This isn't some half-baked flight "sim" you get on a console or from a cookie cutter developer, this is the re
The Multiplayer is also a blast as you have everyone from little kids, to pilots in international militaries (there have been articles about Russian pilots playing it to make up for low flight times and simulator times) This gives you a realistic feeling of not knowing who in the world is in that cockpit you are fighting against. Though with the world-wide arena of course comes lag, which is manageable but it is sometimes hard to aim with it when you have very precision oriented weapons, like 30mm cannons. The graphics on the planes is grade A, with the light effects, textures, and models all behaving very well at all times. Pilots faces are also mapped on the character models and you can download plane, and pilot skins from a large number of sites. I myself downloaded many JU-87 skins for my campaigns against the red tide.
The only gripe i have about this game is that you can't without modding get some of the better bombers for the heavy bomber classes, such as the PE-8, or the JU-88
All in all this game is very good and anyone interested in the Eastern Front or flying in general should pick this up.