OK, so I was exaggerating.
But still, Gaijin have proved themselves to be quite good at finding that balance between playability and realism, especially for Xbox and PS players!

Yep, they're a good team. I never really got into WoP very much, but I love how well-optimized their engine is. Looks great, runs far smoother than anything in the original IL-2 series ever did. Pretty stable online too. So I've got no doubts that this will run smooth and look good, gotta see what they do with the gameplay for the ships I guess.

After playing for 3 days i can say, this game is solid. Ok it's not a simulator but as far as game immersion, good fights and plenty of opponents goes this game has it all.

I had some lag yesterday on 2 occasions, but overall the game runs smooth and the flying is fun and entertaining, and i love that because i've flown sims for a very very long time and never tried anything like this. As said the arcade mode is fun, it's like a flying circus:O:, an arena of just about any aircraft, really nice!

Beta version has no ship control available yet, but i guess this will be possible once the game goes in the next phase of development, the open Beta..

You should get Birds of Steel.
It's pretty much an offline version (but has an online multiplayer option), and it has a bucketload of campaigns. About 9, 11 with the Battle of Britain expansion.

Birds of Steel is not PC, it looks great though.

I'll stick with War Thunder i guess i really like it:up:

War Thunder is designed to be a "World of..." killer. Right now it's only aircraft, but they'll be adding playable warships and ground units in due time. So a single match will have players flying air support, charging the enemy lines in tanks, and providing long range fire support with naval artillery.

Open beta has been launched in Russian, world open beta is to be followed very soon. Everyone will be able to try WT !

trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eN28hO_D8I

Hmm... I like that idea! It'll require ingame chat, though, so you can be like:

CMDR YURI: Tigers sighted, co-ordinates 154 746!

CPT DIMITRI: Laying down artillery barrage!


AWESOME

I seriously doubt that Warthunder will be harmful in the least to the world of series. Sure it may have all three theatres in one game, but having all three balanced and having the level of variety that the world of has. Not to mention that Wargaming has managed to do F2P pretty well in my opinion.

You know, i play both World of Tanks and WarThunder, i also joined World of Warplanes Beta..

World of tanks to me is like playing the most awesome game there is since i'm a Tanker next to a Subsimmer and i'm proud of it:woot:

I've been playing my ass of all weekend since WoT won the Golden Joystick Award and i recieved some great goodies.

Warthuinder is a great game when i feel like flying, and its a really great game with alot of potential, the new maps released last week add new maps with PT boats, and they are realy pounding at you, they move in quick and suddenly you are attacked by 5 or more, you can just feel that one day they will be player controllable:rock:

World of Warplanes is a laugh, no cockpit view and lousy handling.. but i will keep my eye on it :salute:

You will be glad to hear it that War Thunder will feature tanks aswell.

Anyone can register and play now

http://warthunder.com/en/registration/


Link to download if someone can't find it. Password should be on your email.

http://yupmaster.yuplay.com/launcher...hunderLauncher

I am going to download it tonight to try it. I love war related flight sims. I love war thunder, this game looks like world of warplanes from wargaming.net
http://www.dotmmo.com/war-thunder-15685.html
http://www.mmowood.com/war-thunder

They'll be adding in the Navy too. Looks like they're going toe to toe with wargammer. Downloading the game as we speak and I'll give it a pass in the morning. I really like how flying looks so far and the choice between Arcade and Simulation. One of my biggest complaints about World of Warplanes is the 3rd person view and no bombers.

I'm going to probably stick to American Heavy Bombers, Torpedo bombers, and probably the PBY just for fun. :arrgh!:

I've been playing it for a few months now and tbh I think it's far superior to World of Warplanes. If they can get the land and sea parts right then I reckon they're onto a winner. Although it would take something fairly special to beat WoT.

Just got this last night and it is amazing. However, I cannot shake this feeling like I have played this game before.

So far I'm loving WT. I think the big appeal is going to combine planes tanks and ships. Something that wargammer said was impossible.

They are making exceptional progress with this game. This is how historic games are made, huge companies clashing against each other trying to capture most of the market.

Subsim will love it when they add playable naval ships. There are tech trees for American, Germany, and Japan...probably more.