![]() ![]() There has been a lot of work on some areas of the game, with plenty of historical accuracy in both the montage videos, narrated by Stephen Fry, and the plane models and selection. It eschews much of the hyperbole of modern combat flyers, avoids the over-the-top action of arcade flyers and pitches itself firmly at the sort of console gamer that avidly watches the History Channel. It’s a serious vintage combat flight sim on consoles. It’s a game that you should definitely get, especially at its very reasonable $40 price tag.Birds of Steel is a fairly rare thing. It has a few faults, ones that cannot be ignored even if you wanted to do so, but its pros outweigh its cons. Ultimately, Birds of Steel is a great game. A few thumping soundtracks will remain with you for some time, and the sound effects will definitely blow your mind- bullets whizzing past you, explosions all around and planes flying all over the screen… it’s like an aural heaven. However, the music and sound effects are at the top of their game. Birds of Steel isn’t an ugly game, but it isn’t breathtakingly good either. ![]() However, the game does have a few texture and lighting problems that bring down the score of the visuals department by at least a couple points. On the aesthetic side of things, Birds of Steel is certainly an ambitious game- the draw distances are, as expected, top notch and plane models are accurate and beautiful. It certainly has its appeal and will last you for a few days, but it gets boring fast, especially since they’re not many players online at a time anyway. There’s also a multiplayer and co-op component to play through, and while it is still fun, it doesn’t have the depth and complexity you see in other multiplayer games these days. Shooting enemies and flying away from an enemy freighter as it explodes to bits and pieces below you is always extremely intense and thrilling, and even though the non-combat sections take away greatly from the experience, you will want to keep coming back for more shooting sections. ![]() You can replay the campaigns again and again, and they never really get boring. The missions play out accurately and still manage to be very thrilling and exciting. All the scenarios and missions in the game actually did happen during WWII, and history buffs will definitely love what they see here. However, Birds of Steel is perfectly successful at being historically accurate. Sure, the flying is very realistic and it is occasionally fun, but it gets dull very quickly and it may not be as enjoyable for those of us who’re not as big maniacs of aeroplanes as some others. The sections which are not focused on combat, meaning the ones that have you taking off/landing and going to/away from the battlefield (battle…air?) are not as fun. Shooting your enemies is a ton of fun and provides for intense, action packed sequences which, even though seems very familiar to the rest of the game, are extremely enjoyable and provide you with a lot of arcade-y fun, something you will cherish in a game as realistic as this. Both the campaigns are largely similar, and your missions are always more or less the same, having you bomb a ship or destroy some hostile jets, so the mission variety (or the lack thereof) starts getting on your nerves somewhat.īut it is largely compensated for by the excellent gameplay design. One sees you playing as the Americans during the years 1941 and ’42, while the second one puts you in the shoes (or planes) of the Japanese during the same period. However, unlike Forza, even those who don’t have a working knowledge in the field of aeroplanes (like me) can enjoy this game to hell and back.īirds of Steel is set during the Second World War, with two campaigns for you to play through. This game is a plane lover’s wet dream- it has over 100 classic planes to choose from, and all of them are accurate and true-t0-life. Birds of Steel strikes the perfect balance between being hyper-realistic and being perfectly enjoyable. ![]()
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