Posted April 01, 2015
tritone: Back in the day, I bought KotS first and really liked it... until Red Baron came out, and then it consumed all my time. I think I even sold off KotS afterwards and have since regretted it. Seems like I recall really liking the way KotS implemented the map, and being able to navigate by looking down and following the terrain/river/tracks/roads you'd seen on the map. Did I remember this wrong?
Indeed, the features of the landscape were remarkably faithful to the map, although the draw distance was pretty short so there was only so far you could look. Besides, everything looked the same. Even today though, KotS provides an awesome feel of being able to ascend through the clouds, and in fact it's an essential tactic when you're crossing enemy lines to avoid ground fire (I never got shot down when I was above cloud cover, so I assume that's what it was there for).