OT computer game question on Tank combat

Operation Flashpoint, keyboard and mouse are just fine.

battlefield1942, keyboard and mouse are fine, but if you get the desert combat mod, I would suggest a joystick, since it is near impossible to fly the helicopters without one. A joystick will also help with all the other WWII & modern planes.

If I were you, I would download the demo for each and try them out, you just might end up loving both.

So far Operation Flashpoint seems to have been the one most positively recommended. Do you need a joystick to game with it or is it easy enough to game with the mouse and keyboard? I used to have a joystick in my gaming days, but that was several PC's ago.

Operation flashpoint or battlefield1942, you'll have a blast with either of them.

Flashpoint would be my pick. Unfortunately, there aren't too many games out there that deal with this. I just got a new machine, and was looking for something too. Didn't find anything. Got a lot of FPS games (Call of Duty is a blast) and Secret Weapons over Normandy. Nothing new dealing with armour tho...

Any of the Combat Mission games seem to be pretty good.... as does Panzer Commander...although it is a bit dated....but I have it and enjoy it from time to time....

I completly forgot about Op. Flashpoint! Really groundbreaking game! Had lots of fun with the mission editor, but never could get the event scripting to quite work.

there isnt many out but Operation flashpoint is a great one, its more of a war simulation than just a Tank sim.
its a bit old now but theres loads of add ons out for it, and loads of sites where you can download Mods for it like Vietnam,the Gulf or WW2
heres the main site http://www.codemasters.com/flashpoint/front.htm
http://www.codemasters.com/redirect/redirect.php?url=/flashpoint/recon/download-front.htm
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you can drive or fly anything in the game

try battlefield1942 and d/l the forgotten hope mod. it's more realisic than the original game. be careful tho, some anti-tanker WILL take you out. i kinda preferr desert combat mod. the did a VERY nice job on the M1A1 and AH64A

ooh.. There isn't much. Steel Beasts goes for realism, but for less than real, try Armoured fist 3.