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• Dennis

  Mar 31, 2022

  Excellent helicopter flight simulator - detailed and realistic enough to be enjoyable as a simulator but arcade enough to be approachable without signing up for a six week tutorial.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 22, 2016

  Being a massive Mi-24 fan this was a must for me despite being 'arcade'. My biggest fear was that it would be like Heleborne but fortunately it's not that arcady. The controls are simplified vs a real helicopter but they still feel enough like the real thing to make you feel like you're flying. The graphics are really nice and the maps well put together, though some of them could be bigger, and it would be nice if there was a map view so you could see your location and have some idea of when you're going to hit the edge. The model of the Mi-24 is really nicely done though it does have some quirks. The nose landing gear retracts in a really odd manner though this is nit picking as it's hardly noticeable. The game runs super smooth, the maps load really fast and the only drop in framerate I experiened was when firing the podded Yak-B gatling guns over the largest city. That was earlier in developement and after a year it now runs perfectly smooth in all conditions. Usually I'm not a fan of combat in flying games, I just like flying around, however this games battles are really fun, especially the quick mission city attacks. It's actually quite challenging a lot of the time and I am really struggling to get to grips with the guided missles. Despite the name other Soviet/Russian helicopters have been added to the game which is very appreciated. My only problem with these is that the cockpits of the Mi-28 and Ka-50 are basically unfinished with little detail and many dead guages and screens. The Mi-8 cockpit is better though it seems to be based on some weird Westernised modification to the standard Mi-8 cockpit. Watching the game develope has been very satisfying. The developers have really listened to the community and I actually feel like i've had some input into the final product.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 22, 2016

  This game is hilarious, like really really hilarious. It's kinda like those helicopter sections from Ace Combat Assault Horizon, but without the setpieces, scripted events and fancy missile dodges. You control a Mi-24 Hind gunship, one of the meanest sight anyone could ever see in their airspace. You control your war chariot either with keyboard and mouse which I haven't used or a 360/Xbone pad which works surprisingly well and the controls, even on pilot setting, are extremely easy to master and effective. You'll be doing sideways strafing runs on opfor camps like nobodys bussines. The game, being in early alpha, is a bit prone to crash here and there. I noticed that if you enable steam overlay while the game is loading, it gets stuck once the game reaches the "press any button to continue" part, meaning you have to forcibly turn off the game from the task manager. There are also a bit of bugs, nothing too major though. For example, if you run out of ammo for a weapon like a gunpod for example, and hold the trigger down, the screen contiues to shake like it was firing. All the enemies look like WWII Americans. This is not a bug really, maybe either a developer oversight, a place holder or we actually are fighing evil imperialistic Americans trying to invade the motherland. The game is loads of fun though, raining down death and hatred from your unstoppable war chariot. For the current price of 16 or so dollaridoos, this game was worth it in my opinion if you want some light helicoter combat simulator action without going too techincal or too arcadey, a perfect balance of both. It is kinda short thought, like you can play though the campaign in a hour or two short. There is instant action to keep you occupied too, but at 16 bucks you could ask for a bit more than 2 hours. Now go forth and become MArs, Mara, Izanami, Hel or whatever for you are become death, the destroyer of worlds.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 1, 2017

  If you love Russian Helicopters but don't want to have to purchase expensive flight controls or read a 300 page manual just to start the thing and take off, this is for you. The controls are great, missions are fun, I wish there was more games like this. Im going to call it a "fun-ulator" its not a full switch sim by any means, but it is a realistic looking and feeling way to immerse yourself into the the role of Russian attack helicopter pilot. I'm very happy with this purchase. Graphics: 6/10 are not mind blowing, but they get the job done. Gameplay 9/10 almost perfect sound 8/10 immersive
• gamedeal user

  Apr 8, 2017

  When I was reading reviews of this game claiming that it was a mix of simulation and arcade gameplay it made me excited to play. After playing it however I realized it is mainly an arcadey game with no sense of simulation whatsoever. While I am fine with an arcadey game this game is just bad and I cannot recommend it. I played a few of the missions and I couldn't force myself through it. The sound effects and music are incredibly awful, everytime you kill a soldier on the ground you hear the same repeated scream. (Also, why can I hear the screams of the soldiers when I am inside my helicopter?) Helicopters are easy to fly but the handling of them is really awkward, it is really sad when helicopters in GTA V fly better and more naturally than the helicopters in this game. The only good part of this game are the graphics and they are ok at best. TLDR: don't play this game, if you're looking for a game to fly helicopters that is an arcade/simulation experience just play arma 3.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 1, 2017

  This review is for Xbox controller players only. That's how I played the game. As background I loved Apache 2, Comanche, etc. some 15 years ago and had a HOTAS and rudder pedal setup back then, but no more. TLDR this is a 7 out of 10 recommend (buy on sale) for Xbox controller gamers looking for a bit of approachable helicopter "sim-lite" nostalgia but be ready to walk away or be frustrated. I really had high hopes for this sim. Finally an approachable helicopter combat game that can be played with an Xbox controller! Sadly the Xbox controls don't feel good to me. Anything beside Pilot mode doesn't feel remotely helicopter-ish. In Pilot mode I've tried multiple different setups, but nothing clicks. There's too much going on and it feels like you are fighting the controls the whole time rather than feeling like the game experience was optimized for the controller. I got stuck on the Jungle Air Support mission near the end of the campaign where you have to do lots and lots of manual shooting because the auto-gunner is too slow and aims at friendly troops. Ultimately I've had some fun with the game, but not finishing sucks. Close air support of friendly troops in particular is NOT fun. The Jungle Air Support mission is just torture. -- The auto-gunner targets FRIENDLY troops (WHY???) and there is nothing mapped on the controller to switch targets. -- Manual aiming is frustrating, particularly while zoomed -- the camera needs to pan to follow the manual aiming box when it hits the edge of the screen when TrackIR isn't in use. You do get this behavior in autohover & gunner camera view, but that's not always viable. The sensitivity needs to be turned way down to hit anything. Perhaps map the left stick Y-access to vertical camera pan when in autohover/manual aim? Manually panning with the D-pad is a poor solution -- you need your hands on the sticks. Why can't tapping B switch weapons and holding B reload weapons? That frees up a shoulder button to act as a "shift or toggle key" that could remap the sticks and face buttons when held (or toggled), allowing "pilot mode" and "gunner mode" that adds more targeting functions that currently are keyboard-only and "freelook". Manual gunning outside of autohover is clearly what is intended but I have been unable to achieve the control necessary to beat Jungle Air Support mission despite many, many attempts even with all the damage settings turned off and on easier difficulty. Most of the reviews for the Xbox One version really trash it - and I can't argue with their objections. I bought it on PC pre-release and had lower expectations for polish; but I was looking a sim-lite that I could play and have fun with a controller and it comes close but ultimately frustrates. I imagine the PC HOTAS or keyboard/mouse crowd may have less to complain about.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 29, 2017

  Pleasantly surprised - an excellent sim! Reminds me of the good old Novalogic stuff - perfect balance between realism and pure arcade fun. Best of both worlds :) Nice graphics (requires good machine), tons of missions, weapons and thing to shred :) Haven't had so much fun for a long time. In short: pure, underrated gold...
• gamedeal user

  Oct 30, 2017

  As an old fan of (deceased) Apache: Air Assault, I can say I think I found a substitute. It combines realism with fun in an amazing way.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 25, 2017

  This game is great. Casual flying control is easy comparing to GTAV. And the cockpit view is so real. Also a variety of payloads are available for your gunship, from MG pods to guided missiles. And the game supports full Russian voiceovers throughout the campaign, pretty nice since the game is about Soviet choppers. Just don't understand why, when you are a Soviet pilot deployed in 1980s Central Asia, you see all your friendly soldiers wielding M4 carbines and you got a M2 Browning as your starboard MG instead of a DShK...
• gamedeal user

  Nov 30, 2017

  Tried this game, then returned it for a refund. It's definitely a *game*, and a very arcady game at that. Definitely nothing like the good old "approachable" helo sims of the past such as Ka-52 Alligator and Enemy Engaged: Comanche vs Hokum. The flight model is one thing. I've never flown a real helicopter so I can't really comment anything definitive, but on the most realistic "pilot" flight model setting and the joystic sensitivity at maximum I don't think it's too bad. Probably still a bit more stable and forgiving than what a real helicopter would be. The bigger problem lies elsewhere. While the older sims were about trying to create at least semi-realistic scenarios, this game is simply all about blasting away tons of enemies with unlimited weapons in scenarios that have nothing to do with realism. If the mission is about "taking out enemy artillery positions", in practice it means that you'll take off (simply by applying full throttle), fly for something like 800 meters and engage the literally 30 guns that are scattered all around in the terrain. If you run out of ammunition, no problem. Just push a button and all your weapons are magically reloaded. There's no damage modelling, both you and the enemies just have a simple health bar (which you can hide if you want but technically it's still there). There's no avionics or targeting systems or anything on the helicopter, all the enemies are simply highlighted on the screen with red triangles. Over all it's clearly just a very simple shooter game that just happens to involve a helicopter. If you're looking for a helicopter sim with ANY degree of immersion, stay away from this one.