Played until my floppies failed!
It is all in the title.
This sim, at the time, was just something else.
No other flight simulator could deliver such a comprehensive simulation of a plane and combat zone.
Sure, by today standards, it lacks a clickable cockpit. However you had interacting MFDs in specific settings, like laser bombing and air-to-air target locking.
Every single aspect of the simulator is massively curated.
The flight model is satisfying, even if simplified, and provide a very good feeling of flying a heavy bomber.
Wing configuration is a must to master.
The payload is massive and the various delivery mechanisms make for very exciting runs. Easy to use but hard to master. Delivery in loft mode is just challenging.
This is just scratch the surface of the dynamics campaigns and different conflict theaters.
The campaign is affected by your success. While still managing resources.
The only aspect that, even at time, was not really impressive, was graphics.
However, they aged beautifully and I found them more charming today than when the game was new.
This is really a fantastic game that strike a sublime balance between game play and realism.
A must-have.
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