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Early Access Release, Full Release Date: Oct 28
This combat flight simulator is based primarily on the Russian Ilya Muromets bomber, the first four engine aircraft to see combat service. The project has been funded by the Russian Military Historical Society. The stated aim of the project is to allow players to become better acquainted with the story of the Russian air force in World War I as well as to promote interest in World War I on the Eastern Front. The Imperial Russian, Austro-Hungarian and German air forces are all represented and the map they are to fight on is aimed to represent a part of the Eastern Front in modern day Ukraine. The time period to be represented is that of the 1916 Brusilov offensive, one of the few successful Russian offensives of World War I. Single missions, campaigns and multiplayer are available with a new control system allowing for the use of the mouse to control the aircraft – newcomer friendliness being a stated intention of the developer. They've recreated a 22,500 square kilometer stretch of land, and the game's campaign will be feature ten missions about reconnaissance, artillery spotting and package delivery. It's derived from the World War I Combat Flight Simulator Rise of Flight, which is set on the Western Front of World War I. Most of the aircraft to be represented in Ilya Muromets are already in Rise of Flight. The only new aircraft to be made for the project is the project's namesake, the gigantic four-engined Ilya Muromets. Ilya Muromets is, however, to remain a separate game and isn’t being treated as an expansion pack due to technical aspects such as flight models being redesigned for the addition of mouse controls. |
