How come you don't see good combat flight sims anymore?

[TheMightyFavog]

Up until a few years ago, you could get good combat flight sims, but now there don't seem to be any. IIRC, the las good ones were IL2 and Pacific Fighters.

[valerief]

1. Did 9-11 put the kabosh on them? nt

[TheMightyFavog]

3. IL-2 and Pacific Fighters came out around 2003 or 2004, IIRC.

Never could get the hang of flying with full realism, especially with the rotary engine planes.

[valerief]

5. Oh. I don't play games, so I wouldn't know. Just took a guess. nt

[Evoman]

2. Can't take the attention off making another 1st person space marine game.

Hell, I've been wanting a new space flight sim forever.

[TheMightyFavog]

4. They're doing up a BSG sim based on the Freespace engine.

They've still only got a demo out. It's called Beyond the Red Line.

[Evoman]

6. Yeah, I know and I'm looking forward to it. But the Freespace engine is like

a hundred years old. Imagine what could be done with todays graphics and physics power. Imagine shooting the wing of a ship, or putting an actual hole in a capital ship, or even using the gravitational pull of a planet to whip around a bunch of ships....a guy can dream.