Reflectded from Reflected Simulations, the maker of quite a few DCS WWII single player campaigns, has released a video detailing some of the changes that are going into the campaigns that currently use the DCS: Normandy 1944 map and how they will be updated for the DCS: Normandy 2 map. In the video he dispels rumours, talks details, and gives a great overview of the map and how it interacts with his campaigns. Let’s have a look!
Reflected campaigns takes advantage of Normandy 2
I encourage everyone to have a listen in on the full 12-minutes if you want all of the details. I will summarize some key points, however, as I think we do have some important information in there that all DCS WWII fans will know.
First, Reflected gives perhaps the best breakdown of what will happen when this map releases. Those who pay the upgrade price will get full access to the Normandy 2 assets including Paris and London. If you don’t do the upgrade, you’ll still be able to take advantage of some of the enhancements to the map with the original zones from Normandy 1944 getting updated anyways.
That works out well for Reflected and his Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney, The Big Show, and Jagdflieger campaigns as each of these will be updated to work with both the free update and the full update.
Reflected is also taking the opportunity to provide major updates to Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney and Jagdflieger campaigns which see some significant changes – all broken down in the video. Some missions will be completely different while others will take advantage of the larger area to work with. The Big Show gets more modest changes with a significant update planned later.
All of these updates are free to current owners of the campaigns.
The Channel relevancy
Meanwhile, Reflected makes some great points about DCS: The Channel map which continues to be useful for several of his other campaigns. Those scenarios will not make the jump to Normandy 2 as that would both require a major rework of each campaign and the Normandy 2 map lacks in some of the areas that The Channel has covered in more detail.
Seems like, for now anyways, both maps will have their place. Especially among DCS WWII single player pilots.
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