Excellent Showcase for DCS 2.5

I know I'm a little late to the party but I just completed the Ultimate Argument Campaign. I have to say, I really enjoyed it. But more specifically, I think this campaign is a fantastic advertisement for DCS 2.5. It is not very intense and therefore the missions really give you the opportunity to enjoy the scenery and the setting. I think if I quickly wanted to show someone what DCS was about and what it looked like, I would pick one of the missions from this campaign (that Su-34 escort through the mountains would be a great choice, for example). In fact, some missions, like the one where the squadron relocates, is pretty much a sight-seeing trip.

There is excellent variety in the type of missions and you pretty much get to use everything that the DCS Su-27 is capable of using. As I said, none of the missions were particularly difficult and the air combat was relatively low intensity and probably relatively realistic for this type of low intensity border conflict. However, they certainly were not boring and what the missions lacked in intensity they certainly made up for in variety. I enjoyed the slightly imperfect Russian translations - they gave the campaign a little extra element of authenticity. I do speak Russian, but of course with the subtitles it is not at all a requirement. I would also recommend it for relative beginners - the FC3 Su-27 is pretty easy to learn (also nice if you want to take a break from one of the complex modules) and if you do what the briefings say you need to do, it is unlikely you'd get stuck in this campaign - unlike, for example, the Mozdok campaign that comes with FC3.

Anyone who hasn't played it yet - give it a go: Personally I think it was very much worth the few bucks that I spent on this campaign.

!edit: problem got somehow solved by switching planes with my wingman, don't know if it is an update or it was a client side bug that somehow appeared!

originall post with my rant:

As there is a lot of prize, I would like to add critic.

The campaigns in this game are the worst which I encounterd in my 20 years of gaming (including a lot of experimental unfinished games).

There are bugs beyond measurement, the design is spartanic at best.

For example, I just tried the first mission four times and my wingman didn't manage to take off.

edit: 6 times, seems no way to avoid him crashing the fuel truck.

I suggest new players to avoid the campaigns and just use the editor themself.

Hey Bobb. While bugs do happen in DCS - mostly with some updates - these usually are being squashed by the devs. Did you try all of the campaigns to make the authoritative statement about the bugs or design and discouraging other players from trying them?

Hey Bobb. While bugs do happen in DCS - mostly with some updates - these usually are being squashed by the devs. Did you try all of the campaigns to make the authoritative statement about the bugs or design and discouraging other players from trying them?

It is not an authoritative statement but my opinion about the quality of the campaigns and tutorials that I have tried so far.

Yes, I made it to warn others, but nothing wrong with doing that in my opinion, as I wish someone warned me.

To get better you need in my opinion also criticism and not ignoring and denial of all obvious and big mistakes.

Just play it yourself and see.

and yeah, I might sound rude, but it is just the frustration talking out of me, no personal offense ment.

After finishing over half of missions everything is working fine in 2.8, intermediate difficulty, but quite immersive. Can only reccomend