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Re: I-War...how is it?

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From: The Starglider
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 00:00
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, <6ik7j7$8l$1@camel25.mindspri
ng.com>, Krud <au...@nospam.mindspring.com> babbled something along the
lines of (Although I think it's some sort of conspiracy):
>John Secker wrote in message ...
>>
>>        I would guess that you were using Free mode, if it took you, a
>>flight sim expert, several days to get the hang of it. I am no expert,
>>but I found it easy to get into Standard flight in a few minutes (with a
>>joystick - keyboard control is hopeless). Beyond that, I am still
>>exploring the campaign possibilities, which are what will make or break
>>this sim for me (I preferred Red Baron II to Flying Corps Gold - it's
>>not the flight model I care about, it's the immersion in a campaign
>>world).
>
>Standard mode is fine, but you'll need free-flight to get through some of the
>missions.  The lateral thrusters are life savers :)
>
>-Krud
No you don't. I never used them (except for some nifty moves when I was
bored), and I completed it.
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From: The Starglider <starg...@thespian.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: I-War...how is it?
Date: 1998/05/04
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