 IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles introduces a dynamic campaign. The dynamiccampaigns are automatically generated, and the player can select his or hernation, squadron, and aircraft to fly. Players can also decide when they want tojoin the war. After the completion of each mission, the results will beprocessed and another mission will automatically be generated - and so on, untilthe end of war. Results of one mission will carry on to the next and no twomissions will be the same.
During the campaigns, forces will advance or retreat, based on the history ofthe battles. However, frontline movements can speed up or slow down in limiteddegree. Additionally, resource tracking is present and objects destroyed in onemission will stay destroyed in the next. Every destroyed plane, friendly orhostile, reduces the number of planes of this type in the theatre, making theirappearance less likely. Destroyed trains and transport columns will affectsupply rate. If an ace is killed or captured, he will not appear in futurebattles.
Squadron management will also play a key-role in the dynamic campaign system.Every pilot has a name, photo (it is possible to replace the default photos) arank, medals, sorties and kills. Each pilot's skill level is defined by combatexperience. Pilots can be killed, captured, promoted, awarded or transferred.Losses are replaced, but new pilots will likely have minimal combat experience.Each squadron has a limited amount of combat ready planes, and if this numberdrops below some point, the squadron will be short-handed.
Players may choose to play from any time of 1941 to 1945 and fly for eitherGermany, Russia, Finland or Hungary. |
