Can you transport some 20 paratroopers in Warbirds and drop them over a hotdrop zone?ītw, some of the WarBird developers wanted something more then just a Flight Combat sim.
Screenshot taken by a Britsh SMG-player in the ruins after the town has been under heavy fire from a longer time.Ī Junkers Ju 52/3m loaded with Fallschirmsjägers. Incoming Douglas DB-7 over the Belgium town of Turnhout. But this is the only Online game were the war in the air actually has an impact on the ground and vice versa.īurning Messerschmitt Bf106G-6/U4, downed by a Lockheed 322-15/P-38F With an extensive variety of game modes Vector Thrust aims to please both players wanting to get straight into the sky and those who love a flexible, diverse and customizable gaming experience. I don't know what you lacking for the airgame in WWII Online. Vector Thrust is an action-arcade combat flight simulator, with a cel shaded art style for PC. I had to post a number of WWII Online Air Combat screenshots.
Targetware is still incomplete, WWII Online rather lacks in the flying part (in my opinion) and Skyfighters 1945 is not up to more recent PC flight sims. About the only fully functionally (WWII) combat flight sim is Warbirds, but that's mainly an online game. Unfortunately, the answer to your question is "virtually none", as you can see in this thread. So you need to use the terrain to your advantage, zooming along at tree-top level and popping only when your target is in range. If you fly along at 300 meters above the ground, every SAM launcher in a 10 km radius is going to light you up. They're important for stealth and survival. And the most fun part? You know how it's always fun to fly at tree-top level, following the twists of a river, and even ducking under bridges if there's enough clearance? In EECH, those maneuvers aren't just showboating. Coming from the world of WWII dogfighting, it's easy to poo-poo the dynamics of flying attack helicopters, but there's really a lot there. Never having been into either a modern flight sim or a helicopter sim, I was a bit skeptical when I bought it, but I figured it was worth a shot. Take out that A-10 as it taxis down the runway, and your T-90s will survive in greater numbers to repel an upcoming M1A1 onslaught. Knock out a couple SAM and AAA around that airbase, and the strike mission which is en route is more likely to succeed. You can influence not only by succeeding at your mission, but by taking out targets of opportunity on the way there and back. More than any other combat flight sim I've played (Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific, and the Il-2 series), it makes you feel like you're part of a larger battle. And if you can set aside the 2000-esque graphics, the gameplay is very, very good. Sure, it's a bit dated, but it runs just fine on my brand-spanking-new MacBook Pro. I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned Enemy Engaged: Comanche versus Hokum.