A good game for flight and/or history buffs. Casual gamers probably won't like it that much.
To start off, the first "sort of" bad thing I noticed is the games plane selection. This game uses a lot of planes that you don't see in other games. I like this, but what I don't like is that they leave out some of the good more popular planes like the P-38 Lightning or the Wildcat in favor of some of the more unknown planes. I would of liked the P-38, but apparently the developers didn't feel like they needed it. Another complaint is targeting. Once you get a lock on a target, and that target comes on screen, the plane sort of automatically follows that target, and it's very hard to make the plane turn away to shoot at a different target. It's a little annoying, but it doesn't ruin the game. The last bad thing is the controls for shooting while on the bomber mission. The mission allows you to man the guns of a B-17 bomber, but the controls for it are very poor, and it's hard to aim, making for a very aggravating mission. Also, online play isn't the greatest, mainly due to a lack of people playing and people quiting once they get shot down once or twice. Now for some of the good.
The first good thing is the controls, which are very nice. Flying in the game feels almost fluid, and it's a lot less jerky and more realistic than other games I have played. Another good thing is landing and taking off in your plane. The other games I have played make you land by flying through a glowing marker or something similar. This game actually lets you land the plane and bring it to a stop. It also lets you start the engine by rotating the right stick and lets you take off. Another good thing is that when planes are shot down, they don't just blow up in midair. They actually fall to the ground, like a real plane would. The game is pretty lengthy, with about 12 or so missions, each one lasting of about a 1/2 hour a piece. I replay them often because most of them are pretty fun, and to play around with the new planes you unlock along the way. Overall this is a good game for a person like me who likes WWII dogfighters. Casual gamers will probably not like it that much because of a lack of super fast paced action or a brilliant online mode. But anyone who likes history and/or flight games should give it a rent, because it's pretty fun.