I gave this game a 3 because the "flight" aspect of it is impressive in it's own way, the "battle" end of the equation is a different matter. The main plane you are forced to fly during all but a few of the allied missions was either poorly thought out, as the top of the windscreen cuts right through the gunsight rendering it unusable, or cleverly done to encourage you to buy on of theI gave this game a 3 because the "flight" aspect of it is impressive in it's own way, the "battle" end of the equation is a different matter. The main plane you are forced to fly during all but a few of the allied missions was either poorly thought out, as the top of the windscreen cuts right through the gunsight rendering it unusable, or cleverly done to encourage you to buy on of the several pricey (50% of the cost of the main game) DLC packs.
To further add to your aggravation they have made the control scheme so complex as to be unworkable. I appreciate trying to make a flight sim realistic but there are 27 different keyboard commands dealing solely with the position of the pilots head! No I'm not kidding I counted. They seemed to realize this and put in a couple to help with this craziness (padlock view and red and blue arrows to help find friend and foe) but both of these stop working halfway through a fight, just to make your life that much more interesting. Bet if you buy the right DLC pack this is fixed though.
As an example of the game's stupidity, in the second mission of the allied campaign you have to shoot down an observation plane and 4 german fighters. You have 250 rounds of ammo and 3 wingmen who seem incapable of even shooting themselves down. You can bang away at the observation plane and leave it full of holes, but it will keep bumbling through the sky, despite all the damage, like an Allegiant Airlines jet. However unless you kill everything (a feat I haven't managed in several tries with the unlimited ammo setting on) the mission is deemed "incomplete" and you have to try it again like some world war I version of the movie groundhog day.
Add hyper accurate ground fire, the fact that your plane will be irreparably damaged if a fly hits the windshield, and long mission times (one training mission to shoot down 3 planes says you fail if you don't complete it in 50 minutes!) and this game becomes an exercise in frustration.
Basically if you need a blood pressure stress test use your free Obamacare, it will be cheaper.… Expand
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