
As a result, I had to make due with a handful of very basic instructions.

My review copy did not come with a manual (the retail version does have a manual) and the game lacks any form of in-game tutorial. In-game tutorials had not been invented yet but games in the genre came with encyclopaedia-sized manuals that had so much cool information in them that they were interesting to read even if you never actually played the game.Īll those years of training did not prepare me for WWII Battle Tanks: T-34 vs Tiger. I didn’t mind trying every button in the cockpit of whatever I was flying, sailing or driving to make it work.

Probably the only sim that I didn’t play in those days was Microsoft’s Flight Simulator because I just didn’t see the point of taking off, watching blue skies pass by for eight hours and then land my plane again. I can remember a time when I played hardcore sims of just about any kind, as long as it involved shooting.
