Heras Death: War Thunder Preview

Dear Reader,

Hope you are well.

I came across this game War Thunder in Steam just the other day, and I would love to share with you just how fantanstic this game is. If you are into historical recreated planes set in the World War II and want all the fancy graphics, with realistic controls and physics then this game is meant for you. It is much like World Of Tanks, for those who do not know this, WOT is a massive online shooter/action tank sim. You would normally start with 1 tank and if you get destroyed then you are out of luck as there is only 1 life per game. However if you expand your arsenal of tanks you would have multiple lives.

Now War Thunder works in the same way that you have 1 life per plane you carry to the battle. If you have 3 planes for example 2 fighters 1 bomber, then you would have 3 lives. Got it? The control of the game is quite user friendly for those who isn't accustomed to flight sims and the game does a good job with basic plane movements.

Dog fights are very intense as you decide to engage and the outcome of the fight boils down to your core mechanical skill as in yourself. If you get shot down it is yourself to blame, not because he did a cheap shot by shooting your oil tank to 1 hit you. The bullets hit detection determines the damage your aircraft will take. Different hit zones effect different attributes, say bullets to your fuel tank causes fire, bullets hits your wings then you will have holes that makes your plane alot harder to turn. As you absorb more punishment to your wings you will eventually be unable to fly at which you can fly to your home base to land and repair. Landing itself is another difficult trick to execute as more often than not you crash then land but practices make perfect.

I have played this game enough to give my first impressions, I absolutely love it and it is more of a strategic action game, do not run out and charge as you will just get shot down. Every engagement you do with the enemy is different as you cannot predict their moves. From what I have seen so far, I would definitely download this game, set the graphics as high as possible and enjoy this Historic World War II flight sim action online game.