DeLuged
10-27-2011, 07:30 PM
I did download the full release game today from Steam. I'm an old simmer from way back. Was there with R. Harvey and the release of "FLY" played all the Unlimited sims..all the MS-flight sims...Longbow series, Appache series...on and on it goes.
But over the last few years I left simming pretty much all together. Well, I saw this game being advertised here and the old desire to get back into a good sim came back. I found one of my flight sticks I still had left, Saitek Cyborg Evo. A good, simple stick that does the trick.
I have a mid to high end system.....
Firstly, the glitces in graphics I have so far are: Flickering menu buttons in game. textures loading slowly at times, a fair bit of stuttering on Normal to high settings. And programming my stick has been a pain as well.
So the old memories of simming came flooding back in...the tweaking, and testing, and rewritting configs etc...were, and looks like still are, a part of flight simming on the PC.
Some of the graphics are very good and others look like they're from a game 5 years old. Over all though they are good enough for simming. Flight model seems to be good. Its as twitching and intense as I remember Longbow, and Appaches were years ago.
I think the game is solid at its core. But it feels like it came out of the oven too early. Like about 6 months too early.
I hope updates and patches will flow fairly fast and regularly, but I'm not to up on this company so I'm not sure of their track record.
But like sims of old, you gotta hang in there long enough for the devs to get all the tweaking and patching done and your patience will be rewarded. I'm hoping ToH is going to fit that mould as well.
I know I got it today, but I've already sunk hours and hours into it. I think what I'm saying is fairly accurate.
I'm hanging in there with this one, I have a good feeling that it will shine one day.
But over the last few years I left simming pretty much all together. Well, I saw this game being advertised here and the old desire to get back into a good sim came back. I found one of my flight sticks I still had left, Saitek Cyborg Evo. A good, simple stick that does the trick.
I have a mid to high end system.....
Firstly, the glitces in graphics I have so far are: Flickering menu buttons in game. textures loading slowly at times, a fair bit of stuttering on Normal to high settings. And programming my stick has been a pain as well.
So the old memories of simming came flooding back in...the tweaking, and testing, and rewritting configs etc...were, and looks like still are, a part of flight simming on the PC.
Some of the graphics are very good and others look like they're from a game 5 years old. Over all though they are good enough for simming. Flight model seems to be good. Its as twitching and intense as I remember Longbow, and Appaches were years ago.
I think the game is solid at its core. But it feels like it came out of the oven too early. Like about 6 months too early.
I hope updates and patches will flow fairly fast and regularly, but I'm not to up on this company so I'm not sure of their track record.
But like sims of old, you gotta hang in there long enough for the devs to get all the tweaking and patching done and your patience will be rewarded. I'm hoping ToH is going to fit that mould as well.
I know I got it today, but I've already sunk hours and hours into it. I think what I'm saying is fairly accurate.
I'm hanging in there with this one, I have a good feeling that it will shine one day.