poesel Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Could BFC please stop making 'fictitious' modern games? I mean all the efforts in pulling strings on the Maidan and in the Kremlin just to promote their upcoming game? Would that not have been better invested into just making a better game? Really, you should get your priorities right. Personally I will get seriously worried when they announce 'Fulda Gap' and BFCs marketing starts to work on a time machine for promotion. A concerned customer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Malan2 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 although not so funny, when you think about it... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdbf01 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I'm beginning to wonder if BF doesn't have "powers" that even they aren't aware of 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Ukraine quite near actually. I wouldnt be too happy about a major war at the EUs borders. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Anyways, LockOn/DCS went there first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 LockOn is a great game. Another modern air combat game i ve been looking at since a year or os is DCS A-10. Maybe i ll get it some day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 LockOn is a great game. Another modern air combat game i ve been looking at since a year or os is DCS A-10. Maybe i ll get it some day. DCS A-10 is a must buy if you are intrested in modern flight sims You will not regret it ! the price is quite low now a days... Clickable cockpits and hi fidelity modeling of avionics and flightmodels are a bigg improvement over LockOn i think... Don't let the 700 page manual scare you away Lot's of help to be found in the forum and also by watching youtube videos. You will be up and flying and dropping bombs in no time... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris69 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Anyways, LockOn/DCS went there first. Not quite first. US Navy Fighters, 1994 is the earliest one I'm aware of. DCS A10 is great, but a lot of effort and DCS World as a whole seems to be quite the work-in-progress. Good tutorials are available, though, and the in-game ones are good enough to get you started (..quite literally). You can get it on Steam for very little money once it pops up as a deal again, I don't think you'll be disappointed if you're into flight sims. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZPB II Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 While a game about the Space Lobsters of Doom attacking Earth in search of delicacies and slaves might just be the greatest thing ever, the BFC hypothetical scenario curse has me worried. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 The main expense with DCS 10 are the joystick and controller that are a "must buy" for max fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Anyways, LockOn/DCS went there first. And I always thought the Crimea setting was really far fetched and a minus for the game. Reality obviously caught up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 The main expense with DCS 10 are the joystick and controller that are a "must buy" for max fun. lol...playing a flight sim with mouse and keyboard instead of a joystick is almost blasphemy . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collingwood Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Not quite first. US Navy Fighters, 1994 is the earliest one I'm aware of. Another early candidate for Ukraine vs Russia was Su-27 Flanker, a fantastic sim for its time. It focussed entirely on the Crimea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Another early candidate for Ukraine vs Russia was Su-27 Flanker, a fantastic sim for its time. It focussed entirely on the Crimea. Yes, good point. Su-27 Flanker was projenitor for LockOn and follow-ons, but LockOn was first that I played. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 And I always thought the Crimea setting was really far fetched... Why? Seems pretty obvious to me. If Russia hangs onto Sevastapol as a naval and air base, they dominate the Black Sea hands down. Don't think they will be eager to give that up. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childress Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Blame Nikita Khrushchev. A native Ukrainian, he handed over the Crimean oblast to the Ukrainian SSR in the 50s, iirc, as a good will gesture. It was then a province of the USSR. Little did he know... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 Blame Nikita Khrushchev. A native Ukrainian, he handed over the Crimean oblast to the Ukrainian SSR in the 50s, iirc, as a good will gesture. It was then a province of the USSR. Little did he know... Thanks for that info. I was already wondering why they did that in '54. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I mean all the efforts in pulling strings on the Maidan and in the Kremlin just to promote their upcoming game? Would that not have been better invested into just making a better game? I've always wondered about the size of the Battlefront marketing budget. It must be a lot more substantial than I've ever considered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUCASWILLEN05 Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I've always wondered about the size of the Battlefront marketing budget. It must be a lot more substantial than I've ever considered. Or they are remarkably well informed and/or have great geopolitical foresight. This worries me :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Or they are remarkably well informed and/or have great geopolitical foresight. This worries me :eek: Geopolitical foresight isnt that difficult if you have sufficient information. I recently read a great book about the systematic of warfare by Fritz B. Simon called 'Tödliche Konflikte -Zur Selbstorganisation privater und öffentlicher Kriege' (Deadly Conflicts - How private and public wars organise themselves). You can get quite accurate results on predicting certain geopolitical events by analysing the economical situation, the organisation of the government, the behaviour and rethorics of political leaders and the media inside of a country. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron Jacquinot Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Apocalypse 2014 - Pump up the volume! ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Apocalypse 2014 - Pump up the volume! ;-) You Tube says that that video is "not available in your country". Hmmmm. BTW, hi, Baron. Haven't seen you around for quite a while and was wondering when you'd turn up. I would have thought that the announcement of CMRT would have had you dancing with joy. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holien Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Michael link worked OK in UK... Lots of Helo's and some armour... Lets hope everything just stays in a computer game and does not turn hot... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Michael link worked OK in UK... I'll get on a plane right away. Lets hope everything just stays in a computer game and does not turn hot... I'm afraid that may be a vain hope. I just heard on the news this morning that the Russians have given the Ukrainian forces in Crimea an ultimatum to surrender their arms or face the consequences. Hard to see anything but unhappiness for a lot of people coming from this. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Russian authorities have denied it as nonsense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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