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Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 10.3 hrs on record
Posted: 10 May, 2024 @ 9:06pm

The game has no recent activity and I can only assume its been forgotten or "Finished".

The game is frustrating... Game balance is WAYYY OFF ):


To summarise.

You play a bomber plane, you control your crew within said plane to complete a missions + side objective.
Navigation is predetermined in the early/low crew skill stage of the game, this means you are forced to fly longer routes. This isnt a game play problem, just annoying that i need to spend an extra 5 minutes because it took me along a longer path.

Damage... Your gunner are ♥♥♥♥, like, they actually SUCK, you would think that a trained crew would know how to use turret... you would, wouldn't you? but these guys dont, your gunners look like they are drawing in the sky with the bullet tracers. unless your gunners have the "Focus" skill, it will take them a while to kill anything.
The enemies on the other hand, they hit 90% + shots on your bomber, i mean, yea you are flying in a straight line. but still... It sucks. Next, are armored or larger fighters, they either sit below, behind or infront of your plane, shooting you until either you die, or they need to reload. Yes, you do have guns in those directions, but it will still take your gunners over 5 seconds to kill that plane, and thats if they dont run away.

For context, i got sick of these suicide missions. Where you have a skilled crew and semi maxed out plane, but you die, so your crew and bomber are reset, but the difficulty doesnt go down. this means you are stuck in one way missions >:

After a few of these missions i got sick of it so i got some hacks and just maxed everything out.
As it turns out, even with maxed out components, frames, guns, engines, etc. It doesnt mean anything.
The most useful upgrades are ones which add more ammo to your guns, and the "Systems". every other upgrade does nothing aside from look good and add weight.
"Armored frame" whats that?
"lightweight frame" ahhh, you mean, "Indestructible frame".

Yes, with the guns, there is some strategy to what type to use and where to use it, but it doesnt mean anything if the gunner cant hit the planes or dies to a fighters nearly 100% accuracy.


Another things that i ABSOLUTELY HATED, was how if 1 of you landing gear was destroyed, your crew & plane essentially had a 50% chance of returning alive, even if you landed at the air field.
It doesnt matter if every other part of your plane was at full health, if even ONE gear was gone, then chances are your crew wont return alive.
And dont even get me started about losing both your gears...
I have never raged at games so hard until my crew died from a stupid mechanic such as this one.

I also had problems with the "navigation planner" guy, he sits at his post and creates way points for you to follow. if your plane goes through a cloud, he wont ever see the ground, even after you leave the cloud.

"Medium Alt? No clouds? No Enemies? well, i can't see the ground, so i don't know where we are"

I. HAVE. NEVER. RAGED. SO. HARD. BEFORE.


TLDR:
The game has been forgotten about and lacks a significant amount of polish, not even worth buying on sale.
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