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How do I fly this thing?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: February 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have tried to take off numerous times, finally gave up.. I just cant get it to take off. I read the instructions but it doesnt want to leave the ground. It did once! ha but couldnt get it to fly, so I have put it back on the shelf till I learn :-(

Red Baron 3-D

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: January 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game via Amazon.com after playing Red Baron-2. Installed it and had nothing but problems. My system met the requirements to run it but the Campaign portion of the game refused to work. I contacted Sold Out for tech assistance but they were unable to solve the problem. They requested I return the game so they could check it for flaws. I plan to return the game to them(at my cost)and see what they come up with.
I was able to play Red Baron-2,by Sierra, and really liked it. This version is less than I expected and unless the flaws can be addressed, I wont purchase another game via Sold Out.

Didn't do it for me

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I wanted to like this game but it just didn't impress me. It is impossible to figure out where the enemy is and how you should attack them. Maybe they should have included a tutorial or something. The graphics were adequate but I just couldn't fly the plane well enough to make the game enjoyable. Put it this way-if it was this hard to fly one of these, I would have died on my first day in the war.

Mixture of realism and arcade

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: September 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

One of the most entertaining flight "sims" I have ever played. This game has given me hours and hours of enjoyment -- especially online. Unfortunately, there are some perplexing and conflicting elements involved here. Although the game has a "realistic" setting, there are no stalls and/or spins during flight. The program allows a virtual "Red Baron" to do things with a plane that are simply against the laws of physics. Also, for all the detail the programmer(s) put into this game in many areas, the guys (and gals) -- for some reason -- dropped the ball in certain places. There is no weapons load-out screen for the planes, and there seems to be a never ending supply of crude rockets and bombs -- whether you want them or not (the bomb/rocket load doesn't seem to affect the performance of the planes). In "real life" these weapons are loaded as needed per each mission and then expended. Most importantly, the game only shows its true graphical splendor in the 3dfx Glide mode. My Geforce 3 card only allows software rendering (the ground looks like a Purina checkerboard). In summary, be careful -- this one is addicting as hell. (Also note that there is a good online community out there who are ready and willing to help new "pilots").

Buyer Beware

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 17, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Watch out with this one. If you have a newer graphics card like a Geforce2 then you will not be able to get the 3D graphics. This game does not support 3d acceleration with newer cards. I was really upset when I learned I would have to buy an older Voodoo card just to get better graphics on this game. A great game other than that, but if you want the highest graphics, make sure you also have an Voodoo compatible video card.

Is it my machine or am I doing something wrong?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Being a fan of the original two RB games, I ordered this game when I got a new PC with Windows ME. Only problem is, I get "jitter" everytime I move the joystick up or down. I tried a new joystick, but it didn't fix the problem. Inquiries to Sierra went unanswered. The game is cool when I fly in a straight line, but having to go up or down gives me motion sickness. Anyone else have this problem?

The Baron is back and better than ever!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: June 16, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Fantastic! But let me give you a warning first. I received this as a Christmas gift two years ago when I had a P133 with 48m of RAM and 4X CD-ROM. According to the system requirements on the box, I satisfied the MINIMUM requirements. Upon loading the game, I experienced extremely lengthy load times for missions, jerkiness, and jitter during combat (an enemy would be in my sights one second and then up above me the next second). Missions with over 4 planes in the air brought my machine to a near stand still and the time compression feature was useless as it would take sometimes ten to fifteen minutes to reach a waypoint or target, even with time compress set to 16X. These experiences occurred with the graphics settings set to their minimum. I even tried it on a P166 with little improvement. Frankly it was not very fun and I was relegated to the "Fly Now" missions only. Later I took advantage of the Red Baron 3D upgrade and rebate offer hoping for some operational improvement, but there was none. After several weeks I shelved the game and forgot about it thinking that I would soon upgrade my computer.

Well that time came two days ago. I upgraded to a P600 with 128M RAM and a 40X CD-ROM. I pulled Red-Baron 3D off the shelf, loaded it up, and the improvement is AMAZING!. At the highest graphics setting I have difficulty finding any flaws in performance. The frame rate is smooth, time compression is tremendously improved, the planes handle well, and the graphics are pretty sharp even without the 3DFX chip required for the 3D enhanced graphics (I'm running a 16m RIVA TNT, which is not supported for this game.)

The campaigns are very immersive although sometimes the AI seems to get a little stupid. I was able to shoot down Manfred Von Richthoven on my first mission! He was very passive, making no attempts to get away or to turn and attack me. Flying against him in the "Single Mission" scenarios he is very aggressive and difficult to pull into a turning duel. I would expect that same level of difficulty when meeting him in a campaign mission.

One of the things I love is the little touches included in the missions. During one combat I shot down an enemy plane and watched it hit the ground. As I circled the downed planes neighboring air field, an ambulance came out of one of the hangars and I was able to watch it go to the site where the plane crashed. Incredible! Little things like this really pull you into this game.

As it is, it is one of the most engrossing flight sims I have played and I don't see any chance of sleep for the next several nights. I recommend the game but only if you have at least a P300 with 64m RAM and a high speed CD-ROM. When game manufacturers determine minimum requiremnts I would like to think that this is a minimum requirement by which the game can still be enjoyed. So purchase wisely.

Red Baron 3D

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: February 26, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This was my first flight sim game that I rally enjoyed to play for hours at a time. It is much more fun than than MS flight sim 98 because I could fly NOW and have fun doing it instead of getting bogged down in so many details that I either got bored or frustrated. The graphics are okay but the game is so much fun that I forget about the graphics and have fun instead. One thing that I like a lot that I miss in other flight sims is that I can change the views (or perspectives) in ways that I cannot change in others. Such as... I can view like a chase plane and have the horizon change with the plane OR have the horizon stay flat and only have the plane change OR have the horizon change a second after the plane changes OR have your own plane fly past you and this gives a very vivid feel to flying that I love. I wish MS WW II combat simulator had that feature! I can also view my plane from the enemies perspective and that comes in very handy. I also like the fact that you have to be a real flyer in order to survive because you need to keep in mind the limitations of these old crates...dive and pull the stick up too fast and your wing breaks off!!!!just like the real ones. Keeping these limitations in mind makes you a much more precision flyer. There is also a distinct feeling of differing performance between planes. You have to play with your settings to get the best graphics. I just set mine until I can follow clearly the path of my bullets when I fire. In later models (WW II) flight sims and later, you can do almost any maneuver and the plane stays together without coming apart, you are only limited by how many G's your body can take before you pass out. I have a semi old computer (400 mghz motherboard, 64M ram, voodoo 3000 graphics card) and it works great, good sound and interesting flight assignments. It is a great first flight sim and very forgiving. I also like biplanes a lot so I am biased. I have had the game over a year plus and still have not discovered all of its capabilities. I play with this more than my James WWII fighters and MS WWII combat flight sim. Priced right and a blast to play with. I have yet to fly on the web with others but I will soon. Improved terrain and graphics detail would make this game the hottest of hot among any flight sim. Buy it! I has been the most entertainment I have ever had for twenty bucks!

this game is good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ok if you are new to flight sims like i was get this game as your first flight sim. you will get the hang of it and buy other flight sims. anyway with the game the graphis are great and you can be a german, french, american, or british pilot. This game is a good game but after a while i got tired of it. it gets boring but if you play on the internet it never does. the game sounds are uthentic and it sort of looks like you are really flying. belive me though when i say get this game as your first flight sim.

descent sim

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: October 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Good descent ww1 sim, but we must remember this sim is old, so the graphics are not going to be the best in the world. It's sort of a classic. The planes probably handled the same as they did during that particular time.

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