Does anyone here have any experience with Strike Fighters 2 Korean War? I've had an early jets "itch" for a long time and I see there's (I presume) a mod for SF2 that you fly the F86 Sabre and maybe MIG 15. Is it any good? If someone's spent any time flying it, can you give me your impressions please? Thank you.
I played it several years ago when it first came out and it was good then (especially when you really do not have many other choices if you want to play in that era).
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hmmm. It's better than all of the alternatives that don't really exist. LOL I guess that sums it up quite nicely. Do you know if their are any mods that improve upon it at all?
You can get the Wings over Korea mod here http://combatace.com/files/file/15221-wings-over-korea-1-of-3/ I believe Korean War is an older mod, Wings over Korea is more recent and adds many aircraft to fly and tweaks to the original Korean War mod. I only have little time into it, but what I saw was excellent.
I recently installed IL2-1946 and the SAS World at War module but have not had any real stick time. But... you want to talk about patches... ha you thought WOFF was bad... install the C.U.P. mod requires dedication.
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Oh yes. Always like sub sims even back in my C64/Amiga says. What was that Microprose title? Silent Service? That's what really got me into the sub simulations...besides all those B&W movies as a kid.
Anyway I got a whole lot of hours into SH3. In fact I just reinstalled it before I did a clean HD wipe my last W10 install months ago. Gotta find the time to get both Silent Hunters, SF: Vietnam, and Il2 reinstalled again.
If you are looking for a game that allows you to fly the early jets, and can live with the graphics of an older game, how about trying Mig Alley. This was produced by the same company that gave us Flying Corps, namely Rowan Software. Below is a link to a recent review of this old game.
Rugyfan, I fully admit I'm a bit of a graphics ho. I was hoping for something that was at least DX9 but it's good to know that at least there's more than 1 game that's been made. Sabre Ace is from 1997 so that's a bit too dated for me as well.
The only place I found Strike Eagles 2 for sale is on the Thirdwire website and they still want $29.95 for each installment of the sim and evidently you need like 5 different expansions in order to run the Wings Over Korea mod. That seems wildly out of whack for when it first became available. Nothing on Steam or Gold Old Games. Unless somebody knows where I can get it cheaper, I'm probably out of luck.
$29.95? I don't think that price has dropped a bit since I bought SF2: Vietnam when it first came out. Years ago. 2010? Had WOV (basically SF1: Vietnam) prior.
Well based on the subject matter, gameplay, graphics, and modability ("realism" mods and the huge Vietnam war mod) I would snap it up in a second at that price again if I had too.
It's not the $29.95 I'm worried about. It's that you have to buy nearly ALL of the expansions at $29.95 each be able to get the mod. I'm not sure it's worth over $100. Especially if there's any chance at all OBD might someday have an early war jet sim. I'll have to think about this one.
SF2:WOK Requirements: SF2 Israel, SF2 Vietnam, SF2 Europe, July 2012 patch level or above, 6GB of HDD space.
Recommended but not necessary: SF2 Expansion Pack 1, SF2 Expansion Pack 2, SF2 North Atlantic. (See install instructions step 4.)
Ah. Didn't realize the Korean War mod was such an, to quote the great Hellshade, installment ho. Yes indeed I really enjoy SF2: Vietnam. Of course it helps to have a strong interest in the subject (which I do) and it's very well done. And the mods are truly great - especially the gimongus Vietnam mod. Basically adds or changes about everything making it that much better. Plus there are some great audio mods like real AA radio stuff from the war, rescue beeper sounds replacing the "I'm hit" sounds, aircraft, skins, terrain...I could go on and on.
It very much reminds me of Vietnam WOFF which may explain some of my attachment...right down to the file structure.
I wound up ponying up for the whole shebang a couple years ago for the Pacific War mods, but also have the VN updates. It's a lot of fun and well done considering its age.
It's unfortunate that TK never grouped or discounted his packages. I think people would buy them in a second if he did.
Indeed...especially at this late date. Reportedly he is out of PC games and is making "flight sims" for smart phones now.
That appears to be exactly what they have done. Evidently the last 2 PC games didn't sell well enough and so they switched to smart phone games. Far larger audience and probably far less demanding to program for.