Jane's USAF by Dan "Crash" Crenshaw
	We reviewed GAME COMMANDER recently here on COMBATSIM.COM, and everyone that I have turned on to this program has agreed it is a MUST have for radio comms and wingman commands. USAF will have this feature built in and I hear that it might even ship with a headset/mic unit. As far as I know, this will be the first game released with this feature built in. For those who do not know what this means, imagine being able to TALK into a mic and TELL your computer run wingman what to do. Many people have asked me how to tell my wingman in such and such a game to attack a ground target, my running joke is "I push the radio button and tell RHINO to attack." That works fine for a LAN game when using real radios, or even over the Internet with Roger Wilco or the like. But now in solo play you can talk to your wingman and tell him to "CLEAR MY SIX" and he will. Leave your hands free to jink and evade the guy behind you. The Pixel team includes 5 active Israeli pilots, including an F-15 driver as producer and a COBRA pilot for a Project lead, that are dedicated to as realistic an environment as possible while retaining as much game play and "fun factor" as they can. They are consciously targeting this product for the 80% or so of the mass market, "medium-core" sim players. If you are a USNF/ATF/IAF fan, you will get one heck of a fix soon. The features this sim includes will give you a taste for the more extreme type of sim like FALCON 4.0, SU-27 2.0, F/A-18 or Super Hornet, with out the WAR AND PEACE size manuals that are usually associated with these complex sims. Click to continue		Briefing Screen in USAF One of my primary reasons for choosing this sim as best of show was the fact that it is going to draw more medium level sim players into the hard-core sector. This is an excellent game on its own, but it will also serve as an outstanding training and transitional piece to the more hard-core world of sims. Coupled with the fun factor involved, the ability to fly against dissimilar aircraft in multi-player modes, and the planned connection to JANE'S WORLD WAR make this sim unique. Add the wide range of multi-player options including campaigns and H2H combine to make this game, potentially, one of the most flown Internet jet sims ever. USAF is well conceived and looks to be superbly executed. It looks good, flys good, and is just "plane" fun. The online aspects of this game will make it a favorite for Internet players. If only all sims were done as well …. Status Screen and Map in World War Jane's World War You've already read the previews in major gaming magazines, so just a brief note is included here. USAF will be the first title in an interoperable series titled Jane's World War. Think of World War as an online battlefield environment where every jet in the world is controlled by a human pilot while all the other objects are controlled by the computer system. Go to Page Four
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