As the first Flight Sim game I've ever played, I'm quite content with it. Fun for hours even with difficult controls
- First WWII game I've played where the story and action was all based off of a pilot and his missions. Combat with other planes can be difficult at times, once you get behind them its almost too easy. Pretty interesting point of view I've yet to see besides from the original Blazing Angels, which I have yet to play. The gameplay itself is a lot of fun, along with the great selection of aircraft to unlock and use, there are also many upgrades that can be added on your array of planes. Planes can be somewhat difficult to control for the PC unless using a joystick which I HIGHLY recommend getting, it makes gameplay much more fun. They should have made it a bit more keyboard user friendly for the PC users. The WII was also a bit confusing with the controls, but still I was able to learn somewhat quickly, any of the other systems had easy to learn controls.
Atmosphere & Immersion: 7/10
- The game is not very immersive but still very addictive, I really didn't know what to expect going into it and I'd have to say the game kept me going for several hours. Atmosphere is very very open, boundries are very large.
Graphics/Physics: 8.5/10
- The graphics really suprised me, I was expecting poor quality but I was once again suprised. Great graphics for a WWII Flight Fighter game. The Physics weren't anything new, simply blowing up planes or ground units, sometimes ships which happens to be quite fun.
Sound: 9/10
- The voice acting is alright, not much else to say about the voices, but the action and gameplay sounds are of fantastic quality. The developers including all possible sounds heard from war planes and made quite an experience out of it. Love the air raid alarms in the towns, makes me want to destroy them all the more.
Bugs, Stability & Performance: 8.5/10
- No bugs or any problems except for a very few times when menu buttons were either unresponsive on lagging out bad, but rarely happened. Game never crashed or had any issues during actual gameplay and for PC users this game can adapt to most systems on the market.
Replay value: 6/10
- With the multiplayer options and just the open campaigns I can really keep playing for a long time. Few people seem to ever be on for online play. After a while the game and missions can get quite repetitive.
Value for money: 7/10
- $20 is the current retail price and this game is probably worth closer to $16-$18.
Will this game be remembered by old school gamers as a classic after 10 years?:
- No, unfortunately not a chance with games like Microsoft Flight Simulator 10 on the market. The only thing this has to beat it out is combat.
Who would I recommend to buy the game?:
- I would recommend renting it first to most people, any diehard Flight Simulator fan should have a lot of fun with this and I would recommend them to buy it for such a cheap price.
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Overall: 7.5 - As the first Flight Sim game I've ever played, I'm quite content with this one. Somewhat difficult controls to learn but still worth hours of fun! Game certainly could have offered more but didn't at the least bit dissapoint me.