An amazing modern day sim, definetly worth trhe time required to get good at it.

User Rating: 10 | Falcon 4.0: Allied Force PC
By warglom | Review Date:
Ok, so before I begin, YES it IS a SIMULATOR not just your casual "Hey cool, bombs, Ima go kill stuff now" kind of game. It requires time, THOUGHT, and skill, lots of skill. Now I bring this point up because Im so tired of people giving it a score of 2 saying "Its too complicated and its impossible" These people are flat out stupid, honestly did they even LOOK at the back of the box? it says RIGHT THERE "The most REALISTIC, CHALLENGING, and immersive Air-Combat SIMULATION you can get" if they had read that they would have realised "I might not want to spend a lot of time learning controls and mapping a joystick and all that stuff" SO those people are wrong. Now, onto the review.

Gameplay- Simply put, amazing. The depth and realism in this game is simply amazing. At first the controls and depth MAY be overwhelming, put, if you take it slow and easy you can learn everything easy, just take it one step at a time and it will become second nature. Also the dynamic campaign delivers a feeling that a war is ACTUALLY going on and evolving around you, the radio chatter and all the friendly aircraft make it so immersive, sometimes you can even forget its a sim and fear for your life when something goes terribly wrong with the mission. Its truely awe-inspiring the amount of depth that has been put into the game, and its not just the big things, all the little things make a HUGE difference.

Graphics- A work of art it aint. However for being originally released in 1998 I think theyre ok, actually for 1998 I think theyre pretty damn good. The only truly terrible part I believe is the 3d cockpit, only good for padlocking or TrackIR(If you are reading this and dont know what TrackIR your obviouslly VERY new to simming, Be warned ye noobs, this is a difficult game to get good at, have plenty of time on hand). But all the other little details in here outside of the graphics seem to immerse you do the point where you dont even notice the unamazing graphics.

Sound- I enjoy the sounds. the bombs falling off the rack make a nice thunk =) However the sound QUALITY is not too great, but still it was made in 1998 and once again all the elements of the game come together and immerse you and you dont even notice the small issues with the game, only time youll notice the really small issues is when you get some glitch that throws you outta that cockpit and back into your computer chair and you realise that its not real.

Basically F4:AF Is difficult, and complex, like the actual F-16, but thats what makes it so immersive. However I reccomend that your casual gamers not touch this, your brains might melt.

Side Note: MAKE SURE YOUVE GOT A JOYSTICK

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