I want a flight sim or fighter game

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:13 pm

It's been about 8 years since I've played a flight simulator/fighter game. The last one I played was something like F16 that came in a bundle with Civilization (I), Railroad Tycoon, and some submarine game.

Recently, I've been watching the history channel, and they've got all these shows about WWII dogfights and shit, and the idea sounds fun all of a sudden.

So, since I've been way out of the loop, what games are out there, and what should I get?

john m · Post by **john m** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:31 pm

Genre's pretty much dead, sadly. Pick up Falcon 4.0 or IL-2 Sturmovik and relive the glorious last stand of the fighter sim. The community that still supports the genre is pretty hardcore in providing free downloadable add-on content, too.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:07 pm

Ha, F16. I remember that. Last light sim I played was FA18 Interceptor on my Amiga. That game was awesome.

The closest to flight sims games you get now is flying a plane around in Battlefield 2.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:22 pm

Awesome. I'm looking for something on pc, mind, and I don't know that I mind a straight fighter. I just always enjoyed just flying around and doing loops, seeing how fast I could stall the plane, etc.

I'll check those two out, john.

a bebop a rebop · Post by **a bebop a rebop** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:43 pm

OMIGOD Railroad Tycoon was amazing.

john m · Post by **john m** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:56 pm

Well, of course, if you're not playing Battlefield 2 already, you should be.

And if you are, please let me know. Always love to play BF2.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:12 pm

Never played it.

Looks fun.

a bebop a rebop · Post by **a bebop a rebop** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:15 pm

PC, yes. It's a beast of a game, I haven't gotten to play it because my computer can't actually run it. It's a first-person shooter but I believe it has some flying-around stuff in it.

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:28 am

I love "Age of Empires". It's the only computer game I've ever liked. But I had it on PC and now I have a Mac I don't have it anymore.

I was in a shop the other day and I looked in the game section and they didn't have "Age of Empires" but they had "Civilization" - so I bought it cos I thought it would be the same thing.

It isn't. It sucks. I want "Age of Empires" again.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:34 am

I loved the original Settlers game. There was something so calming about playing that game. It wasn't on of these Civ Sims where you had to be 'on' all the time. It was great. Subsequent editions have failed to ignite me as the original did.