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3.9 / 5
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3 / 5
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7 out of 12(58%)reviewers recommend this product.
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crashandburn
fromjacksonville florida
This game is perfect for:kid gamers
prepare for a costly let down
PostedMarch 30, 2011
to play this sim you will have to buy- a quality flight stick probably rudder pedals and certainly TrackIR4 or 5, thats 300 bucks. Now, can your PC run this well? better have Win 7 or a multi core proc cause it gets costly fast. Dont expect online players to be adult 3 of 10 are. The iron cross edition is the same disk as the first ROF - you only get new planes if you buy them, save your $ for Duke nukem
3 of 11 found this review helpful.
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5 / 5
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EdwardR
fromCT
This game is perfect for:casual gamers
Outstanding WWI Flight Sim!
PostedMarch 26, 2011
Rise of Flight is a great flight sim and probably the best WWI sim since Red Baron.
The graphics are exceptional and the planes are depicted in amazing detail. While I'm no expert on the flight characteristics of WWI aircraft, the planes in Rise of Flight handle like the books suggest they should - the rotaries have serious torque, the triplanes climb nicely, and Camel is a spin waiting to happen. There are options to simplify the flight models in various ways, but each of the planes remains unique in its own way. And all are a pleasure to fly with any standard joystick.
In addition to the scouts, flyable two-seaters and bombers are available, and you can man the gun turrets in them.
The graphics and flight model variety come with a cost: Rise of Flight requires an upper mid-level system to run well. Take the system requirements seriously.
The game has numerous scripted and quick missions, and a few mini campaigns, but it currently lacks a robust campaign system ala Red Baron. The developer has one scheduled for the next update, though. The product is very well supported with periodic updates and has an active multiplayer community. There also are a wide variety of user-made airplane skins, many of which the developer has added to the official game.
The game requires online activation upon first installation and for updates, but can be played in offline mode otherwise. As anti-piracy measures go, it's pretty benign.
Rise of Flight is a very good flight sim that continues to improve and is a worthy successor to Red Baron.
What's great about it: One of the best flight sim experiences, with the fun of flying planes and look and feel like real WWI aircraft.
What's not so great: Fairly heavy hardware requirements and no Red Baron-like campaign (yet).
1 of 2 found this review helpful.
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Will Zupp
RoF - A Year Later, Still Needs Work
PostedAugust 14, 2010
The reviewer: I purchased RoF when it first came out. I own most of the historically significant flight sim titles; I have training and experience flying actual aircraft. I'm a fairly avid gamer and my experience with PCs would be considered expert by most. Also, I strongly encourage the reader to see the last few paragraphs for an explanation of the "ratings system" I apply when doing reviews. I believe my system is fair, even if not like many others. Controls: Typical for a flight sim; nothing really special, though managing some joystick 'response curves' can be excessively complicated. Not for you if you want to enjoy a game without having to spend a lot of time adjusting, tweaking, testing and so on. I gave it a 5 for being average to somewhat difficult. Interface: Latest patches have substantially improved the interface, so plus for that. However, RoF has always suffered from a very complicated interface. It's gotten better, but the patches only improve on what was a poor design to begin with; improvements on a poor design only lead to a highly polished poor design. A 3 here, with the hopes that someday it might be a 5 - unless completely re-done (which isn't likely, in my opinion). Sound: Again, nothing special, though it has been suggested that 'on-board' sound can cause issues; this might lead to having to buy a sound card where your machine already has one. Most of these on-board sound chips these days are simply consolidations of what used to be sound cards, so a game shouldn't be bound, in my opinion, to requiring an (additional) $50-100 card it technically already has, just so the game will perform properly. A 5 here, since on-board sound shouldn't be an issue and could cause some problems and/or extra cost. Graphics: This is an area where RoF shines. It is truly a beautiful game; lighting, shadows, and the magnificent renderings of these historic warbirds is just remarkable. On the downside, the scenery (for me) is a little too colorful; the effects, though dramatic, are a little too overdone (light glare/reflections for instance are very intense). A 7 here; it is impressive, but perhaps a little too overdone. Realism: Flight sims are a genre where realism is paramount. Being a 'simulator' to begin with, they should immerse the player in realism - credible aerodynamics & physics, flight modeling that is accurate to the featured craft, that sort of thing. But, for combat flight simulators, it goes even further...the damage model, overall environment, and other features that really only apply in a combat situation. RoF does fairly well in some of these areas; not so well in others. The immersion is served well by the graphics as mentioned above, the flight model(s) seem reasonably accurate (where accurate historical data on planes so old is very difficult to confirm and hotly debated). If it were graded on these areas alone, it might garner a 5 or even a 7. I don't find anything truly revolutionary here, so it doesn't get an 8+ I'm afraid. The problems with "realism" in RoF have to do with it being a combat filght simulator - as compared to (just) a flight sim. The war environment seems fairly lifeless overall; this was a huge conflict involving millions of people, incredible amounts of material... a war in reality takes on a life of it's own. But RoF seems to be rather quiet and dull in this respect. Sure, you can fly/create missions where there are a lot of planes, but there's not much else going on. Even though this is a flight sim, there should be more to a combat flight simulator than just the airplanes. Things like flying over no-man's land, 'targets of opportunity', the squadron one belongs to and squadron activity overall...all things that, in my opinion, need a lot of work to improve this sim's 'realism'. There are also other issues as well. One involves the visibility of aircraft at a distance - surely a major concern to any fighter pilot in any war, but poorly handled in RoF. You
5 of 15 found this review helpful.
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Netsonar
Too Difficult it seems you must be a pilot to do well
PostedAugust 12, 2010
First off I have been playing Sims for over 20 years so I was eagerly waiting for this game to come out. When I saw the reviews for the game I just could not wait so when it arrived at my local game stop I ran to the story during work hours just to pick it up. I must say this game was the biggest disappointment for me in my 20 year gaming history! I had a difficult time even getting through the training stages even after selecting easy flight etc. My only guess is that this game was designed for pilots and or people with all of the "flight controls" pedals, throttle, and joystick. The game is virtually unplayable with the keyboard and mouse when using an Xbox wired joystick. So my dilemma I have to go and spend another $100 or so on flight controls or just put this game on the shelf! I think for $60 they should have thought of the normal gamer and not the pilots. From what I can tell all of the people that give stellar reviews are actually pilots! I think the problem for me is the game is too realistic and if I wanted to be a pilot I would have gone to flight school! What happened to the flight Sims like wing commander that can have you doing air combat battle without the need of a pilot’s license! I feel like I wasted my money here sadly the PC game market is in a decline!
4 of 26 found this review helpful.
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