Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII Comments by Kristan Reed

Bought today, loving it!

Shame the cockpit cam was removed, as it was mentioned in the previews of the 360 version at least... :o(

Just wondering what exactly V-sync tearing is? I'd be grateful if someone in the know could clear it up for me. It sounds rubbish! Cheers (:

I played the demo, hoping it would be like heroes of the pacific.

I didnt like it.

i went back and re-read the interview with the developer. made me chuckle.

be honest. how many times have we read over-enthusiastic devs blabbering on about how their game is the one to break the mold (mould?), the bestest thing ever, completely different from everything that went before, not the least bit like GTA (well, maybe a bit, but only the best bits of GTA, and then we added lots of other really great bits too, and left out all those things you didn't like about GTA so our game is, in fact, way better - nyyyaaa), and then it turned out complete and utter crap, and still exactly like GTA only much much less good.

anyway, i'm really regretting purchasing that stupid 360. i bought oblivion for the PC anyway because it's way cheaper, much better (i have a kick-ass PC, ok?) looking, and anyway i didn't buy a console to play stupid RPF FPSs forgodssake. so the only thing it's currently good for is PGsoddingR, which is a really silly amount of money for a bloody driving game. i mean, i *own a real car* for fecks sake, what the hell was i thinking??

uh. yeah, anyway. seemingly another not-so-good 360 game. hmm.

lol

Cue Furbs :)

Hmm?

Oh right yeah. Nah, nothing worth buying at all :(

" First up, one of the desert missions tasks you with flying into a dust storm to locate three German camps. 'Fair enough,' you might think, only the chances of actually stumbling across them seem to rely more on sheer persistence than actual skill. Even when you do find them, it's far from an enjoyable exercise."

That's simply not true. When you start the mission you are instructed to follow the radio signal (which is loud and clear when you're on target and noisy/low when you're not on target).

I thought the review was mostly fair, but I think the control method was not as horrible as described, and also the "follow cam" is rather nice imho. Makes for easy dogfighting if you want it to.

and yet the game deserves more then 5. I like it!

Krudster wrote:

First up, one of the desert missions tasks you with flying into a dust storm to locate three German camps. 'Fair enough,' you might think, only the chances of actually stumbling across them seem to rely more on sheer persistence than actual skill. Even when you do find them, it's far from an enjoyable exercise.

Did you even listen to your objective/the German radio chatter?

It breaks up as you go off course, and becomes crystal clear when you are dead set on the way to discovering the camps. It's as simple as that, and I had the level clocked inside of 5/10 minutes, and didn't find it in the slightest bit stupidly frustrating, as you seem to suggest that it is.

Must try harder next time...

Edit: That'll learn me to post before reading the second page of comments, but it's nice to see that someone else knows how to play the game properly besides me!

agree with the review, the game is average at best. Remember, this is "Oblivion machine", not "Kingdom Hearts II machine", the standards have risen.

Oh Jesus, a swipe at Kingdom Hearts 2 in a review of a WW2 airplane shooter! This place gets better every day :D

Yes, it was pretty obvious I was supposed to be following radio chatter - but the chatter carries on regardless of whether you were near or far away. It needed to be a lot more/less indistinct than it was - the difference between the two was pretty minimal, and I guess I was just unlucky that I managed to fly around for fully 20 minutes avoiding every single camp. Rubbish, hateful level. Please don't remind me of it!

I can't say that the single player game is all that but the online multiplayer experience is truly awesome.

Tons of different game styles, 16 (SIXTEEN!) player dogfights etc, cool missions etc and best of all, it actually works on the 360 for once!

I finally got this on ebay after been put off by reviews like this. I love a good dogfighting game and have found a lot to like here. Yes, it's not perfect and you have to turn a deaf ear to the typical racial stereotyping, but once you get used to the follow-cam it becomes quite dramatic and immersive.

It was criminal that Crimson Skies didn't sell well, but I imagine that it's just not a very popular (or understood?) genre. A sequel on 360 would be spiffing.