Warthunder

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Evaris wrote on 2013-09-25 07:02

Anyone else tried this fantastic game? It's still in open beta, but as an online combat flight sim it's unmatched, and that it gives options for arcade (for wider audiences) historical (realistic combat damage, realistic structural physics, no lead indicator), and 'full real' (first person cockpit, even more accurate damage and physics.) And it is super optimized to the point my 4 year old $300 laptop plays it at 45-60fps* (granted on minimum settings) while still looking beautiful. (*except when plane is on fire, then fps dips down to 20-30, though at this point, I'm probably screwed anyway.) And they're planning on integrating land and sea combat units for players, and it supports both Mac and PC, planning on implementing linux support, and the game is being made to handle 120-240 players at one time, though right now it is limited to up to 32 vs 32 air combat only, but even still, the game is pretty awesome.

And if you're intending to try it, may I suggest following this link so I get in game currency? justsayin. http://warthunder.com/en/registration?r=userinvite_9411513

Also; huge tip for playing if you haven't before; the lead indicator shows the center of mass of your target in arcade mode, so you want to aim for the edges of said lead indicator.
For those that want to see the game (sadly at minimum graphics) here is a video of one of my more recent games;
[video=youtube;M3d6x6lWLFY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3d6x6lWLFY&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Doger481 wrote on 2013-10-03 01:57

Looks like an interesting game to me. Also, I just looked at the list of planes. What.
MareneCorp wrote on 2013-10-03 02:17

Sounds pretty awesome, will try this out and hope it doesn't let me down as a huge fan of military aircraft simulation games.
Evaris wrote on 2013-10-03 11:34

Quote from Doger481;1155195:
Looks like an interesting game to me. Also, I just looked at the list of planes. What.

Hey, it's still in beta.

Quote from MareneCorp;1155198:
Sounds pretty awesome, will try this out and hope it doesn't let me down as a huge fan of military aircraft simulation games.

It has yet to let me down. I will admit to mostly playing arcade, but that's because I'm still trying to learn to lead properly. That and games are a lot more fastpaced in arcade, but hey, it's still fun.

Oh, and they're adding player controlled ground forces soon. (before the PS4 release, it's a launch title for the PS4 [And yes, it will be cross-platform completely so PC vs PS4 will happen.])

They also mentioned something about "not ready yet, eventually" regarding iPads and Android at Igromir 2013...
Evaris wrote on 2013-10-08 01:44

So they put out a new trailer video;
[video=youtube;dDac6b3L4vA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDac6b3L4vA&feature=youtu.be[/video]
ZazieTheBeast wrote on 2013-10-08 02:00

i just discovered this a few days ago currently dowloading it now. pretty much world of tanks but with planes (found the game looking at world of tanks videos)
Evaris wrote on 2013-10-08 02:32

Quote from ZazieTheBeast;1156888:
i just discovered this a few days ago currently dowloading it now. pretty much world of tanks but with planes (found the game looking at world of tanks videos)

erhm no. First off, no bs HP bars of any sort, everything is based on modules and actual vehicle blueprints for damage based on projectile characteristics. It's much more of a sim, in that vehicles are historically accurate instead of being made for 'balance' in an arcade sense. Also, simultaneous air/land/sea. They're going to add player-pilotable tanks within a month. It's also cross-platform Mac / PC / Linux / Ps4, with Android and iOS planned. we're getting ships by 2014 as well.

Also, the game engine is far superior, not only in graphics, but optimization. (it can use up to 8 CPU threads and uses at least 4 quite well. ) match size is also larger, when tanks are added it will be 32 vs 32 player teams, with an option in custom battles for 64 vs 64.

Finally, it also gives you the option to play single player missions on top of everything else.

Saying that it's like WoT is an insult to the game. Unless suddenly a leveling tier system + vehicles + WWII is all that it takes to be like WoT.