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- From: vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- Subject: Birds of Prey
- Message-ID: <15289.2b43ba29@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 03:27:37 EST
- Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Physics
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- Well, I got 'Birds of Prey' for Xmas, and after having fiddled with it
- (OK, I spent 5 or 6 hours playing :) I must admit that one is not spoiled like
- in F15 Strike Eagle II (haven't seen III yet :). But, you get to fly
- 40 different NATO and Soviet aircraft.
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- The graphics are smooth as silk on a 386DX/50 and I like the fact that I
- can have wingmen durng my missions. The ganme takes some time to learn, and
- I can see that my tactics need some improvement. Unlike F15 where you can
- see the incoming missiles on that fake tactical screen, all you have is
- radar and sightings to work with with this game.
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- Even though the 'world' is an arbitrary map with Side A (NATO) vs Side B
- (Soviet), it is easy to dispense with that since the game is actually a
- campaign, where you fly endless missions in an attempt to elimate enemy bases
- and whatnot. So far, I really like it. I am no expert on flight models, but
- this game is pretty impressive (on a fast 386 at least).
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- Anyone alse out there play with this game yet? Maybe I am just naive but this
- is a pretty neat flight simulator...
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- -Garrett
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