From: primus@netcom.com (Robert keng)
Subject: Re: F-15 Strike Eagle III
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 14:49:49 GMT

imj1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Imad M Jureidini) writes:
: I have only one thing to say:
: 
: 	The game sucks.
: 
: I just erased of my hard drive.
: 
: The reason?
: The animation on my 486/50 16 megs was basically the same as in the demo, which means terrible.

		Huh? On my 486/33 it seemed ALOT faster than the demo, with
everything on high detail....

: The detail is very bad too.  This reminded me of Maximum Overkill, where the 
: pixels are quite big.  But for Comanche, we were rewarded with very fast
: animation.  Not so here.

		No way. I hate to say this, but I don't agree with you on this.
I thought everything is very detailed in this game. The only drawback is the
framerate (that I can see), which I expect MPS would correct (don't ask me how)
with patches (just like everyone else :-) ).

: 
: I played for half an hour, so I didn't even bother to get into the missions.  I
: only played one, and there was no background storyline that you followed, just:
: Go there.  Shoot that.  Then go there.  Shoot that.  Then come back.  Land.
: Really exciting.

		That's all fighter pilots do in wartime, right? They don't give
a damn about no story: they would be too busy figuring out ingress/egress 
routes, SAM/AAA threats, air threats, weather, visibility, accomplishing the
mission, killing/eliminating the target, staying alive, etc, etc....


: 
: Anyway, no one should judge a game by hearing just one opinion, so I suggest
: that whoever is planning on getting the game waits a little to hear other
: reactions.  Maybe I am expecting too much...


		Don't take this as a flame Imad. It's not. Just sharing my 
opinion on the subject, that's all.

I expect patches after patches for this game :-)

Here's my two bits about the game:

		Excellent graphics. I loved it when I flew night missions in
the Gulf (the FLIR is a nice touch). You get to watch tracers scream across the
sky in random patterns hoping that you the pilot is stupid enough to fly into
the stream of cannon fire (kind of like them footages you see on TV during the
Gulf war). The multiple MPD/MPCDs are really helpful (once you figure out how
to use them.). You can use the mouse along with the Thrustmaster/Joystick to
pick out targets and lock on (for the RBM. Haven't tried that with A-A yet.
note: this is with the Radar in Standard mode. Things might be different with
AUthentic mode..). Time compression and automatic pilot is included in this
game.

		There is alot of detail in this game, especially the terrain.
Get into training mode and fly at rooftop level. Enjoy the scenery as you make
fly-bys. Or, you could zoom at 700+KTS in the valleys and hills of Korea. Or,
fly missions in Panama and destroy the water gates along the canal while doing
battle with F-16s (yes, Falcons). The sky actually looks like the real sky: not
just a big patch of blue witha couple of puffy clouds hanging around here and
there. The sun-rise, sun-set is beautiful. Fly into the sky early in the 
morning and watch slowly as the world goes from pitch black to shiny and bright
under the sun.

		One big drawback: the only way to fly with a wingie is to play
via modem connection. In other words, if you play along, be prepared to take 
on the world by yourself. Yes, there are always friendlies nearby, but most of
the time they seem to just go about their own business. The controls are very
complicated. Really scared me the first time I played it (one other reason why
I'm using the Standard mode radar :-) ). Also, there is no ACMI or "red flag"
in this game. 

		Can't comment on the realism of this game (i.e. flight model,
weapons envelope, etc) because I have never flied a real F-15. maybe some of
you veteran fliers out there can help me out? AI has been weak so far,
but probably because I've got the difficulty setting on moderate. 

		Anyway, this is NOT in anyway complete, since I've played it
for only 5 hours. This is no Falcon 3.0. The program doesn't offer as much 
options. This game focuses more on the environment/plane than the overall
picture IMHO. 

		Just my two bits. Please, feel free to correct me :-)

-Rob

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