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2. Try out the Su-25t. It is a great starter plane. The physics of flight are far and above any other flight sim. That said su-25t is mainly a ground attack aircraft (a very capable one). But dont expect to be shooting down f15s your first flight.
3. This game was built for a joystick. I have heard of some success with M&K or gamepad but it may be frustrating and you wont get the most out of what DCS has to offer.
2) DLC: it's not really DLC in the traditional sense, but what else do you call it? Basically you get a sim engine, and you can pick and choose which aircraft you want. It's not like War Thunder where you pay to get an upgraded airplane that gives you more advantage. If you get the F-15, you get THE F-15. So pick and choose with no worries of feeling like you've been cheated. Each aircraft is a full on simulation of that aircraft, and well worth the price. I only have the Flaming Cliffs 3 and A-10C modules (+ the two free planes, Su-25 and P-51T).
3) Unfortunately, most people here will tell you that a joystick is a requirement for full enjoyment of this game. You "can" play it with a keyboard, or with a 360 controller, but you'd be missing out and would find it difficult to master. There have been many discussions regarding this that you can search for in this forum. My advice: Try it for free and see what you think. If you want to commit, try finding a cheap joystick. If you want to full on commit, there are plenty of good joysticks to choose from.
Try it out what do you have to loose?
Here's a start for looking at joysticks: http://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-pc-joysticks/
n3vyn you didnt add enough ooooooooos
I just don't have any money for joysticks, but I want the game... ughghghhh...
http://steamcommunity.com/app/223750/guides/
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=168434976
I don't really get these threads because we can't tell you what you will and will not like (although the actual questions are valid ones)
1: no, although some mission designers do give you a persistent dynamically created tasking system where you can fly multiple sorties without restarting the mission.
2: yes, Su-25T is one of my fave modules and it comes free
3: you need at minimum analog flight control in my opinion
Some missions could be "free-for-all" others just for flying around, some in specific factions for dogfight or ground attack and so on and so on. Possibilities are endless.
It is literally a sandbox where the simulation supports endless ways of doing things: it is upto the mission what the goal is and if opponents are AI or human and so on.
So comparing to casual gameplay modes is not appropriate here, just about everything you can imagine done on actual battle field can be done in the simulation: starting from transport, ground vehicles, aircraft and so on.
1. Are you willing to spend A LOT of time learning how this stuff works? DCS probably has the steepest learning curve of all available entertainment software on the market. It is difficult and it is supposed to be difficult.
2. Are you willing to spend cash on peripherals? Eventhough you can play without a joystick, ideally and to get the most out of DCS you need a good flight stick, throttle, rudder pedals and headtracking. DCS is realistic and is meant to be controlled realisticly.
3. Have you tried the free planes? The best planes cost money and they should cost money because the are expensive to develop. This isn't just a case of a cute 3D model with scripted behaviour. This is about advanced flight models and simulation. By trying the free planes you get a good idea about what this is about. The Su-25 is an example of the "FC3 level" planes and the TF-51 is an example of how the "full clickable" planes look and behave. If you don't like what you can do with these planes in single and multiplayer you won't like the rest either.
It really is. It's so gratifying when you finally learn to fly an aircraft well. Each of the advanced modules is pretty much a game on it's own, and you need to study. Don't expect to pick it up over the weekend.
If you like flying, it's a must have. :)
If you want to play a "game", DCS wont be for you...If you like realism and simulation, you will have the best time!
Ive been playing DCS for a few weeks now, and already have over 100 hours on it, about 40 in the huey, 20 in fc3 and about 40 in my precious Dora ;)
Now I'm waiting for the K4 as the whole bf109 family are by far my favorite machines on this planet :P
I think that if you really are into aviation, and a bit of a geek who can spend hours just looking at dials and gauges in a cockpit (like me), you can not "not like" DCS!
And as I said before, it has a fantastic community both on steam, and on their own forum ;)
Good luck!
It all depends on if you're willing to spend a bit of time and learning and it takes a lot of button pushing to get the aircrafts right, frustrating at times but extremely rewarding!
DCS World is FREE so download it and give it a try, believe me, if you stick with it its amazing, I bought Far Cry 4 and haven't played it because I would rather learn about the aircraft in dcs and stick a perferct intercept and landing.
SU-25 is great to start with, its free and easy to learn, plenty of tutorials. Be warned though, once you get the hang of it you will crave other aircraft :) I purchased the F15C when I thought I would never even enjoy this game...