Nuclear Option

I LOVE PIOU PIOU PIOU WITH PLANE GOOD GAME GO GO GO

Absolute PEAK gameplay the ability to hook up my controller and fly is so amazing and yes k&m players can play and be good

10/10 mix of flight simulator and cinematic action. You are a single air unit (helicopter, gunship, jet, bomber) in a in a massive combined arms battle. There are tanks, IFVs, bunkers, and dynamic shifts in territory driven by NPCs. Both sides compete for control of airports. You choose your own targets, take off from the air field, fly the 20+ kilometers, and send your missiles/bombs/cannon fire to the target. There's also great air-to-air combat. You co-operate with other people in a group of 16 or 32. You can have someone on a radar jamming high-flier while you cruise with a stealth jet 50 m above the ground and take on the big boys. Cruisers, Destroyers, and Carriers. You will die a lot, and your ordinance will get shot down before it lands a lot. But it's action-packed the whole time.

it's good

literally the most goated game

I enjoy this game for what it is, the reasons you can find in other reviews. However, there are things that annoy me to no end, which sometimes compound to frustrating situations. First of all, dealing with anti air defenses is designed in an interesting way. IR SAMs can be defeated with ordinance without a heat signature and radar defenses can be potentially jammed. This rock paper scissors game ends with the optical guided defenses which have to be defeated by spamming explosives at them. This is causing alot of frustration and boring trips back to base. Midrange jets suffer especially in multi-role due to their low IR flare count, high heat signature and low ordnanace loadout. More frustrating is the HUD, especially enemy markers. Threats should be more distinctly highlighted compared to defenseless objects, making them easier to identify and engage. The distance to objects should be easier conveyed to the player than it currently does. The flight direction of enemy aircraft when marked needs to be shown with an HUD icon because vision for the cockpit display can be obstructed by clouds and terrain. Lastly, i feel like i'm at a severe disadvantage by playing with a flightstick. The map and target filter are near unusable and slow to navigate without a mouse. I find myself reaching for my it often, which got me killed more times than i can count with two hands. More separate binds for functions are severely needed, being able to fire your gun on a separate key would already be a huge step up.

Great lite flight sim. not as complicated as DCS or others, and not supper grindy like warthunder.