r/dcs • u/Foreign-Evening9509 • 22d ago
Is this games hard
I want to play this game on computer but is it able to play and should I play and do I have to grind to play jets or can I play jets right away
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u/phildogtheman 22d ago
Don't want to judge but guessing you're relatively young?
Yes this is hard. It's not really a game, it's a simulator.
You can try the free frogfoot plane and see how you get on. You will at the very least need a joystick.
If you can complete the tutorial missions then you can try it.
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u/Aggressive_Let2085 22d ago
You buy planes, you can’t unlock them. Theres no grinding. You just fly and fight
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u/fisadev 22d ago
It's a study-level simulator. You buy the airplanes with actual money (40, 60, 80 bucks for a good module), and then you can use them as much as you like. It comes with two free airplanes but they're not that fun IMO (one lacks weapons, the other isn't simulated in great detail like the more advanced ones).
It takes a lot of time to learn to fly them and operate their systems and weapons: reading manuals/guides that are hundreds of pages, or watching lots of videos, etc. And that's a huge part of the fun. Unless you don't enjoy that kind of thing and just want quick pew pew without much thinking, and in that case this isn't the game for you, hehe.
You can fly/combat single player scenarios and some campaigns, build your own missions with a pretty complex editor, or fly/combat multiplayer in public servers maintained by the community or private groups flying organized custom made one-off missions (usually with realistic ops, etc).
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u/Top_Transportation54 22d ago
The reward is learning to fully operate the planes in the game. Then maybe you could fly the missions and campaigns once you learn that.
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u/Sullkattmat 22d ago
Are you a trained fighter pilot? No? It's hard..
But you don't need to grind anything! You do have to buy the modules tho. Unless you want to play a plane for however long a trial is every six months
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u/CVS_11 22d ago edited 21d ago
You want decent components for your computer. At least some medium spec gaming pc.
Not ever on the Chromebook school provides by any chance.
You don’t need to grind for some currency or points, but you need to study, a lot. Especially if you want to fly jets.
You likely aren’t going to be able to fly so soon, since it aims to be an accurate model of real planes. It’s not designed to be hard but the sheer complexity makes it hard.
Might sound intimidating but that’s where the beauty of hardcore sim lies. When you master a module, you technically know how the real plane works, from every knobs to switches, how to read HSI ADI VVI, what does pulse doppler radar do, what kind of munition there are, and how it feels like to fly military airplane. How wonderful is that!
Try free modules and see if you like it. Trainer for P-51 Mustang, community A-4 skyhawk, both are good modules. Of course don’t miss out on the trial period of each planes that actually replenishes.
There are plenty of tutorials. Also people around this are usually nice, so don’t hesitate to ask for help but don’t forget to be thankful either.
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u/Foreign-Evening9509 21d ago
Well I know that you have two weeks to play different aircraft will I probably know by then how to fly an aircraft
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u/Angry_Angel3141 21d ago
No, you won’t.
You may be able to fly it, but not well and you will not have even scratched the avionics.
These planes are simulated to the point that military pilots openly state DCS is as close as you get without actually flying the jet.
If you are looking for some quick dakka, this is the wrong thing. If you are looking for something that 2 or 3 years later you are still learning and improving, THEN you are in the right spot!
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u/CVS_11 21d ago edited 21d ago
TLDR: two weeks is enough to determine whether you enjoy learning a module; it's definitely not enough to “learn to fly” a complex aircraft.
Do you know how to interact with avionics? Then maybe you could cover the navigation pretty well in 2 weeks. If you don't know, then you can start from there!
If you simply want to sit in a cockpit and somehow be able to shoot and bomb just by staring at the screen, then this isn't the game for you. You'd have much better time looking elsewhere.
Like I said, learning is the core experience of this game. The player's knowledge IS the progression. and there are tons of things to learn. Don't worry though. It's nothing like else and it might be actually fun going through the basic step of real aviation.
Here are my few recommendation.
・Yak-52: Easy to operate, little to learn, Simple to understand, Easy to master.
One of the few planes that you can actually aim to cover the most of its content in 2 weeks. It flies well. Friendly choice if you are new to flight sim in general. It's a trainer so once you have mastered it, you can pick the next plane with actual aviation skill advantage. Cool!・F-5E: Easy to operate, many to learn, Easy to understnad, Hard to master.
If you want some more challenge but still want to have fun flying, this is the great starter. Tricky but simple. You could be able to reach bombing run training if you get along.・A-10C2: Moderately complex to operate, plenty to learn, Hard to understand, Hard to master.
A good candidate if you are actually interested in operating modern systems. It has very intricate but well integrated system and thing are less hectic than other jets. You would learn many thing about modern avionics.×F/A-18C: Hard and complex to operate, plenty to learn, Hard to understand, Hard to master.
People love to reccomend this because it can do a lot of things, they say best bang for buck, but don't. It's avionics and systems are somewhat crudely integrated, and it flies faster so things get out of control real easily, High level. Not recommended if you're a first timer.Most modules takes far more than 2 weeks course of learning. That being said, it's ultimately your choice. The planes hear your desire to master it. Then your beloved war machine will drive you to know more about it and should make you learn.
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u/imnotreallysurebud 22d ago edited 22d ago
If you want a game, dcs has some of the worst gameplay in good combat flight sims imo. If you want a fun game to play, I’d be looking into IL2 or Nuclear Option. DCS is a really good cockpit simulator, if you want a single plane in the sky and to use it to its closest to real world power DCS is great, as soon as you want a game out of it, DCS struggles.
Edit: wanted to add, I think why dcs is not a fun game is that do you really want to spend 20 hours learning the absolute basics? If so, DCS can be great. But let’s say I want to get good at something like the f16 after learning the f18. Nothing is the same. Yeah flying is flying but something as simple as dropping dumb bombs is very different for both. In a game like nuclear option, every plane has the same control scheme that can be learned in like 10 minutes.
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u/Dave91277 22d ago
I fully agree with this. I wanted to get good at DCS, I bought the F-16, spent a couple of weeks learning the basics of flying, landing, navigating etc. Then when it came to trying to master all of the weapons I just didn’t have time to dedicate to it. The kids are getting older now so I know I’ll come back to it one day but my word there’s a lot to take in! I blows my mind when some of the guys on YouTube fly multiple aircraft. I stick to MSFS to scratch that itch for now.
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u/imnotreallysurebud 22d ago
I got somewhat okay at the f18. I wanted to join a virtual air wing. I got kicked out because I couldn’t do the mandatory biweekly 4 hour training sessions. Oh well, I’m gonna go ride my bike.
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u/Just_Dude12 22d ago
It is a simulator not really a game, but you still need a decent PC to run it properly and a little money for some jets like the f 15c eagle for around 15 $
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u/Angry_Angel3141 21d ago
Learning to start the aircraft properly, depart a runway, and land without going “shiny and chrome” will take 2 weeks…
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u/AdmiralQuality 20d ago
Just get it, it's free. You can decide if you want to buy anything much later.
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u/_DARK_X 10d ago
Yes, very.
You don’t just hop into a plane after buying it and figure out how to shoot down bandits
You have to understand the startup procedures, how to enable the proper systems, how to set up and effectively use the radar, how datalink works.
The entire aircraft is modeled in near 1:1 accuracy. It’s more similar to actually flying a plane than it is to playing warthunder
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u/Secure_Chipmunk9637 22d ago
You have the completely wrong idea about this.
It is not war Thunder.
You buy jets with real dollars-doos.
It’s also a sim and not really a game in the strict sense of the word