Cool game!

[F-4PhantomII 0]

I just picked this up after becomming frustrated with my old copy of Flanker 2.0. It will not run correct on my current system no matter what I do. To quench my thirst for flight combat I went looking for a "new" game. New enough to run well on W/2000 but old enough to look smoke'n on my Computer (W/2000 P4 3Ghz CPU, 1G Ram, Stock video card (Whatever Dell uses). I stubled across this game ($20.00) and to my suprize it is a sweet ass game. These Vietnam fighters are like old Muscle cars... RAW POWER, little in the way of refinments. Not alot in the way of "the electronic frontier" either. Add to the fact that I love F-4 Phantoms (they look like somthing out of a Sci-Fi movie). I thin this game captures the pain in the ass nature of 60's target identification nicley, have to get into visual range first and then make out what it is before shooting... unless you cheat of course. It is a nice plus that there are so many "aftermarket planes" availible for it too. Anyways good hunting!

[+streakeagle 871]

Another satisfied customer! The people that are unhappy with this game expect too much out of it. Given a chance, the whole SFP1/WOV/WOE line is really impressive and always improving.

[F-4PhantomII 0]

Another satisfied customer! The people that are unhappy with this game expect too much out of it. Given a chance, the whole SFP1/WOV/WOE line is really impressive and always improving.

What I do not understand is all the bitching about the flight model. On the hard setting, when flying at th edge of the envolope the plane handles about right. I get plenty of stalls (these are a little to easy to recover from) and black and red outs seem right on. The lack of Avionics is a nice break, and era apropriate. Flanker could feel more like a job then a game (Although I would love to see a Flanker 3.0) sometimes.

[+Spectre_USA 7]

There is a Flanker 3.0, it was named LOMAC instead...

[F-4PhantomII 0]

I know LOMAC is there. But it would be nice to have another Sim that had a focus on the Flanker. Kinda like Falcon X.0 sieries.

[+streakeagle 871]

I know LOMAC is there. But it would be nice to have another Sim that had a focus on the Flanker. Kinda like Falcon X.0 sieries.

 

Maybe you didn't understand what he said: LOMAC IS FLANKER 3.0. The makers of Flanker 2.0 improved the code and added the F-15 and A-10. It did not lose its focus on the Su-27. It covers the Su-27 even better than Flanker 2.0.

[F-4PhantomII 0]

Maybe you didn't understand what he said: LOMAC IS FLANKER 3.0. The makers of Flanker 2.0 improved the code and added the F-15 and A-10. It did not lose its focus on the Su-27. It covers the Su-27 even better than Flanker 2.0.

Ahhhh. NO s**t? Well then I may have to upgrade my graphics card....

[+streakeagle 871]

If you loved Flanker, then LOMAC is a must have. Of course you have to have the Flaming Cliffs upgrade to get the latest version of the code, but in my opinion Flaming Cliffs is worth it. You can get LOMAC and Flaming Cliffs together as a package for less than what I paid for Flaming Cliffs by itself :(

 

While LOMAC requires really high-end hardware to even try to run maxed out, it can and does run well on intermediate systems with reduced graphics settings and/or a few user tweaks to the files. Lower end PCs will not be able to handle more CPU intensive missions with more active units, but I could play instant action with the F-15 on my old P3 1.2GHz with 1GB of RAM and a radeon 9800 Pro 128MB. But even my newest PC with an Athlon 64 3800 and a Radeon x1800XT 512MB cannot run this sim well maxed out.

 

Like any PC game/sim, LOMAC has its flaws, but overall it is an outstanding sim for the flyable aircraft it models.

 

But supposing you were primarily interested in flying the F-15 and A-10 as opposed to the Su-27 and Su-25, Wings Over Europe (the successor to Wings Over Vietnam) is a nice alternative. WOE definitely has a lot less eye candy in terms of terrain, but in most other ways matches LOMAC in looks. But the avionics are simplified a bit (fewer modes and buttons to press) and it runs okay on low-end PCs. WOE should be released within a week or two if we are lucky.

Edited April 24, 2006 by streakeagle