Destroid said:
I always found it pretty amusing that some planes are so tough that you can run out of ammo shooting at them and still not put them down (managed this in an IL-2 while my opponent was flying a triple 20mm LA-7, of course he missed many rounds but hit many also).
Go and check out the specs of the Il-2. Also known as the 'Flying Tank'. The thing was heavily armoured, and quite difficult to put down.
Anyway, this game is quite, quite brilliant...it brings back memories of my previous favourite combat flight simulator: European Air War, which had some of the toughest, most natural air combat I have ever came across, even if the game is old now and the newer sims have better graphics.
I started my Dover campaign in a Hurricane, and the first few missions were quite easy; dealing with Stuka's attacking Channel convoys. The Me 110's were no match. Thankfully I never entered their field of fire, as I am sure those cannons would rip apart just about anything.
My last mission had my wing assaulting He 111's, until the Spitfires failed to keep the 109's at bay. Flying low level through the streets of London, with two 109's on my tail. Glorious. I narrowly escaped that one, damaging some Hun with a fancy paintjob on the way through, but not bringing him down unfortunately. I am sure we will meet again, and perhaps I will have a Spitfire by then. Still, the 109's are nicely challenging when you have a Hurricane, hopefully I can survive long enough so that Captain Blackadder will be Squadron leader.
