Posted on: December 20, 2023
ronmeister66
Verified ownerGames: 428 Reviews: 5
It does have it´s moments…
Consider it 3,5 Stars. I used to play Comanche 3/Gold (1998) a lot, so I finally tried this one (only Singelplayer). On the upside: Graphics and the flight feeling are really good - gotta tweak the controls to your liking though. I endet up playing with mouse and keybord. About the graphics: There are a lot of rocks … everywhere. And like a lot of modern games they tend to have this „plastic“ look because engines are relying on shaders today. In some levels it looks great, but often it looks like they glued the same rock formation all over the place. The 7 mission campaign isn´t long but with the latest Patch came another 11 Mission campaign called „Conflicts“ which I found to be better anyways. There is more variety to it, also the graphics look more balanced, scaled (some things seemed way to big) and more detailed. You will have to play some of this missions again to unlock achievements and further levels – Challenge but also tideous. The Drone-feature gets annoying eventually, but in some missions it feels better implemented. On the downside I gotta say there is a lot wasted potential. No Wingmen to command. No airstrikes. Explosions are nice, but you only can shoot things you are meant to. Also: if you differ from the flight path, mission fails. No D-tour or exploring terrain from a different angle. No proper briefings with a map, where you could get familiar with the terrain. No weapons loadout. You can´t target one specific vehicle you want – it always targets the nearest enemy next to your cursor (kind of chaotic). Sometimes for a mission you just get another version of the Comanche, for instance the Stealth version (yeah, i know…) where you hit the button and Voila - you are hidden. I mean, where is the fun in that? Don´t get me wrong - it´s a good game. I am only complaining because this could have been more. Just don´t expect another Comanche 3/Gold. By the way: There is a proper HD-Mod for the old classic. Hope this helped. Cheers.
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