkey shoot. A lot of people like it though.

    I've been playing the russian version for weeks and I have no idea what you're talking about. You must be playing on some rather freaky billard tables. And shooting some amazingly tough and deadly turkeys.

    http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll92/Para_Bellum/bs10.jpg

    http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll92/Para_Bellum/tut014.jpg

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