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• gamedeal user

  Jun 17, 2015

  This review is, for the record, not sarcasm. I have played this game, way more than I care to admit. It is genuinely fantastic. Let's just get the hyperbole out of the way up front. Rise of Flight is, in my mind, easily one of the best flight sims ever made. It's a shame this business model switch has opened the floodgates to reviewers who haven't given the game much of a shot. This is a flight sim, and an in-depth one at that. You need to try it for more than an hour or two to even finish a mission. I'm frankly astonished that so many people have clicked that they found some of these reviews helpful. This is a game that serves a small audience. It would not exist if not for this business model. A business model, that if you really look at it, is not a bad deal for gamers. Sure, the base free game is basically a demo. Why is that bad? You didn't pay anything for it. Realistic flight simulators are not main stream gaming by any strech of the imagination, and if people want them to exist, they need to understand that they're going to have pay for content. Purchasing each plane pack gets you the use of included planes everywhere. Further, you can absolutely dive into the game with just the one included plane, and even purchasing just a single plane pack gives you a massive amount to do. No game has captured the sensation of flight like Rise of Flight. The game really does give the impression you're in a hot-rod car with cloth wings and a gun mounted to the front that is somehow flying. Having your wing partly seared off in a battle is terrifying, and clawing your way back from No Man's Land to land while spewing smoke and being chased by enemies is an experience few other games have matched for me. I've bombed bridges, photographed troop movements, and won dogfights by crippling my opponent piece by wooden piece. I'd strongly recommend anyone thinking about purchasing content for this game look up professional reviews, most of which are very positive. This game isn't a traditional free-to-play game, that much I conceed. It is not an iOS game, or a play-to-win game, or an arcade flight game, or whatever else people think they're getting. It is an amazing simulator that demands your full attention. Do you want to know what WWI flight combat really felt like? For that, nothing out there comes even remotely close to Rise of Flight.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 16, 2013

  If you want to get a good idea on what this game is like, I will ask you something: Have you played IL-2 Sturmovik* before? I ask this because Rise of Flight is essentially identical to IL-2 in terms of total realism (also including a load of difficulty settings, so you can switch off black-/red-out, switch on infinite fuel, etc. just to make the transition into the game easier), just with Great War-era aircraft, as opposed to World War II-era aircraft. However, this one detail alone sets it apart from the IL-2 games quite a bit, as the quality of aircraft in RoF is substantially lower than what is found in IL-2, for fairly obvious reasons. Instead of being able to dogfight where you can afford to be almost entirely focused on the enemy plane/s a la IL-2, you will need to split your attention 50/50 between the enemy aircraft and your own aircraft. This is because simply put, the aircraft found in WWI were in fact nicknamed "kites" for a reason! Your plane is incredibly fragile and is prone to having its wings snap off or its engine conk out (typically in the form of the oil in the engine suddenly and unexpectedly pouring out onto your face) seemingly on a whim. If you're familiar with the cold sweat-inducing feeling of nursing your crippled Heinkel back to the airfield in IL-2, this is the feeling you will generally have while flying a plane in RoF normally. (Hell, take-off can very easily become quite fatal!) In summary, Rise of Flight is more-or-less IL-2 Sturmovik cranked up to "hardcore mode", and it's brilliant! (Also, although the extra content packs seem quite pricey, they are actually packed with quite a lot of content; so I'd say get acquainted with the base game or demo on the RoF site, then get one or two of the packs that you like the look of during a sale) * If you haven't, I recommend getting IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 or Battle of Stalingrad.
• gamedeal user

  Apr 26, 2014

  Its a great flying game. Just don't buy it on Steam. You will be unable to purchase individual planes, and not all content is available on Steam.
• gamedeal user

  Oct 27, 2015

  For the benefit of some reviewers that think the devs are being greedy. This game was never F2P until only recently. It always had the DLC model and thousands of people have been happily playing this excellent sim for years before the likes of wargaming and gaijin came along. I do find it odd that a minority of gamers these days think its plain WRONG for devs to make money! Let me explain....it costs money to produce a game of this quality! programmers, artists, equipment...etc etc. How do you think F2P works anyway? An army of fairies and munchkins grinding away for your benefit....get real. Non rant over. Now, as far as a review goes....for me the only downside is that it does take time to get used to the excellent flight models and physics. Invest in a decent joystick for maximum enjoyment and if it makes any difference, dont listen to the neg reviews who bang on about GREEDY devs. You will get your ROI back in sheer pleasure. Rock on.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 11, 2015

  now when i got this game i didn't understand why it had mixed reviews, i watch videos on youtube and the flight simulator community eats this game up like a fresch cherry pie, they seem to love the hell out of it and talk so highly out of it, so when i saw the mixed reviews i was kind of suprised, and didn't undersand and now I do... now before i get too that lets get too the Pros of the game. PROS the pros of this game are simple, if you are a avid flight simulator player like myself you will enjoy the higher graphics the game has to offer, clean, smooth, the game has VERY nice graphics and seem to be somewhat realistic in appearence on the aircraft, the cockpits also are nicely detailed with working gauges, instroments and controls, and just like any other flight simulator getting kill after kill is addicting. damage effects are pretty spectacular too watch, peaces of wing come off, fires spread rather than just rapidly burst, props break, holes develope on the aircraft pretty much where you hit your target, very very nice... skins for the aircraft are also relatively easy too mod aside from the fact you have to have a higher setting for your editor so your skins don't look all pixely. CONS this is where i get too undersand things, if you are not a avid or hard core flight simulator player like myself, you will probably NOT like this game, in hard mode the planes seem too be VERY difficult too fly, i understand the old war birds wherent easy too fly, but come on guys the DR-1 Fokker triplane could turn too the left without rapily jerking into a stall so easily, and its either you have this on and can perform coplex maneuvers that require a stall, or you turn it off and can hardly stall the plane at all to do spacific complex maneuvers, in CFS3 or FSX you could adjust the difficulty marginally and get used to the difficulty, i guess i was spoiled buy that? doing simple maneuvers such as the immelman turn, the barrel role, seem impossible, these aircraft seem too have the roll rate of a lead brick, especually at lower speeds, but even at higher i noticed once the aircraft seems to go inverted it just wants to stop rolling and it drops out of the sky, i have a feeling these aircraft really rolled faster than that as this was the erra maneuvers such as the Immelman turn, or the barrel role where conceved, and don't even start to get me going on the camera controls, they work really good when you only have 4 or 5 enemy planes in a formation, at the push of a button you can set your pilot too view your enemy looking straight at him from the cockpit, but when you are blistering buy everyone in a Spad XIII, its difficult too get a lock on one target too stay focused on it, you loose targets all the time and its REALLY frustrating, because suddenly as you click the button on your joystick your guy looks at a DR-1 Fokker that blistered buy with no intention of shooting you... this is frustrating when your 6 inches from the ground trying too keep track of how close you are too it and you cycle between a forward looking down the sights cockpit view, and looking right at your enemy, there appears no way too select one target out so you don't have this happen, once again something i was spoiled buy in several flight simulators i suppose. and lastly, why don't all the planes come with the game, why are there only 10 of the some 30-40 planes avalible too fly? and why do 4 of them cost some $25? i just got done paying $50 or so dollars for this game and we have all these issues that i don't have with a flight simulator that was made back in 2001... VERDICT i suppose i would recommend it too some avid flight sim players or obsessed gamers where thats all they do with there life is eat chips and play games, its fun and has good graphics, other than that if you are looking for a fun arcade style shooter flier, or are a beginner, i suggest staying away...
• gamedeal user

  Nov 30, 2014

  | UPDATE | 2020 I noted that since I posted this review (couple of years back) that the base game is now free...! That reduces the total cost by about ~20%, which makes it more reasonable to purchase. Therefore I change my review to a more positive recommendation to hardcore flight sim and first world war fans. No, I would not recommend... ...even though it's a good flight simulation, the high cost and DLC cost coupled with equaly high learning curve. >||
• gamedeal user

  Jun 9, 2015

  I generally avoid writing reviews for games, but after checking out this game's store game based on the name change to "Rise of Flight United" rather than "Rise of Flight", I saw this game's rating has plummetted since I played it 9ish months ago. How can this be? Based upon reading the reviews, a bunch of people installed the game now that it's free and proceeded to trash it with negative reviews, which I guess is understandable considering that this game appeals to a niche audience. If you're the type of person that enjoys a high-fidelity, historical flight sim that demands a joystick and patience, this game is for you. If you can appreciate that to play the game without any computer assistance you need to learn how to monitor your engine's fuel mixture, this game is for you. If the career mode, in which you follow your own pilot (replete with a nice narrative via his biography) throughout the war as you rack up victories and medals and eventually command your own squadron, this game is for you. If you're going to install this game because you see that it's free, there's a good chance it isn't for you. Please try it; that's why the devs made it free. In the free version you can access the game in full and decide whether or not its a right fit for you. If it isn't, just move on. But don't be like justmeman117, who after less than two hours gave it a negative review and ranted for at least that long about the game's marketing. Of course, that said, this game really does have shitty marketing, and I regret sinking so much money into the steam version. Last year I spent probably $70 on the paid game and stupid dlc packs which left me with a mish mash of campaigns, planes, and dumb crap like streamers for my plane and coloured scarves for my pilot, when all the while the game could be downloaded free on riseofflight.com. To add insult to injury, you used to be able to buy all the game's content for $50 via their website, an option that's no longer available. If you're reading this, I suggest you refrain from playing or paying via steam for this game and go straight to the source. Of course, despite all that this game is still fantastic, and it scratches an itch and serves a niche like no other game. Flying above the French countryside is beautiful, looking down at no-man's land from the clouds is an impresive experience, and combat is visceral, intense, and incredibly rewarding. Probably the most dramatic, nail-biting episode in any video game I've ever played was my epic duel with a French Ace in career mode, and my triumphal yell upon scoring my first kill was deafening. One of my all time favorites, and don't let the torrent of pouty reviewers dissuade you if you think this is your sort of game. Just try it; it's free! Sort of...
• gamedeal user

  Jun 4, 2015

  Simply the greatest WWI flight sim ever. The sensation of flying in this game is very realistic, the combat is historically accurate, and the graphics are beautiful. Every aircraft type has a unique personality and takes hours to master. This game is not perfect but there is a great deal of fun here to be had for armchair pilots. Do not operate near children, the elderly, or small animals. It's a hardcore flight sim and is light years beyond W********r in terms of required skill. It's more of a "free to try" game than "free to play"; most of the really interesting aircraft are DLC. Understand this before knocking RoF. Also, this sim is still supported by the developers and they are continually updating and adding new content -- 7 years from release.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 29, 2013

  I found this to be a good game, with a lot of content available. Since this is a simulation, it has the things you expect, good graphics, good fidelity (I've never flown an actual WW1 fighter, but things seem right to me FWIW), and enjoyable. I say enjoyable for me, but it may not be everyone's cup of tea. It aims for the same realism as DCS, and coming from some time in DCS I think it compares favorably. Because of the setting, I didn't have to spend 10 hours programming a joystick and wading through tutorials and was able to jump in and fly relatively quickly. Less complexity to the Aircraft makes it more fun for me. Speaking of fun, I can't overstate the immersion factor having a campaign mode brings to this game. Its supposed to be in Beta, but to me its already pretty complete. I do look forward to more improvements in this regard, but having a campaign mode makes the whole thing worthwhile. I miss the days of the old MP Sims where a career mode was just so much fun and the campaign mode in this game puts all those hours spent in-game in context. Still not what it could be but shows a lot of promise and head and shoulders above anything else out there for a sim game.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 28, 2013

  Game is good if you like slow flying cumbersome machines that are very moody (read stalls and stuff if not mixed and cooled right), otherwise good game, love the bombers of the WW1 era.
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