Quote Originally Posted by ess View Post
I prefer the western European theater, especially the English Channel area. The sceneries are nice (good mix of water and land) and I love reliving the BF109E vs Spit MkII.

Of all the WW2 combat flight sims I have, I loved Microprose's EAW the most.
Followed closely by Rowans BoB (after all the bug fixes). Though IL2 is clearly superior to both, somehow for me, IL2 didn't have the "soul" that EAW and BoB had. (Also.. I suck so bad at IL2. Hehehehe... I got fixated at the easy flight model of EAW and BoB)

I don't have rudder pedals though... I have to make do with a twist rudder joystick (Wingman Strike Force).
I still have EAW here. Before EAW and 3d-acceleration, Microprose had 1942: Pacific Air War (1994). Although lo-res and no 3d-acceleration, it had textured-mapping which made it look pretty good. It had a decent flight model with a propensity to send the player into some nasty stalls. It also had a patch that made the AI some of the nastiest I've ever seen. Zeros were tenacious for getting on your six and if you're caught without energy to dive away like near sea level, you're a goner. I haven't seen any AI that good since except for human players.

That was probably the best flight sim I've ever played in any computer. Too bad Microprose isn't around anymore...