MGonzales
09-29-2004, 03:02 PM
To Novalogic,
I was really disappointed that you could not process my order for your Air Attack Pack (it's physically unavailable, although still listed on your website). Fortunately, I found a copy of F-22 Lightning III at EB Games which was the game I was looking for, since most of the other titles in your Air Attack Pack don't support modern video cards (Voodoo / Glide only).
http://www.checkpointdelta.net/misc/f22_box.jpg
I consider myself a mid-level flight simmer (i.e. Jane's USAF, SFP1, occasionally struggle with Falcon 4.0 + BMS / FF), and even though I find F-22 L3 to be unrealistically simple at times, I'm really having a lot of fun with this game. The weather and nuke effects are addicting, and the ease of play is welcomed after struggling with other flight sims.
I previously passed on this title due to negative comments from the flight sim community, but now I realize that this was my loss. Funny thing is that after trying the demo, I figured the avionics were some arcade nonsense thought up by Novalogic developers, until I purchased a book on modern military aircraft. Well what do you know, pics of a real F-22 simulator very closely resemble the Novalogic game (i.e. HUD, MFDs, other displays, etc.)! That's when I decided to purchase the full game to see for myself if this game was worth playing, and I'm so very glad that I did!
F-22 L3 is missing some important features IMO (i.e. mission recorder / playback system), but it also adds features not found in other lite flight sims (i.e. weather effects, nukes). For a 1999 title, this game still looks very good to me, although a better rendered (or maybe photo-realistic) cockpit and other graphical improvements would make it even that much better. And of course, a little flight model tweaking would be nice.
I don't play games online, and I understand that this is where F-22 L3 REALLY shines!
I wish you would consider updating all of your flight sims to support today's hardware, but at least F-22 L3 does. Even as-is, I truly believe that F-22 Lightning III would make a MUCH better first impression to a newbie flight simmer vs. the only lite sim currently available on store shelves, JetFighter V. This is your only competition in this area and yet your game from 1999 absolutely blows it away, IMHO! It's a real shame that it's not YOUR game on the store shelf instead (i.e. CompUSA / Best Buy, etc.), even the current 1999 version!
So please reconsider updating this excellent game and getting it back into stores. I can't imagine you not making money from it (heck, I'll be the first person to pre-order). The F-22 will be entering service soon, and should be back in the spotlight. That, and lack of any real competition in the lite flight sim genre, might make it a good time for a new F-22 release, yes? Here's hoping that you reconsider.
Thank you for your time,
Mark
P.S. If anyone else would like to see a new F-22 release, please speak up now and let Novalogic know it! Also, when NovaWorld is back online, I'm going to post this same plea there.
I was really disappointed that you could not process my order for your Air Attack Pack (it's physically unavailable, although still listed on your website). Fortunately, I found a copy of F-22 Lightning III at EB Games which was the game I was looking for, since most of the other titles in your Air Attack Pack don't support modern video cards (Voodoo / Glide only).
http://www.checkpointdelta.net/misc/f22_box.jpg
I consider myself a mid-level flight simmer (i.e. Jane's USAF, SFP1, occasionally struggle with Falcon 4.0 + BMS / FF), and even though I find F-22 L3 to be unrealistically simple at times, I'm really having a lot of fun with this game. The weather and nuke effects are addicting, and the ease of play is welcomed after struggling with other flight sims.
I previously passed on this title due to negative comments from the flight sim community, but now I realize that this was my loss. Funny thing is that after trying the demo, I figured the avionics were some arcade nonsense thought up by Novalogic developers, until I purchased a book on modern military aircraft. Well what do you know, pics of a real F-22 simulator very closely resemble the Novalogic game (i.e. HUD, MFDs, other displays, etc.)! That's when I decided to purchase the full game to see for myself if this game was worth playing, and I'm so very glad that I did!
F-22 L3 is missing some important features IMO (i.e. mission recorder / playback system), but it also adds features not found in other lite flight sims (i.e. weather effects, nukes). For a 1999 title, this game still looks very good to me, although a better rendered (or maybe photo-realistic) cockpit and other graphical improvements would make it even that much better. And of course, a little flight model tweaking would be nice.
I don't play games online, and I understand that this is where F-22 L3 REALLY shines!
I wish you would consider updating all of your flight sims to support today's hardware, but at least F-22 L3 does. Even as-is, I truly believe that F-22 Lightning III would make a MUCH better first impression to a newbie flight simmer vs. the only lite sim currently available on store shelves, JetFighter V. This is your only competition in this area and yet your game from 1999 absolutely blows it away, IMHO! It's a real shame that it's not YOUR game on the store shelf instead (i.e. CompUSA / Best Buy, etc.), even the current 1999 version!
So please reconsider updating this excellent game and getting it back into stores. I can't imagine you not making money from it (heck, I'll be the first person to pre-order). The F-22 will be entering service soon, and should be back in the spotlight. That, and lack of any real competition in the lite flight sim genre, might make it a good time for a new F-22 release, yes? Here's hoping that you reconsider.
Thank you for your time,
Mark
P.S. If anyone else would like to see a new F-22 release, please speak up now and let Novalogic know it! Also, when NovaWorld is back online, I'm going to post this same plea there.