[2021] I hope the Gyrocopter gets some love in A20

It flies like a plane because it's basically a plane-o-copter. It's not a helicopter- It's a gyrocopter. It achieves lift through forward momentum like a plane with wings; But uses helicopter like blades as a stand-in for heavier wings, allowing it to be lighter and achieve flight more easily.

Historically speaking, Gyrocopters were the in-between phase of going from Planes to Helicopters.

Edit: And to mention, As janky as it might feel, It's one of the most accurate representations of gyrocopter flight I've seen in a video game.

Originally posted by jamesc70: Silly me, the "not-a-copter" called a gyro-copter.

It is a video game and at the end of the day, game play trumps all. Making an argument about how it would work 'in the real world' is not really a good argument when we can dismantle cars with a wrench in 10 seconds, and of course - zombies.

You guys enjoy the way it works? The example about getting on top of the hospital would be way easier simply by jumping and stacking wooden frames under your feet... seems a bit off that the gyrocopter would be the worse option to get on top of tall buildings does it not?

Well, Sure, Making an argument about how it works 'in the real world' might not have as much merit when you're comparing something against itself...

But you're complaining that your orange tastes like an orange and not like an apple here.

It is a Gyrocopter, Not a Helicopter. They are two fundamentally different vehicles that function in very different ways. You wouldn't expect a car to drive like a boat, or a bicycle to fly like a plane.


And in the end, Although it is in fact a video game, There are efforts to keep the game fairly realistic while game-ifying some elements for playabilities sake; To keep a cohesive pseudo-realism unique to the game. So arguments for and about realism are perfectly valid.

Originally posted by jamesc70: Silly me, the "not-a-copter" called a gyro-copter.

It is a video game and at the end of the day, game play trumps all. Making an argument about how it would work 'in the real world' is not really a good argument when we can dismantle cars with a wrench in 10 seconds, and of course - zombies.

You guys enjoy the way it works? The example about getting on top of the hospital would be way easier simply by jumping and stacking wooden frames under your feet... seems a bit off that the gyrocopter would be the worse option to get on top of tall buildings does it not?

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=gyro-copter

And as someone who has flown them. The controls and general movement are quite close to the actual thing. If you spend a few minutes learning how it actually works, you can land and take off from the helipad on the Shamway factory.

Originally posted by Rippleshanks:

Originally posted by jamesc70: Silly me, the "not-a-copter" called a gyro-copter.

It is a video game and at the end of the day, game play trumps all. Making an argument about how it would work 'in the real world' is not really a good argument when we can dismantle cars with a wrench in 10 seconds, and of course - zombies.

You guys enjoy the way it works? The example about getting on top of the hospital would be way easier simply by jumping and stacking wooden frames under your feet... seems a bit off that the gyrocopter would be the worse option to get on top of tall buildings does it not?

You're absolutely right the controls are terrible. The majority of people who post in these discussions can't handle anything slightly critical of this game.

There's a difference between "Not being able to handle anything slightly critical" and "Disagreeing with something that is factually incorrect."; Yes, It handles like ass. No one is arguing that point.

But it does, factually, fly almost exactly like a real life gyrocopter; and it is factually not a helicopter, so it should not fly like a helicopter. There's no room to disagree about that. You wanna argue for the addition of an actual helicopter? Sure; Go ahead. But there's no sensible way to argue that a Gyro copter should behave like anything other than a Gyro copter.