-E wrote:What was the Pacific Fighters fiasco? Was it released unplayable/broken? (I've thought about getting it from time to time)
PF was the result of a troubled development history and an ongoing dispute between 1C and Ubisoft. It's history has been an odd mixture of the very best and worst and developer can offer their customers.
I can best explain it by describing my own experience with it right out of the box. The first thing I did was load up the "historical" Pearl Harbor mission. I couldn't fly a Kate yet but was sure that would come soon enough, so I decide to go with a dive bomber.
I was hooked right from the start. There I am, in a flight approaching the Hawaiian chain, other formations to both sides and in front. The modeling of the Hawaiian Islands and water is great...I'm glad I pre-ordered.
Soon we're approaching Pearl and I have no problem picking out key landmarks around the harbor. I quickly spot battleship row then my flight starts manuvering for the attack, other planes are diving, flak is starting to appear...it's great!
I pick out a nice fat battleship and roll into the attack, flak is picking up in intensity. I line up the target and realize that I'm attacking HMS King George the V!
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A couple of years and numerous patches later and nothing's really changed. Unfortunately, the other islands are not nearly as well rendered as the Hawaiian Islands...which is only used for ONE scenario.
There are still no flyable carrier based torpedo aircraft. Ship recognition remains difficult....is that a Japanese English battleship or an American English battleship...or an English English battleship?
Operations are restricted to a few small areas and standalone campaign play is by far the worst of the entire IL2 series. The patches have had little impact on PF itself and were directed to the combined series and online play market.
I understand the troubled development history of the game and on going dispute between 1C and Ubisoft, but this was the last 1C product I buy until it's been thoroughly reviewed and patched up.