Vital to the resistance was the Ilyushin Sturmovik, the IL-2. The Russians put up a fierce resistance which finally ground the Nazi war machine to a halt. With the He177 now on the way too, things are getting interesting for this old but venerable sim. On June 22, 1941, Hitlers German forces attacked Russias 2,000 mile-long home front and advanced on Moscow. The He117 bomber will be a flyable in a future IL-2: 1946 patch.
Adding the Pe-8 was also a huge moment for the series adding in a fully detailed heavy bomber for the first time.
How To About the Game Oleg Maddoxs world famous Il-2 Sturmovik series of flight simulators continues to expand. Play On Steam: This product is active on the steam. It’s a shame in a way that these have come so late to the product as their impact on multiplayer would have been intense over the years. Express Delivery: This product is sent as license, scan picture or steam gift link only by email. Of course IL-2: 1946 already has hundreds of planes including some superb third party works like the B-24D which became flyable a couple of years ago. I’m not sure what the other is but the MBR-2 floatplane may be in the offering as well.
In nearest plans we have two bomber plane which now in focus … one of them is Greif He177 … very interesting and Big Bird! … hope you gonna like it when it will be finished… Sita, one of the Team Daidalos developers, posted on the forums earlier in August with a bit of news that the team was focused on two bomber projects for the next patch:įor now no any official news … we slowly working forward … Patch 4.13.4 is currently out and interest is now turning towards what is coming next with 4.14.
It has strength in its low cost ($9.99 on the Steam Store) and continued development from mod teams and the officially sanctioned Team Daidalos. Does it still have a future? Intercepting B-29s off the coast of Kyushu Japan in a Ki-84-Ia. Equaling the sheer breadth of the IL-2 experience in DCS or IL-2: BoX is impossible though given enough time these too will gather up more theaters of war. Of course, the ability to switch between the Pacific, North Africa, East Front and West Front is still a huge plus. But it does still work!-Its what we considered cutting edge not that many years ago and it still holds up reasonably well today. Taking down a Ju88A-5 in the skies over the Black Sea.Ĭompared to modern titles the graphics are becoming quite dated and the flight model and damage physics are a few generations behind anything that IL-2: BoX and DCS offer today. Games like War Thunder have taken players away with its graphics and accessible gameplay while IL-2: Battle of Stalingrad and DCS: World War II have gathered up other pilots interested in the more realistic gameplay options. As it is you can still find them on weekends and in truth its still relatively well played. IL-2: 1946’s online multiplayer popularity has dropped off sharply in the last couple of years but up until that point you could still easily find scores of fully populated servers. It still does fifteen-years later! An oldie but a goodie A Spitfire and Bf109 duel over Normandy. Ubisoft has released a new patch for IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 which brings it up to version 4.08. The Eastern Front focus at that time seemed difficult to get through at first but the new game had style. Having been a fan of games like Aces of the Pacific, Fleet Defender and F-15 Strike Eagle III and not having flown a flight sim in a while… I was interested. I have Bitcoin.In 2002 I learned about IL-2: Sturmovik and the forthcoming IL-2: Forgotten Battles follow up. DO NOT EMAIL US BEGGING FOR NEW GAMES, LASTEST UPDATES OR PATCHES! YOU WILL BE IGNORED.
Please email us at and let us know how you want to donate and we will provide more details. This started the original line of IL-2 Sturmovik games which in the present day is officially titled IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 as this was the title of its 'Complete Edition' back in 2006, the final compilation of add-ons in the first generation of IL-2 games. The first game in the series, IL-2 Sturmovik, was first released on 18 November 2001. I want to donate via PayPal, credit/debit card or another cryptocurrency. IL-2 Sturmovik games spans three generations. See below for more information on each option. You may donate via PayPal, credit/debit card, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Total expenses are €91 (or $109) per month. We are currently using over 9TB of storage. Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in /.
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