Can't play DCS? Play this game instead!

Can't play DCS? Play this game instead!

You might be wondering that, if there is a flight simulation game as perfect as DCS, why would someone play another flight simulator instead? I would wonder the same if I had a PC "powerful" enough to run such an amazing game.

But, the fact that you can't run DCS doesn't mean you can not enjoy a fun yet decent and complex flight simulation game. In fact, you can do it even with a 10+ years old computer like mine.

LockOn, the saga

LockOn is a combat flight simulation video games saga that was born in Russia in the mid-nineties with the name of SU-27 Flanker, a MSDOS based flight simulator game were you fly the very plane the game was named after.

In time, other titles and technical improvements were made and more games and updates published to get to DCS, but that's part of another story.

Where to get it?

I don't support piracy, but I understand the reasons of it. So, the best way to legally get a copy of LockOn: Flaming Cliffs 2 is through a second hand installation CD/DVD. I got mine from eBay but Eagle Dynamics still has the original LockOn website where you allegedly can get a legal digital copy of the game.

I haven't personally tried any purchase on that site, but I thing is the best source we have beyond getting a second hand copy from a flea market.

Online play

I have already played LockOn Flaming Cliffs 2 over the internet. There is no official server of this game, if there was ever any, but a pretty large group of people still plays this game and the experience is great. This game still has a lot to offer and its community despite being not that big it's still active there are even MODS around that improve the original game to really high levels.

If you want to try and fly with real people across the Internet, The Jetfighter has its own Discord server to which you are all invited to join and get some PVP or COOP mission done.

How LockOn Flaming Cliffs 2 looks like? You can see it by yourself in the video bellow. I'm flying a Russian MIG-21, one of the most difficult planes for me to take off and land on a mission I designed myself using the game's mission editor.

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