If you have a Wii(-U) kicking around also check out "The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces". IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey is based around the large-scale aerial combat and ground military operations of World War II. Birds of Prey will feature both arcade and simulation mode, the former tailored for new console pilots that aren't familiar with the series. learn to use "ace kill" and try to chain "ace kills") to fulfill the (sometimes ridiculous and therefore frustrating) objectives (scoring would have improved it a lot). With Birds of Prey, however, Il-2 will be making its first appearance on consoles, releasing in 2009 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, PSP, and DS. Forget playing it as a flight sim or an arcade flyer - play it as an arcade game (i.e.
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I'd describe the "Birds of Prey" missions as "core/European" WWII missions, the missions in "Birds of Steel" are "Pacific or peripheral" WWII.Īside: if you can find a cheap copy of PS3 "Heroes over Europe" go for it - it's complete trash when compared to "Birds of Prey" - until you change your perspective. Arcade difficulty makes Birds of Prey as accessible as Blazing Angels or Ace Combat, with simple controls and a plane which proves impossible to stall. I'd go for "Birds of Prey" before "Birds of Steel" "Birds of Steel" is more of the same - you'll want it if you like "Birds of Prey" (I primarily got it for the Arado Ar 234 ended up with copies for both PS3/Xbox 360). It’s as hardcore as you want it to be, too.
Vital to the resistance was the Ilyushin Sturmovik, the IL-2. The Russians put up a fierce resistance which finally ground the Nazi war machine to a halt. Birds of Prey/Birds of Steel are more arcade-y (there are different realism settings though) - though they come across as sims when compared to Crimson Skies Road to Revenge (somehow never found the time to play the original PC Crimson Skies) and the Blazing Angels series. On June 22, 1941, Hitlers German forces attacked Russias 2,000 mile-long home front and advanced on Moscow. With IL-2 Sturmovik you better get ready to join flight shool. The original PC IL-2 Sturmovik is a totally different animal to Birds of Prey/Birds of Steel.