New WWII Pacific Air Combat Sim Development

Started by Skoop, May 18, 2023, 11:23:59 PM

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Skoop

Looks like Jason shed some light on his new project after leaving 777 / IL2.

A pacific theater WWII combat flight sim. 

https://stormbirds.blog/2023/05/18/combat-pilot-a-new-pacific-wwii-sim-coming-from-jason-williams-and-barbedwire-studios/

Jarhead0331

Awesome. Very exciting that this will be released in two weeks.  :evil:
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smittyohio

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on May 19, 2023, 03:58:20 AMAwesome. Very exciting that this will be released in two weeks.  :evil:

Where did you see that?  It looked to me like they were still working on their prototype.  That said,




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lol. Well played sir.
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CaptainKoloth

I just need two magic letters to get excited: a V and an R...

ArizonaTank

Looks good. Yes, we are missing a good WWII Pacific flight / combat sim.
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SirAndrewD

Quote from: CaptainKoloth on May 19, 2023, 07:53:57 AMI just need two magic letters to get excited: a V and an R...

I'd love that too, but I'd give that up for a Pacific Air War style single player campaign. 

But, lets be real here, I'll be Captain Buzzkillington.  Even Jason is saying he's not close to 95% sure he will actually be able to pull this off.

And if he does, we're looking at years of wait. 

This is a huge undertaking.  I wish him and his team luck but I honestly want this so badly that I need to temper my excitement.
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Gusington

I too want something like this so badly I can taste it.


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I bet it tastes like Bacon, wrapped in more bacon.
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W8taminute

Count me in as one of those who is really excited about this game. 

I just hope...

It has a pilot campaign progression system in it and it is not modeled after IL-2's system.


For me the holy grail of any PTO air combat sim is that it must have a campaign system similar to Dynamix's Aces of the Pacific.  You would think in 30+ years someone would have made an air combat sim that has a campaign system with massive RPG elements to it. 

I guess I'm the only one on this planet that wants that.  :planepilot:
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^And me. I still remember playing Battlehawks 1942 on my Amiga - I think that was the game that saw me fall in love with the Val dive bomber.


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SirAndrewD

+2

I love the Dynamix Aces series.  Aces of the Pacific was one of my favorite WW2 sims ever made.

I sometimes watch videos of it on Youtube and turn down the volume so I can play Memories in the background.
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I am still bitter that most of the classic Dynamix games were released before I had a PC  :grumpy:


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JasonPratt

I wonder who owns the rights to those Dynamix games. They'd be aces at Gog!

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