Warplanes: WW1 Fighters
I’ll start by saying it’s a REALLY fun game. Lots of missions, lots of planes, lots of upgrades. Well worth the price. however, there are several really annoying things about it. This is all in the campaigns.
1. planes with gunners are DUMB. I’ll line up right behind an enemy plane for him to take out, and he’s shooting way off to the side at some dumb thing in the distance. Enemy bombers RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU about to take out your base and lose you the game? That’s not a priority for him, he’s wasting ammo at a plane way off to the side in the distance. Strafing run lined up with a clean shot for him at AA guns? doesn’t matter, he wants to shoot the damn balloons until the AA guns kill you both. I don’t know what criteria is used to decide what he shoots at, but it’s way off. There’s only one plane on the screen and he’ll find one off screen to shoot at. jeez, it’s aggravating. He also likes to overheat the gun failing to lead a plane, then when it’s lined up nicely, he’s got an overheated gun and just sits there missing the clean shot. His stats are absolutely maxed out too. This is the BEST he gets.
– Real player with 36.7 hrs in game
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Updated Review:
If you’re coming to this expecting a faithful sim of wrestling one of these kites through bouncy air – well that’s not what this is. That game deserves to be made, but this is something else.
While there is HOTAS support, using the default VR controller to grab a virtual stick is unique and perfectly efficient. It’s actually a very well-done control system. And.. your other hand is free to grab a flare gun. OMG the flare guns. No they’re not for just taking out barrage balloons. Tired of eating lead from a bomber’s defensive guns? Blow him up with a flare from below. Enemy fighter suddenly zooming at you and you can’t get your nose around? Quick draw that flare gun and bust one in his ass as he’s going by. It’s actually hilarious fun.
– Real player with 18.2 hrs in game
Tactical Warfare Simulator
I’ve only played in VR with a HOTAS. Beyond the fact that it’s wildly overpriced, this game needs a serious overhaul by someone who understands UX.
The menus are amateurish and bewildering, particularly in the campaign mode. There’s no way to recenter your view. It seems to be impossible to start a campaign game in VR, because you have to type in a name for your squadron, and it won’t accept keyboard input as typing. When I hit the F key I get some performance numbers. I had to restart in desktop mode, create the campaign, and then restart again in VR mode to play it.
– Real player with 3.1 hrs in game
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this game does not fell finished to me. at this time in VR you have hand tracking but can not interact with anything just ghost hands. that sucks would have loved to fly the planes with my VR hands. but im so far happy with what i got. the joysticks on the VR controls work. game brings me back to playing red baron long long ago. for that feeling i like the game. and for that i will give it a thumbs up. if you go into this expecting a full VR exp you will be a little upset. but the controls work the game plays and is fun. maybe wait for a sale if you are unsure.
– Real player with 1.5 hrs in game
Medal of Honor: Airborne
A timeless WWII classic that is a must-play for any WWII gamer who wants a good ‘ol fashioned shooter with a unique first person cover system and great gameplay.
One note before you buy this game is you may get a “video card not supported issue”. I believe this was fixed because on my new PC I got a popup to set up game settings, similar to Rust and The Forest, and I’ve had no issues, but I can’t 100% confirm you won’t get this issue. If you do get it there is a few simple fixes relating to your .exe and setting up custom launch options and it’s just a simple google search.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game
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As far as single-player campaigns go, this is my favorite Medal of Honor game out of the half-dozen or so that I’ve had experience with (finished the 2 PSX games and Allied Assault on the PC, and played some of Pacific Assault and the 2010 reboot).
My reasons for enjoying Airborne so much aren’t because of anything particularly special about it. It looks decent for a 15-year old game, the maps are well-designed, and the guns are fun to shoot. But it’s more because most of the annoying crap which is so common in FPS games of the late 2000s is mercifully missing from this one. Some examples:
– Real player with 20.0 hrs in game
Trench Run
Trench Run is a 2D multiplayer shooter that is exclusively about shooting people, blowing them up, and having fun in the process
The gameplay is very simple: you control your characters using only only 2 buttons and direction keys (you could play with a NES controller), the maps are small, there’s no story, no base-building, no leveling system… You can immediately buy the game, join a server and blow stuff up. The game is very fast paced, with explosions all over the place, corpses flying across the map, buildings getting blown up, it’s very hectic and hilarious to see.
– Real player with 15.7 hrs in game
I got a pre order key of this game and have been hyped all the way. And lets just say it met my expectations.
It is a fun and a very fast paced game. Every round can last a minute, and some of mine have lasted a just two seconds. The unpredicatable mechanics turn every sniper shot into a cross map scenic flight, grenades into trick shotting basketballs and rockets into ridable objects of mass destruction.
Some people may be put off by the ‘aim with wsad or arrow keys’ for sniper shots, rockets, grenades, basketballs and flashbangs. It takes a while to get used to it, but once learnt makes the games so much more enjoyable. Heated battles are ensured when a commando is running up behind you, and your sniper aim is pointing the other way. Who will win?
– Real player with 6.3 hrs in game