This game is fun. I didn't play it for a long time due to all of the negative reviews. I popped on one Saturday when I was bored and got instantly hooked. I love WWII era aircraft and this game has alot to offer in that area. You earn research and in game currency by completing missions against other players on fairly large game maps. As you progress you unlock better planes and harder maps. Each aircraft has modifications and such that you can unlock using research and in game currency as well.

I haven't had any problems with any of the admins yet (although I admit that I don't speak in game much),

Unlocking planes can be tedious in the higher tiers but I am still having fun. If there was nothing to unlock I would probably not play the game as much as I do. Each plane must be flown for a while to figure out what it is capable of. If you are impatient I can see how you would lose it with some of the planes that are harder to master. They can seem useless until you use them the way they were intended to be used and in the right level of play.

Getting people to actually pay attention to the objectives can be difficult at times and can lead to frustration. However, when you get in a match with even just a couple of team players on your side it can be a wonderful heroic type experience. The scoring in the game definitely DOES NOT reflect the effort put into actually pulling off a win. For instance I can do a bombing run that is successfull and destroy all of the enemy bases as well as several ground targets and end up next to last place. When the ranked scoring comes up at the end of a match the guy who gets the most points is the guy who has the most air kills most of the time. This often leads to people ignoring the objectives and racking up a huge score buzzing around in the middle of the map dogfighting. Meanwhile the people actually defendiing assets and destroying the enemy objectives are left to do the work and getting a much lesser score. I admit, sometimes when I need just a bit more research I will ignore the objectives and use my best planes to get a huge sick score downing planes in the middle with the rest of the monkeys, so I really can't complain too much. The folks doing that are probably just doing the same thing.

If you are going to invest in Gold Eagles (real money currency) then i recommend that you buy the packs and such when they are on sale. I also highly suggest that you use them to buy more crews. I run seven crews for each country. That is about the max you will ever need.

The tanks are fun too but I play almost exclusively airplanes. When I get more involved in the tanks I will update this review. The little bit I have played tanks was really fun.

Lastly, if you are not comfortable with death around every corner and players that are better than you than I wouldn't bother to install this game. There are alot of people that are really good at this game and you will die alot.

*************

I bought a pack that I already owned just for the golden eagles since it was cheap. When I redeemed it it gave me nothing. I opened a TICKET and after an hour or so I got a response. The CSR was very nice and understood English. I asked if I could have the code back so I could give to a friend. He said sure and sent me the code back as unredeemed. I gave to my buddy and all was well. Only reason I am posting this is that I see some folks complaining about how the customer service stinks. I didn't have a problem with my TICKET.

*************

A long time has passed and I still love this game. I still exclusively fly airplanes.