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Summary: A Let Down!
Comment: The game play of First Eagles is weak: not much difference between the Campaigns, Single Missions and the Instant Action. Not enough programmability in the system - customization of control! You can fly the aircraft well enough with a good joystick and the graphics are fine but trying to keep a target in your sights is frustrating to say the least.Its like a pea on a vibrating drum and by the time its large enough in your sights to hit you've passed it even with the throttle reduced to the lowest you dare. MORE CUSTOMISING OF CONTROL!! Take a look at BOB II Wings of Victory! I have three other Flight Sim games inc BOB II Wings of Victory and IL 2 The Forgotten Battles and have excellent control choices.
Maybe further Patches or Expansions will rectify my gripes but at the moment I'm sticking with WWII.
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Summary: bottom line - not worth £17, not even £10
Comment: i bough this with IL2 1946, a game which i will point out here is very unlikely to work on any machine due to the infuriating copy protection, first eagles however will work, on any machine, even old ones, because its rubbish.
games with similair graphics, physics and much larger selctions of planes were being made more than 3 years ago, this game is far below standard for 2007, and immeasurably below standard for £17, the top of the range flight sims that came out 3-4 years ago are now in the $5 bargain bins at game and pc world and the worst of these could easily challenge first eagles.
the game can be fun, at times, but the constant gun jamming and unrealistic split second unjamming when the essential 'u' button is pushed is just annoying. the pilot options mean little more than a score and a name and old picture beside it.
the point im trying to make is, if you want to have fun pretending to fly your money would be better spent anywhere except here.
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Summary: This Should be Called "Last Sparrows"!
Comment: I have been fairly generous in grading this game as it's currently the best of a pretty feeble bunch. Other reviewers have commented on the very limited selection of 'planes and I concur with this. Also I have been wondering why with service ceilings of 20,000 feet for most fighters by 1918 most of the combat seems to take place at under 1000 feet! Even at this low altitude my guns seemed to jam every few seconds. The good points are that the graphics are reasonable, you can create different pilots - even though there is little sense of involvement with them - and at least you can use a joystick! I agree with Trenchfoot that none of the current WWI Flight Sims comes anywhere near "Knights of the Sky" on the old Amiga - which gave the player a real sense of involvement with their pilot as he progressed through the war with new 'planes becoming available as the years unfolded. It also had inflight combat damage, proper navigation and realistic fuel and ammo supply. Why can't modern Game Designers at least do as well? Perhaps "Flyboys" is the one - though I have my doubts!
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Summary: Worth the entry fee ...
Comment: Set in 1918 (so the RAF is relevant) you actually get 4 aircraft to fly as stock although 2 are variants.
You can, however, easily make the other AI aircraft flyable too.
This is where the games from this developer differ greatly from most in that they are designed to allow for the community to be able to add/modify many things.
Subsequently other aircraft, skins, terrains, missions etc. are readily available to add to & expand your game from sites such as [...], & various others.
More are added weekly if not daily.
Also, there are currently 2 patches available for it & ongoing support - the next installment in the planned series is supposed to cover the British sector.
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Summary: A DOG!!
Comment: Sorry guys, but this is a bad game at best. Save your money and get something else.
I've played many a flight game....no not just the sim types, and this is not a good game. I was looking for a great WWI sim/shoot em up on the lines of Microprose's Knights Of The Sky. I thought the reviews looked promising but alas this game just fails to deliver.
You only get 3 planes to fly (althought the games company promise add-ons. Obviously realised how lacking this game is in it's current form)The landscape is so samey just like the limited missions.
You do get medals and rewards as your rating tots up but it just doesn't feel like you are involved. (Those of you that remember Knights of the sky will know what I mean)
It's bug ridden and collision detection virtually non existent, the disintegration of the planes when shot is blockey and the crashes and explosions are laughable added to this the dire graphics.
I cannot believe it even needs a pentium III to run this. Should be able to run on an old 486 DX2. That's how bad the graphics are.
To be honest I wish I'd gone on ebay and bought an old Amiga 512 and a copy of Knights...It would have been money better spent and I would probably still be playing that.
Seriously though wait for somethig better. I gave it 1* as you get a free DVD with it.
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