UPDATED since release

Seems the developers of BoS know their product is not up to par. In order to combat "negative" reviews, they have also gone as far as to pay people to talk up their game, and rebuff other sims. This is of course in addition to the metacritic campaign they pulled a few weeks ago tring to inflate the scores on that site, as well as Steam reviews.

Want to see it? Check the comments section for link to a conversation with a paid cheer leader here on the steam forums.

Good-

Graphics are better than IL2 1946, worse than Cliffs of Dover, but could be better.
The physical models looks good.
SOME damage models looks good.
The snowy landscape although bland, look nice.
They say mods will be supported.
The only new WWII combat flight game this year.

Bad-

Lots of flight models still wonky, and not much feedback if they are going to fix them.
Single player campaign is hollow and just a random mission generator.
No historical squads.
No custom options on the Campaign.
Unlocks, and XP points in a "sim" in order to get new weapons/missions/airfields. Really? In a sim?
Cockpits graphics look a bit better than IL2 1946.
Hollywood style smoke and fires. No plane goes down unless it is in a CLOUD of smoke.
Mods will be supported, but iffy on how much you can mod, and how restsrictive it will be.
Preset graphics options (you cant pick your own graphics settings).
Sound is decent, but far from good.
Trigger lag when firing guns.
ALWAYS on connection to play the Single Player campaign.
Not sure if it wants to be a War Thunder Arcade game or a sucessor to IL2 as a sim game.

Also dont be fooled by all the postive reviews. Some are correct in their opinion, but some are just people from the "Lets get good steam reviews" campaign that was launched from the devs forums.

Right now I cant reccomend this game to a combat flight sim fan. When they decide if they want to go Arcade or Sim, and how the release goes, I might have a different opinion. Until then this is my opnion of the Early Access of BoS.

UPDATED since release Seems the developers of BoS know their product is not up to par. In order to combat "negative" reviews, they have also gone as far as to pay people to talk up their game, and rebuff other sims. This is of course in addition to the metacritic campaign they pulled a few weeks ago tring to inflate the scores on that site, as well as Steam reviews. Want to see it? Check the comments section for link to a conversation with a paid cheer leader here on the steam forums. Good- Graphics are better than IL2 1946, worse than Cliffs of Dover, but could be better. The physical models looks good. SOME damage models looks good. The snowy landscape although bland, look nice. They say mods will be supported. The only new WWII combat flight game this year. Bad- Lots of flight models still wonky, and not much feedback if they are going to fix them. Single player campaign is hollow and just a random mission generator. No historical squads. No custom options on the Campaign. Unlocks, and XP points in a "sim" in order to get new weapons/missions/airfields. Really? In a sim? Cockpits graphics look a bit better than IL2 1946. Hollywood style smoke and fires. No plane goes down unless it is in a CLOUD of smoke. Mods will be supported, but iffy on how much you can mod, and how restsrictive it will be. Preset graphics options (you cant pick your own graphics settings). Sound is decent, but far from good. Trigger lag when firing guns. ALWAYS on connection to play the Single Player campaign. Not sure if it wants to be a War Thunder Arcade game or a sucessor to IL2 as a sim game. Also dont be fooled by all the postive reviews. Some are correct in their opinion, but some are just people from the "Lets get good steam reviews" campaign that was launched from the devs forums. Right now I cant reccomend this game to a combat flight sim fan. When they decide if they want to go Arcade or Sim, and how the release goes, I might have a different opinion. Until then this is my opnion of the Early Access of BoS.