On Sep 30, 2004, at 3:54 PM, Joseph J. Strout wrote:
Various flight simulators allow you to directly and realistically
control your craft, but now to shoot something, you have to point your
craft directly at it. This is a pain because (1) it's very difficult
to hit anything this way, (2) learning to fly decently is too much of
a chore, (3) even when you do learn, you are not likely to engage in
the kinds of crazy maneuvers that make the movie sequences so
exciting, and (4) it's very difficult to hit anything this way. :)
A-10 Cuba and Jane's various flight simulators are excellent examples
where you can do both. You get to fly with full control and great
physics and you get to shoot things using a wide variety of weapons
systems.
Learning to fly well is just as much fun as shooting things. The
learning process and developing the skill is half the fun. Both
combined is mega-cool.
As for crazy stunts, In A-10 Cuba there is a long narrow cavern with
stalactites and stalagmites leading to a sharp corner and a side
entrance to a roadway tunnel near Gantanimo Bay. Both my son and I have
flown both many times in A-10 Cuba. It is probably one of the crazier
maneuvers. Hit the targets and made out out and back to base safely
too.
Take out the control of the craft and automate it all and you're just
taking away too much of the fun. Maybe we need a new term,
mouse-potatoes. :)
[all automated] What do y'all think? Sound practical? Sound like fun?
Practical? Yes, it could be easily programmed if that is what you mean?
Fun? No, not at all. But then I like to slalom the high tension power
lines and poles in a glider in X-Plane. I never found the flying and
shooting at the same time particularly difficult. Different strokes...
Is there a market for this type of game? Probably, there are plenty of
people who don't want to take the time to learn to fly or delve into
the intricacies of weapon systems controls just as there are plenty of
people who don't want to bother learning martial arts. They just want
to stick in their quarters, press the punch button and be off.
Boring...
-Walter
Mildly amused in
West Topsham, Vermont
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