New Games/Sims comming out this yearish

[Specter]

Of course we all know about the new Storms of War series by Maddox, but what other sims and games are you guys looking forward too. Since I've had my head burried in the books for the past few years ... I might have missed something.

Here's the ones I'm waiting for.

BlackShark
Some of you may know I'm a closet rotor head, something about sneaking around in trees at 20m shooting tanks appeals to me. This lomac expansion includes the KA-50 (Russia's Apache counterpart), with full switchable cockpit and a higher fidelity fm than the Su-25T.

Jet-Thunder
This one is about the '82 Falklands conflict between Argentina and the UK. It seems to be focusing on the Harrier vs Mirage dogfights. The developers are avid il2 players and they said they are aiming for the same level of fidelity. I've been watching the progress of this sim for a year or so, it all started with a group of guys that just decided to make a flight sim. Its amazing how far they're getting with little to no funding.

SupremeCommander
This is an RTS and the sequel to Total Anihilation that came out in '96 I think. For those of you who haven't played TA, it was the first RTS to implement 3D graphics and an attempt to implement learning AI into the game. Take a look at the site, the scope of the battles alone is impressive.

There's also MS FlightSim X. It will definatly be graphically impressive, but I've never really liked the flight models in the MSFS series. Plus no guns, sure a blind ILS landing in a thunderstorm can be intense, but its just not the same as jinking a spitfire off your tail and gaining the upperhand. And then getting the satisfaction of blowing him out of the sky.

So anyone else?

[Stecher]

I've been keeping my eye on the Project Reality mod for BF2. Dice's engine is pretty horrible for reality modding, but these guys have done a very good job under the circumstances, and are only on v0.32. 0.4 is supposed to be a huge jump. I've even dabbled in making my own map. Also Armed Assault looks interesting. It's the actual sequel to Operation Flashpoint (which Operation Flashpoint 2 is not), which I've never played but heard great things about. Whether or not I'll have time for any of this is debatable.

[beckh]

Thats what I am waiting for--->" Knights of the sky" www.gennadich.com/lang/en/

[Gunther]

I recently picked up BF 2142. It is pretty fun. I never played BF2 so I can't say if it is an improvement or not.

Beckh, Knights of the Sky just looks awesome. I have really been wanting a WWI flight sim. I didn't see any estimated release date on that website. Know when it is supposed to come out?

[beckh]

Not sure when its coming out, probably next year some time. I think they just merged with other company and are developing their own engine, instead of using il-2 engine, so it may take extra time.

[Mölders]

beckh said:

Thats what I am waiting for--->" Knights of the sky" www.gennadich.com/lang/en/

Oh yes, the development team is in the forums almost everyday and even takes certain suggestions into account for the game. I can't wait as my Red Baron 3D is growing old, but I'm never to tired to play it. ;D

[Gunther]

There was a website that offered the red baron 3d game download for free but I could never get it to run right. I always wanted to try it.