First game in a truley awesome and accurate WWII flight sim series.
The main focus of this game is the Eastern front in Russia during WWII which concerns the Germans and the Russians mostly but there are the Fins and some others as well. In particular the game is named after the famous Russian WWII ground attack plane called the IL-2 Sturmovik. This aircraft was very important to the Russians in WWII due to its wide range of armaments, heavy armour and its great close air support ability. This plane is what the game is named after but its by no means the only plane you can fly. You can fly Fighters, interceptors and other ground attack aircraft from several nations. You can also start a campaign as a fighter pilot or a ground attack pilot at several different time periods during the war at a starting rank of our choice. You can then progress through the war do all the things that go with this.
This game is just great overall to anyone wanting to try flying WWII aircraft. I would definately recommend the game. I would also recommend you get all the expansions for the game and apply all patches as they add alot of great material, including many, many more planes to fly including bombers and more maps and theatres of operation.