Recent reviews by PAYSON

THIS GAME SUCKS... I'VE ASKED AROUND AND 4 OUT OF 6 PEOPLE CAN'T CREATE AN ACCOUNT DUE TO XBOX REQUIREMENTS. IT'S FRUSTRATING AS HELL AND COSTLY, TOO. THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE "PUSH BUTTON" SCREEN IS TO TURN OFF THE COMPUTER AND TRY AGAIN, TO WHICH, IT FAILS THE XBOX WAY. PIECE OF JUNK.

So far, I have only flown as single. The flight physics are excellent, as you would expect from an IL-Sturmovik, Ic game. The AI's are fairly aggressive. If you get one on your 6, you'll have a time of it to get loose & a few bullet holes in your plane. The only thing I don't like about it is, it takes me more than a few times to start when I push "FLY" command. Another thing, when I set the scenerio, I sometimes get the right plane but painted in the enemy colors. Excellent graphics.

It's a little too real, but that & the fact the skins and cockpits are so real to create a kind of, shall we say, addiction? The flora and terrain are very good also, if you have a good GPU. I run a GEFORCE GTX 1080Ti.

I say "yes". I do recommend Secret Wars, if you like flying planes on the end of a stick. Also, if you like playing multiplayer, I hear it's nice, if you can find someone to play the game with. As a single player, it lacks length. And if you like looking at highly detailed WWII war planes, there is a lot of that. Other than that, it sucks; but I do recommend it for the above stated reasons. Oh, also, if you like a LOT of talking and the host being responsible for most of your crashes, this is recommended for you. PAYSON

The last battle in the 2nd campaign, there is a problem (technical). My plane is supposed to take off from the carrier, but at the exact time it's supposed to place it in position for take off, the game launches the plane into some kind of vortex, in a million pieces.

Spend your money on something more acceptable. This "International" airport has no service gates for Jumbos. It has I ramp, that too is not acceptable.

It's a piece of crap, unless you download "Meigs Field" seperately and run them together.

It's worse than the SFO/San Francisco provided in the original game.

If you like slammin' down on the carrier deck, it's very hard to do without a HUD. Taking of from the carrier (especially the add-ons), you have to wait until it wants to lock the gear & through the blast shield into position. I've done both twice successfully, but it would be a lot easier with a HUD.

This, like other toposims, is definetly different from the dull, ice cream-looking mountains. When you get close enough to the trees (as close as you usually do) they appear real.