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During last week's GDC Online in Austin, we managed to catch up to Wargaming.net's Victor Kislyi to talk about World of WarPlanes and about dog fighting in the aerial combat game prepping for official launch. See what we discovered and then leave your thoughts in the comments.
Read more of Garrett Fuller's World of WarPlanes: Talking Dogfights at GDC Online. Associate Editor: MMORPG.com |
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10/16/12 9:41:23 PM#2
while accessible for the casual fan (as the article above states), i'm afraid there is simply not the mass-appeal for the kind of player-base Wargaming enjoys with WoT...as flight sims have always been more a niche market in the first place, and straddling the line between hard-core sim enthusiasts and pick-up-and-play arcade fighter action is no small task. i appreciate the effort they are making to ensure the game is approachable with several different control schemes, but i'd be surprised if most fighter jockeys don't use a dedicated joystick system. also, like WoT, while no one can claim this is a true MMO in any real sense, it will be interesting to see all three of these titles (tanks/warplanes/ships) combined together for clan war map conquest. that is, of course, pretty far down the line. |
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10/16/12 11:46:37 PM#3
I don't think there was mass appeal for tank games before wargaming made World of Tanks either. I believe they will do it justice, but while planes are more mobile and take a little bit longer to become skilled with, I believe it's possible for anyone to enjoy a flight sim fighter.
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10/17/12 12:02:00 AM#4
For some reason, for me atleast, even though I've loved aircraft since I was a 5 hell, the first book I read was on U.S. aircraft schematics, from the F5 tigershark to the f18 hornet, I loved them all, but dogfighting games never seemed to work.
DamonVile- Games built for disposable players are now apparently built by disposable employees. |
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10/17/12 8:18:09 AM#5
Not a fan of WG.net's marketing of what I feel are incomplete and thrown together vehicle trees.
My money is on Warthunder who is releasing all nations and planes. I'm taking a shot of vodka every time I see a reference to go back to WoW. |
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10/17/12 12:05:24 PM#6
War Thunder is by far the leader here. I feel that both games will fit the appeal for the masses that want a flying game.
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10/17/12 10:36:10 PM#7
Sorry but the controls & flight model are horrible.
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