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War Thunder Beta

Post by :FI:Sneaky_Russian » Thu Apr 11, 2013 5:39 pm

http://warthunder.com/en/
Just gave this a try, and its not as bad as I expected. Track IR and full HOTAS are supported. Good graphics and performance. FM's are a bit toned down . On the downside it's same business model as WoT ; so you have to fly a lot of crap (or spend insane amounts of cash) before getting a decent plane. Land armies and Navy are nort yet implemented, but their addition could make it interesting.
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Re: War Thunder Beta

Post by :FI:Nellip » Thu Apr 11, 2013 6:08 pm

I've tried it.

Just like flying every mission as our P11 Xmas special!!! Crap plane fest in a whirling, tail chasing, furball. OK as a casual distraction, and the graphics are good and it runs nice and smooth, but it's a game, not a simulation.

It may be better if you buy the additional content to get better planes and historical scenarios, but I wouldn't risk buying it on the basis of the free bit I can see at the moment. Shame that. :(
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