I am finally getting a new system. My question is should get ROF? Is it worth it? I have seen mixed reviews.

I want a realistic flight sim and I want to know if this will fit the bill? I am not new to flight sims so I would appreciate some honest feedback in terms of campaign, damage models, AI, etc...

Have the patches improved any of the earlier issues?

Thanks.

It's the most realistic flight sim to date in terms of flight model and "feel of flight". Needs a good system to get the best out of it. Patches are making real improvements every month.

There's a demo here you can try: http://riseofflight.com/en

Cheers,

RD.

I agree with rocket...the patches have brought the sim a loonggg way. with a good system you should get much enjoyment out of it. I play it everyday and there is always at least ONE moment that leaves my jaw dropping thinking "I cant believe how realistic this game is"

definately worth a shot and if you have the money pick up the camel and DR.I as well...both very challenging and rewarding aircraft.

Read this, should help you to decide: Convince Me!

Thanks. I will give it a try.

Does the multiplayer mostly dogfight or are there mission objectives?

I think that you might care to buy the game, on the basis that you're supporting the flight sim/combat sim/WWI industry. I haven't bought yet. I tried the demo, which took some time to authenticate in order to fly, and found that the graphics were OKish - I was expecting a quantum leap from OFF but didn't get it (NB - I have an ATI graphics card) - and that the controls weren't quite what I expected, but that's hardly surprising in a new game.

Most of the demo download was relatively painless, apart from the half gig hit on my ISP download limit - thanks fellahs - but the online thing, whereby it mooches off to find the latest update and then downloads it pissed me off greatly. 300 meg of update for the limited life demo? That's just wrong.

My demo period - 72 hours I believe is what you get - is over, and RoF probably won't be heading towards our place soon, but that's because I have qualms about the permanent online status and the nature of the RoF campaign, and the period it currently covers. I may well pop back in due course and scam another 72 hour - wish it were more - demo through a different email address but until I hear from NeoQB that they have a campaign game that covers WWI rather than the last year of it I'm inclined to sit on my wallet.

Please see subsequent posts for further opinions.

I think it's got the edge on OFF. No slur on the OFF team, but the RoF engine is much more modern and can do a lot more.

Cheers,

RD.

Hi RD,

"I think it's got the edge on OFF. No slur on the OFF team, but the RoF engine is much more modern and can do a lot more."

I'd agree if I had an Nvidia card I suspect, but I'm pushing my AGP based graphics rig to the limit with both OFF and ROF, and I'm hard pressed to see improvements. I'm sure it's the age of my PC (bought in 2006 and therefore obviously out of date), but that was my take.

I've simply reported my own experience of RoF as a demo, but I would urge the potential buyer to research very widely, particularly if they have a preference for an SP campaign.

"Worth" is very subjective. And is probably based on the amount of "disposable income" you have available. AT 30 dollars, it's half the price of other modern PC titles, with additional planes being less than the amount you'd pay going through a McDonalds drive-through.



Not only will it fit the bill, but I would go so far as to say it will be the most realistic flight model from PC software you have ever flown!!



Current ( and previous versions of ) ROF appears to be made more for the MMO Flight-Sim crowd, such as Aces High, Warbirds, etc... it is not a WW1 Pilot Carreer simulation/RPG (such as Red Baron), you don't track/assign pilots, you don't transfer to other squadrons, you FLY. As one may expect in a flight simulator. ROF tracks your missions flown, your kills, kill/death ratio, bullets fired...and other statistics you may (or may not) find interesting.

Current campaigns are pretty much a string of canned missions...but developers have said that the SP campaign is being enhanced.

Additionally, PatrickAWilson is currently making a java applet that adds "RPG-type" features to Rise of Flight, and you can look at that in THIS THREAD.




While all games have the need to drop some realism for game-play's sake, ROF's DM is still by far the best I've seen! It has it's limitations and apparent sillyness in some situations (flying with wings only between center struts). But even with these limitations, it's still far better than anything else you will see.



The AI is good! It used to be better, but the community pitched a fit, and so they dumbed it down (a testimate to how the developers have their ear to the community). Bad move in my opinion to lower the AI, but looking at the bright side, you'll get shot down less when you are a beginner. But I suspect the AI will get boring faster for you now.



So far, we've seen ROF getting updated once a month. Each patch brings many bug fixes, a few new features, and two additional planes.


My biggest gripe with Rise of Flight is the configuration process. It can be very counter-intuative! But this too is being updated.

I'd get the demo, and get it all set up BEFORE you register it, that way you can spend 72 hours flying it instead of configuring it!


HAVE FUN!

LMAO Simon,



So, are you attempting to say ROF graphics are NOT a quantum leap ahead of OFF then?



HAAHAA! OMG! That's too funny!


...and I won't even mention why your arm hurts, it's pretty obvious why! No doctor needed!