Pity RoF didn't get a mention.

I think a huge oversight on the part of the SimHQ team, given the continued and ever expanding content of this great sim.

Of course I only play RoF, so I might just be an ency weensy bit bias.

Rise of Flight was released in 2009.

But it's still being developed into something more! ROF in 2009 is a far cry from ROF in 2011.

True, but it should be acknowledged that it is a constantly evolving product rather than a one shot, wham bham, thankyou mam, with a couple of patches, product.

Yes, it's a different way of selling a sim, that doesn't necessarily fit into the traditional sim development scenario, but it should be acknowledged, just like that of Benchmark sims V 4.32 that it continues to grow and add new content etc etc.

Simply saying it came out in 2009, I'm afraid, just doesn't do it justice.

Rise of Flight is one of the greatest flight sims of our time - hands down the best WWI flight simulation I've ever flown. Graphics, controls, textures, single- and multiplayer gameplay, quality of flight and damage models, etc. ... wow, what a game! However, the "Best Simulations of 2011" considers products that were released in 2011. Benchmark Sim's 4.32 update simply beat out all the Rise of Flight updates released this year.

Ya ok.

Jason

O-kaaaay?

Well, I beg to differ, but no sweat!

For next year's edition SimHQ should definitely have a "Best update of existing sim" category. RoF deserves a prize for the amazing work done on it: Truly ground-breaking, both simulation-wise and marketing-concept-wise.

I think SimHQ needs to change or modify its measuring parameters. Don't have a category for ROF, then create one.

Really...Benchmark 4.32's single update is better than the flood of updates and content we received in the entire year for Rise of Flight?

I mean, I could understand if it were singular updates but c'mon...RoF's catalog of updates could be considered one update. Especially if you're new to the game, it's an all in one package.

Shouldn't RoF at least get an honorable mention? While admittedly a number of us (myself included) are enamored with the product, we're enamored for a damn good series of reasons!

Guess I need to get out more but I haven't even heard of this thing called "Benchmark Sim's 4.32 update" much less the original game until I just read it in this thread. So I already know I'm biased towards RoF.