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I enjoy these games as well, but recognize their market appeal is very narrow. These games don't drive sales of consoles or PC's. Well, they don't drive PC and
by ansible 11y ago
I enjoy these games as well, but recognize their market appeal is very narrow. These games don't drive sales of consoles or PC's.
Well, they don't drive PC and console sales, perhaps in part due to the limitations of the existing platforms.
Driving and especially flying games suffer more from the limited point-of-view. I'm often switching to the 3rd-person view to get a better handle on how my car is placed on the track.
For combat flight sims, one of the UI staples for the last 20 years has been showing markers on the edge of the screen to indicate the current target. You spend a lot of the time in those games without your enemy in view, which, frankly, stinks. But that's the limitation of the current platforms based around a monitor / TV. There have been hacks to help with this, but they aren't that great IMHO.
VR could really help these types of games have a much broader appeal, because of the immersion.