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Disappointment- Crashes, Lack of Support

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: February 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love games and had anticipated the purchase of a helicopter sim for some time. Unfortunately, Comanche4 was a poor choice. Despite the claim that Comanche4 is compatable (and supported) with XP and GeForce2 cards, this game has not worked once. It crashes every time when loading. This is despite updated drivers. Other games, including other sims, work flawlessly on my system.

Novalogic Support was less than helpful. I emailed all system information including the fact that I have updated XP compatable drivers for video and audio. I waited 8 days for a reply. What was the reply? "Make sure that you have updated compatable drivers." A poor experience made even worse.

I sent them a response reminding them that I had initially informed them that updated and compatable drivers were in place, and that their response hadn't helped. It has been 12 days, and still no reply from Novalogic Support.

Advice? Buy another game and save yourself some disappointment. If the other game is a Novalogic product, don't be surprised if support is poor for any problems you experience.

Happy Gaming!

!WARNING! - Buggy Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 8
Date: February 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game expecting something similar in quality to Novalogic's "Delta Force LandWarrior" game. What I got was a system-devouring, buggy crash-fest.

The game installed without incident, and I played the first mission without too much consternation (why does the mission suddenly stop when most of the bad guys are down? No mopping up allowed? I took off from the base, can't I find my way back and land?) but the next mission had too many tanks or planes I guess.

At first, the game turned into "Commanche 4: The Slide Show", then it crashed--Ka-Boom! I realized that when I came over a particular hill during this mission at a particular angle of attack, the game would have a stroke and start locking up. If I ran into another chopper (one appears in the distance), the game would brain-freeze. I have been playing alot of graphically intense programs lately with no problems, I have a Geoforce2 card, 512MB of RAM and a P4 machine; so what is the problem??

Who knows. The graphics in this game are'nt that hot, the gameplay would be almost worth it, if Commnche 4 worked properly. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

Buy the "Commanche Vs. Hokum" game instead, it is MUCH better: a realistic flight model, better controls and it does'nt gobble up your computer or stop the sim when it thinks you're finished playing.

Too Difficult

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The game looks very good for gamers that like to play on settings of very hard. Unfortunately, I am not that good. Because there are not 5 difficulty levels from very easy to very hard and even on the "Easy" setting I cannot get through the missions I am unable to play the game.

Game too difficult

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This would be a great game if it had a very easy level of difficulty. The Easy setting is still far too difficult so that I cannot finish the missions. There also are some minor problems with some of the graphics flickering at times. If these were fixed I would rate it 5 stars.

Comanche Rehash

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is just a remake of Comanche in a new box. The only thing new is new missions. The graphics are not updated and overall was very disappointing.

Do not buy if you have a video card with a TV out!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have never gotten this game to function with my video card. After a mission loads, the game crashes every time. According to technical support, this game is prone to do this with many video cards with a TV out, and hat they're developing a patch to fix this. It's been almost a year and no patch has appeared.

Headspinning arcade shooter not for flight-simmers

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 28 / 30
Date: December 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Being a fan of Novalogic for four years and owning eight of their games I eagerly awaited C4. Hoping to experience the realism Novalogic is known for I was terribly disappointed to find Comanche 4 to be an arcade shooter. I have Comanche 3 and although the graphics are terribly dated it has much better gameplay and realism. I'm a flight-simmer and love flying. What good are jawdropping graphics if your not given time to enjoy them. All missions in Comanche 4 are time-sensitive which gives you no time to do anything but acquire targets and shoot. If you win the objectives, forget about flying around mopping up secondary targets or surveying the damage you've done because you are immediately loaded back to the menu. Forget about flying back to base, landing and feeling the accomplishment of making it back home.The only time you get to view the detail of the awesome graphics is during the opening cut scene of each mission and they aren't interactive. If you are a Ricochet Rabbit on caffeine under the age of 16 this game might be for you. If you like flying helicopters and realism then by no means buy this game. I'm so disappointed with Novalogic. This game is going back to the store.

you better got a high end graphic card....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: November 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

.....or you dont even get started....
i waited a while for this game and was excited when i got it but surprice...no way to run the game with a exotic or low end graphic card....
the minimum requirements for this game are high and this doesnt mean fun when you got them....
stick with the recommended requirements and you get alot fun out of the game.....
fact is i have now a game to sell because im not going to update my computer for $300 or more to play a $40 game

Comanche 4

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

NOT worth the money! Not a Sim. not even a good arcade Game. What a shame, good to great in special effects (Bombs,etc.)but to high in hardware needed for this type of game. Even the old Apache is way better in game play. Wait a year or so and get it for a song, even an out of tune one. Don't buy it at full or even half price!!!!

Much more arcade than simulator

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was originally disappointed by the low fidelity of this as a simulator. Having flight experience in real helicopters, I was hoping for a lot more realism. My first few minutes of the game were a great disappointment as I realized that all of the aerodynamics that make a helicopter tricky to fly (but extremely fun) are not replicated in this game. Also, I could not find any way to aim the gun manually without moving the whole helicopter. Most combat helos are able to move a turret without the necessity of moving the craft.

As a game it is great. After my initial shock of not being able to boost the realism, I sat back and decided to enjoy it with the mindset of playing an arcade. It is much more fun to play if I think of it that way.

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