GC 2006 :: IL2 – Two new add-ons on the way!

[Nick]

For a long, long time now, Oleg Maddox and his studio, 1C Company, have been churning out and continually updating the IL2 series of games, which are easily the most flown family of flights sims out there, pretty much eclipsing everything else in their popularity and reach.

But, all good things must come to an end and that end is coming as the last two add-ons for IL2 have been announced and, I’m sorry to say, that these two add-ons signal the end of Oleg Maddox’s famous support for what has to be one of the most successful flight sims ever.

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[Zak33]

46 is intriguing....

Manchuria is equally interesting for online warfare.

How big are these..anyone know?

Downloadable? CD? DVD?

[yamangman]

I doubt I'll be buying these. Few of the aicraft appeal to me, and I have recently learned that the single player mode of the game, campaigns especially, obsolutely annoy the crap out of me.

[robbiec]

They will probably be download only from UbiSoft. The last addon (4.05 PE-2) was roughly 145MB with 1 plane and a couple of maps, these new addons will have a lot more planes, maps and other objects so I will stick my neck out and say at least 250+MB per addon to download.
I'm personally really looking forward to the FW152C, this looks like the ultimate air superiority piston engined fighter with enough fire power to obliviate a B17 formation. P51& P47 jocks watch out, you have been warned.

[Nick]

Speaking to Oleg, it appears there were a fair few complaints about the 'download only' of the last big add-on, so both of these will be DVD based...

I'll try and find out if they'll be downloadable too.

[Zak33]

Originally Posted by robbiec

P51& P47 jocks watch out, you have been warned.

you're safe if I'm in the sky with a P51...safe as houses. Even if you're in a Bristol Box Kite or a raggedy old DR1, if I'm in a P51, the only danger you're in is me stalling and falling on your head!