IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover Blitz Edition

Its a good game. i bought it at full price (you shouldnt cus there is a sale almost every month), because i didnt want to spend 40 bucks on the BOS. Its good, ww2 and battle of britian themed. good physic, good sounds, friendly for beginners although i would buy it without a joystick. if you really like it you should consider buying the IL-2 GREAT BATTLES too. but good for spending 20 minutes of your free time. One more thing. Binding the keys for the controls is very easy but make sure to save it as a file too. FB

Right now this is my most favourite WWII flying sim! I Have flown in IL-2 Forgottenbattles 1946, IL-2 Bos now Box and Warthunder. Cliffs of Dover has a bit higher learning curve than other titles but it is the most realistic representation of WWII Aircombat that I have experienced. Flight and damage modes are much better than in other games. The overall immersion is stronger as well. Game got lot of negative critisism from its realy sloppy start back in the 2011. But in actual Blitz-fromat (Thank you Team fusion!) its a real gem! Better graphics and more stable. As a graphics goes you can see that its and older title BUT! Graphics look more realistic than the one in IL-2 BOS. Bos feel more cartoony. I never played DCS so I can compare it only from youtube videos. Their graphics are superrior to CLiffs of dover but not by much! Biggest big + for me is that you get full game with single purchase, no paywall hidden content you can fly all planes in the game day 1. If you buy their only DLC you get a second theather of war in north Africa wiht fully accesable roster, no collector planes needed! Biggest - is that the multiplayer base is realy low. 5-10 players on one server most of the time (Berlin Timezone), Now and then there are events where you can experience lot of players but those are rare. But the servers like TWC offer lot of singleplayer content as well. Escort mission, search and destroy missons, AI Bomber and fighter formations engagement mission even non combat transport missions. As I mentioned it has superior flyght and dmg models as well as interactive klickable cockpits, you don't have to bind all keycomannds. One/two time switches like fuel chocke, light gunsisght etc can be easily done with mouse. Its not just more immersive but in my Oppinion it a quality of life eperience as well as you dont have to remember every ctr +alt+ shift.... keybinding for rarely used stuff. Only thing that IL-2Bos has more realistic that Clod is breake system on british planes. You can customise your amunition belts not just gun convergence which is realy helpfull on british planes without cannons (not so historicaly accurate though, but you can always kee default which is, good luck :D ). AS AI goes, it is the best of all IL-2 games. You have the feeling its watching you when you follow the tail and in the moment when you line up your shot they brake. Its actualy not that easy to shoot them down and if you take too long they will line you up for a kill for their wingman. And rear gunners are pretty accurate as well so you have to plan your approach carefuly! I am not sure if they are infulenced by darkness as well. During one setion I shot down one BF 109 in a hurricane only to see other 4 or 5 rushing to his aid. It was very tiresome dodging and running deep into allied territory when the darkness came they lost interesst. I dont know if they simply lost a sight of me or they had to abort due to lack of fuel. But it felt real. Singleplayer offers quick missions where you start in air practicaly seconds before the merge. Single missions which are scripted and decently done. Campaign which has a few different story driven campaigns and that more complex ones added with blitz edition which remind more of singleplayer career in IL-46 and IL-2 Bos. Random generated missions for singleplayer career are sadly absent. I hope they add them in the future. Base game concentrates on Battle of britain 1940-1941. Blitz version expanded it with early war era from Invasion of France and DLC desert wings to North African battlefield. Next DLC is going to expand it to Normandy. Its the turndown for many players because it does not cover the whole war, but trust me. You will not be thinking about those how deep it hurls you in its actual setting. I flew it with Track IR 5 and thrustmaster 16 000 stick, throtle, pedalsand Xpadded app for complex keybinding options(but you dont need that for clod, its just for me so I have everything possible just on hotas), you have to fly a few times to feel the conrolls and set them right but its all the same in other games as well. Sadly for more demanding players it does not offer VR support yet. That is comming with the next DLC allong iwth 4k textures. My rig Gaming laptotp Rog strix: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 6800H with Radeon Graphics RAM: 16.0 GB GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU Connected to a Monitor: Acer XZ322QU S Resolution: 2560 x 1440 Refresh rate: 144 Hz Desktop color depth: Highest (32-bit) Game runs pretty stable for the fact that my 2k monitor is too much for my laptop. FPS are stable between 60-90 now and that ist stutters but its rare.

I got this for $2 off a key site. I think it's better than Il-2 GB in every way. If you review this negatively you should be lynched with a bungee cord around your neck off a skyscraper. Pros: - best damage model of any WW2 sim - tons of planes, a few obscure ones no other sim has - best sound design, or at least on par with DCS Cons: - you gotta really like BoB / early war cuz that's all you get - no VR support, so this is only played by head tracker chads. a lot of flight simmers use VR so this means very little people on MP - 1CGS can't write AI for some reason, so this game has poop AI but not as bad as GB

This game a nightmare . Every time I turn on the game to play using the Configs I saved on my thrustmaster 16000m for some reason does not save .. fed up absolute fed up 😠😠

Great game - one of the best. You have to give it some time to get your controls, key commands, and other such things dialed in. Best way is to join other pilots on one of the discord servers, voice servers, or similar. People are generally very helpful in encouraging and helping new pilots get up to speed and get things sorted out.

I havent played it a lot but im going to give my pros and cons Pros 1. The ai is actually competent and puts up quite a bit of fight compared to great battles ai which is basically a turkey shoot 2. Supports large battles and you can have dozens of aircraft at once in the air creating a really impressive fight 3. Damage model and physics are really good, not as good as great battles but in my opinion the better ai and larger battles make up for it. 4. The game runs really well on my pc at max settings and with lots of ai. even though i dont have a super high end pc. 5. The maps and planes are really beautiful and i have heard that a graphics and vr update is on the way which would make them even better. Cons: 1. The ui is simply horrendous, mapping controls is a whole test of patience in itself and in my opinion the single biggest issue with this game at the moment 2. Lack of mid/late war planes which to be honest is understandable as the game focuses on the 1939/1940/1941 time period and the coming dlc is supposed to fix it. 3. No career mode. There are only scripted campaigns available and premade missions which while fun arent nearly as good as the pilot carrer in 1946 or great battles. There are some usermade mods which introduce dynamic campaign and they are alright. My verdict: If you want a complete flight simulator that works flawlessly and is easy to use this may not be the game for you. However if you are willing to put up with a bit of jank in the horrendous ui you get a game that has really good physics, capable ai and can simulate quite large air battles. With time i strongly believe that this could rival great battles, the devs have had a lot of problems trying to understand the game engine and code because they received no help from the previous team thus causing slow development but i have heard that they have mostly got things sorted out now.

IL-2 Cliff's Of Dover Blitz, Is Most Accurate Battle Of Britain Combat Flight Simulator On The Market! EVER!!!!! MADE!!!! And I've Flown All! The Battle Of Britain Combat Sims! Plus It's DLC Desert Wings Tobruk Is AWESOME!!!!!!! The Only Downside Is The The Luftwaffe Aircraft, Don't Have The Swastika's On The Tail! However, That Being Said, It's Still The BEST!!!!!

Considering this game was originally abandoned by 1C Studios and some really passionate mod developers took over to revive a once broken game, I find really amazing, Yes there is some problems, but overall I believe at least in engine controls and just the fact the AI are actually responding and reporting what is going on is quite a neat feature, as I said yes there's still some problems like fps dropping at random points but once again, this is owned and maintained by modders NOT 1C studios (mainly) anymore, anyway with time the problems will be ironed out.